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THE HUMBLE BEGGAR.
In Scotland there lived a humble Beggar,
He had neither house, nor hauld, nor hame,
But he was well liked by ilka bodie,
And they gae him funkets to rax his wame.
He had neither house, nor hauld, nor hame,
But he was well liked by ilka bodie,
And they gae him funkets to rax his wame.
A nivefow o' meal, and a handfow o'groats,
A dadd o' barnock, or herring brie,
Cauld parrage, or the lickings o' plates,
Wad made him as blyth as a beggar cou'd be.
A dadd o' barnock, or herring brie,
Cauld parrage, or the lickings o' plates,
Wad made him as blyth as a beggar cou'd be.
This Beggar he was a humble Beggar,
The feint a bit o' pride had he,
He wad a ta'en his a'ms in a bikker,
Frae gentleman, or poor bodie.
The feint a bit o' pride had he,
He wad a ta'en his a'ms in a bikker,
Frae gentleman, or poor bodie.
His wallets a-hint and a-fore did hang,
In as good order as wallets cou'd be:
A lang kail-gully hang down by his side,
And a meikle nowt-horn to rout on had he.
In as good order as wallets cou'd be:
A lang kail-gully hang down by his side,
And a meikle nowt-horn to rout on had he.
It happened ill, it happened warse,
It happened fae, that he did die:
And wha do ye think was at his late-wake,
But lads and lasses o' high degree.
It happened fae, that he did die:
And wha do ye think was at his late-wake,
But lads and lasses o' high degree.
Some were blyth, and some were sad,
And sone they play'd at blind Harrie;
But suddenly up-started the auld Carle,
I redd ye, good fowk's, tak tent o' me.
And sone they play'd at blind Harrie;
But suddenly up-started the auld Carle,
I redd ye, good fowk's, tak tent o' me.
Up gat Kate that sat i'the nook,
Vow Kimmer, and how do ye?
Up he gat, and ca'd her a Limmer,
And ruggit and tuggid her cockernonie.
Vow Kimmer, and how do ye?
Up he gat, and ca'd her a Limmer,
And ruggit and tuggid her cockernonie.
