The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata
re's even, i'm tauld, i' the court
a tumbler ca'd the premier.
observ'd ye yon reverend d
mak faces to tickle the mob;
he rails at our mountebank squad,—
it's rivalship just i' the job.
and now my clusion i'll tell,
for faith i'm foundedly dry;
the chiel that's a fool for himsel',
guid lord! he's far dafter than i.
recitativo
the outspak a raucle carlin,
wha kent fu' weel to cleek the sterlin;
for mony a pursie she had hooked,
an' had in mony a well been douked;
her love had been
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