Six popular songs (1840-1850)/A light heart & thin pair of breeches

SONGS.

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A LIGHT HEART AND A THIN PAIR OF BREECHES.

Ye frolicsome sparks of the game,
⁠And you that’s got money in store,
Come listen to Jamie by name,
⁠Who once had his hatful of gold;
Seven score acres of land,
⁠Corn and cattle in store;
But now he’s as poor as a rat,
⁠And he goes as genteel as before.
⁠And it’s what need we quarrel for riches,
⁠Or any such glittering toys,
⁠A light heart and a thin pair of breeches
⁠Pass through the wide world brave boys

My father went clothed in leather,
⁠My mother in cheapest of gray,
They trudged through all sorts of weather,
⁠That I might go gallant and gay.
With my beaver hat mounted with feather,
⁠My heart was as light as a cork,
An all that the old folks could gather
⁠I trifled away on my sport.
⁠Singing, what need we quarrel, &c.

Some say that care killed the cat,
⁠Which mado her to starve alive,
But I will he wiser than that,
⁠For never a care had I.
With the toast of a full flowing howl,
⁠We’ll drive away sorrow and strife,
Here’s a health to each good-hearted fellow
⁠Who never knew care in his life.
⁠And sing, what need we quarrel, &c.

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