The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata
p and a song;
but whilst with both hands i hold the gss steady,
here's to thee, my hero, my sodger ddie.
recitativo
poor merry-andrew, in the neuk,
sat guzzling wi' a tinkler-hizzie;
they mind't na wha the chorus teuk,
between themselves they were sae busy:
at length, wi' drink an' c dizzy,
he stoiter'd up an' made a face;
then turn'd an' id a sma grizzie,
syun'd his pipes wi' grave grimace.
air
tune—“auld sir symon.”
sir wisdom's a fool when he's fou;
sir knave is a fool in a session
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