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Sir the lads of ſweet Newry are all roving blades,
And take great delight in courting fair maids,
They kiſs them & preſs them, & call them their own,
and perhaps your darling lies mourning at home,
Believe me my jewel, the caſe is not ſo,
⟨I⟩ never was married, the truth you muſt know,
⟨So⟩ theſe ſtrangers agreed as the caſe it is known,
and I wiſh them both happy & ſafe to their home.
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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 ſunkets to rax his wame.
⟨A⟩ nivefoy o' meal, and a handfow o' groats,
A dadd o' bannock, or herring brie,
(illegible text)auld 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.
⟨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.
(illegible text) happened ill, it happened warſe,
It happened ſae, that he did die:
⟨And⟩ wha do ye think was at his late-wake,
But lads and ladies o' high degree.
