The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata
he caird prevail'd—th' unblushing fair
in his embraces sunk;
partly wi' love o'ere sae sair,
an' partly she was drunk:
sir violino, with an air
that show'd a man o' spunk,
wish'd unisoween the pair,
an' made the bottle k
to their health that night.
but hur cupid shot a shaft,
that py'd a dame a shavie—
the fiddler rak'd her, fore and aft,
behint the chi cavie.
her lord, a wight of homer's craft,
tho' limpin wi' the spavie,
he hirpl'd up, an' p like daft,
an'
The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata(17/23)