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The Jolly Beggar
There was a jolly beggar,
And a begging he had been,
With his fal de dal lal a,
And he took up his quarters
In a house in Aberdeen,
With his toran oran an de odi.
The beggar wadna lie in barn,
Nor yet wad he in byre,
With his, &c.
But he would lie into the ha',
Or beyond the kitchen fire,
With his, &c.
The beggar's bed was well made
With clean hay and straw,
With his &c.
And beyond the kitchen fire
There the jolly beggar lay,
With his, &c.
The lassie then she did get up
To bar the kitchen door,
With his, &c.
And there she met the jolly beggar
Standing naked on the floor,
With his, &c.
He gript the lassie by the middle jimp,
Laid her against the wa',
With his, &c.
