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The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata (第3/7页)
rry-andrew, in the neuk, sat guzzling wi' a tinkler-hizzie; they mind't na wha the chorus teuk, between themselves they were sae busy: at length, wi' drink an' c dizzy, he stoiter'd up an' made a face; then turn'd an' laid a sma grizzie, syun'd his pipes wi' grave grimace. air tune—“auld sir symon.” sir wisdom's a fool when he's fou; sir knave is a fool in a session; he's there but a 'prerow, but i am a fool by profession. my grannie she bought me a beuk, an' i held awa to the school; i fear i my talent misteuk, but what will ye hae of a fool? for drink i would venture my neck; a hizzie's the half of my craft; but what could ye other expect of ahat's avowedly daft? i ance was tied up like a stirk, for civilly swearing and quaffin; i ance was abus'd i' the kirk, for towsing a lass i' my daffin. poor ahat tumbles for sport, let naebody name wi' a jeer; there's even, i'm tauld, i' the court a tumbler ca'd the premier. observ'd ye yon reverend lad mak faces to tickle the mob; he rails at our mountebank squad,— it's rivalship just i' the job. and now my clusion i'll tell, for faith i'm foundedly dry; the chiel that's a fool for himsel', guid lord! he's far dafter than i. recitativo the outspak a raucle carlin, wha kent fu' weel to cleek the sterlin; for mony a pursie she had hooked, an' had in mony a well been douked; her love had been a highland laddie, but weary fa' the waefu' woodie! wi' sighs an' sobs she thus began to wail her braw john highlandman. air tune—“o, an ye were dead, guidman.” a highland lad my love was born, the lalland laws he held in s; but he still was faithfu' to his , m