The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata
e, in auld red rags,
a, weel brac'd wi' mealy bags,
and knapsack a' in order;
his doxy y within his arm;
wi' usquebae an' bs warm
she blinkit on her sodger;
an' aye he gies the tozie drab
the tither skelpin' kiss,
while she held up her greedy gab,
just like an aumous dish;
ilk smack still, did crack still,
just like a cadger's whip;
then staggering an' swaggering
he roar'd this ditty up—
air
tune—“soldier's joy.”
i am a son of mars who have been in many wars,
and show my cuts and s
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