The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata
t him like a pliver,
unless he would from that time forth
relinquish her for ever.
wi' ghastly e'e poor tweedle-dee
upon his hunkers bended,
an' pray'd frace wi' ruefu' face,
an' so the quarrel ended.
but tho' his little heart did grieve
when round the tinkler prest her,
he feign'd to snirtle in his sleeve,
when thus the caird address'd her:
air
tune—“clout the cauldron.”
my bonie ss, i work in brass,
a tinkler is my station:
i've travell'd round all christian ground
in this my occup
The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata(15/23)