The Humble Beggar (1802)/My Apron Deary

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Text divider from 'The Humble Beggar', a chapbook printed in Glasgow in 1802
Text divider from 'The Humble Beggar', a chapbook printed in Glasgow in 1802

MY APRON DEARY.

'Twas early in the early in the morning of May,A soldier and a lassie was walking astray,Close down in yon meadow, yon meadow brow,I heard the lass cry, My apron now:
Chor. My apron, deary, my apron now,My belly bears up my apron now:But I, being a young thing, was easy to woo,Which makes me cry out, My apron now.
O had I ta'en counsel of father or mother,Or had I advised with sister or brother;But I, being a young thing, and easy to woo,It makes me cry out, My apron now. My, &c,
Your apron, deary, I must confess,Seems something the shorter, tho' naithing the less: Then had your tongue deary, & I will prove true,And nae mair cry out your apron now.
Chor. Your apron deary, Your apron now, Your belly bears up your apron now,Then ha'd your tongue, deary, & I will prove true And nae mair cry out your apron now.

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