The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata
a' that,
an' twice as muckle's a' that;
i've lost but ane, i've twa behin',
i've wife eneugh for a' that.
i never drank the muses' stank,
castalia's burn, an' a' that;
but there it streams an' richly reams,
my heli i ca' that.
for a' that, &c.
great love idbear to a' the fair,
their humble sve an' a' that;
but lordly will, i hold it still
a mortal sin to thraw that.
for a' that, &c.
in raptures sweet, this hour we meet,
wi' mutual love an
The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata(19/23)