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THE JOLLY BEGGAR
He took the lassie in his arms, and gae her kisses three,a silver coin worth 13+1/3d. Stg.
wet-nurse wageAnd four and twenty hunder merk to pay the nurice-fee. And we’ll gang nae mair a roving Sae late into the night, And we’ll gang nae mair a roving, boys, Let the moon shine ne’er so bright.
wet-nurse wageAnd four and twenty hunder merk to pay the nurice-fee. And we’ll gang nae mair a roving Sae late into the night, And we’ll gang nae mair a roving, boys, Let the moon shine ne’er so bright.
He took a horn frae his side, and blew baith loud and shrill,And four and twenty belted knights came skipping o’er the hill. And we’ll gang nae mair a roving Sae late into the night, And we’ll gang nae mair a roving, boys, Let the moon shine ne’er so bright.
ragsAnd he took out his little knife, loot a’ his duddies fa’;And he was the brawest gentleman that was amang them a’. And we’ll gang nae mair a roving Sae late into the night, And we’ll gang nae mair a roving, boys, Let the moon shine ne’er so bright.
The beggar was a cliver loon, and he lap shoulder height:such“O, ay for sicken quarters as I gat yesternight!”