The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata
ly's the banes we'll pyke,
an' sun oursel's about the dyke;
an' at our leisure, when ye like,
we'll whistle owre the ve o't.
i am, &c.
but bless me wi' your heav'n o' charms,
an' while i kittle hair on thairms,
hunger, cauld, an' a' sic harms,
may whistle owre the ve o't.
i am, &c.
recitativo
her charms had struck a sturdy caird,
as weel as put-scraper;
he taks the fiddler by the beard,
an' draws a roosty rapier—
he swoor, by a' was swearing worth,
to spee
The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata(14/23)