The Jolly Beggar (1840)/The Jolly Beggar
THE JOLLY BEGGAR.
There was a jolly beggar,
And a-begging he had been,
With his fal de dal lal la,
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 her, &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.
O kind sir, she said, be civil,
For you will waken my dada.
With your, &c.
He never minded what she said,
But carried on his stroke,
With his, &c.
Till he got his job done,
Then he began to joke,
With his, &c.
Have you got ony dogs about the house,
Or ony cats ava,
With his, &c.
For I’m fear'd they'll cut my meal pocks,
Throw them against the wa',
With a, &c.
O deil tak your meal pocks,
My maidenhead's awa,
With your, &c.
The lassie she got up again,
Three hours before 'twas day,
With a, &c.
For to gie the beggar hansel
Before he went awa,
With his, &c.
She went into the cellar
To draw a pot of ale,
With a, &c.
And the beggar follow'd after,
And did the joke again,
With his, &c.
He laid her on the ringle tree,
And gave her kisses three,
With his, &c.
And gave her twenty guineas
To pay the nurse's fee,
With his, &c.
Had you been an honest lass,
As I took you to be,
With a, &c.
You might have rode in your carriage,
And gone along with me,
With my, &c.
This beggar he took a horn,
And blew it wondrous shrill,
With his, &c.
And four-and-twenty belted knights
Came riding o'er the hill,
With his, &c.
Now if you are afraid
That you should miscall your child,
With his, &c.
You may call him for the daddy o't,
The great Duke of Argyle,
With his, &c.