| A. |
62. disere.
92. puss might be russ here, but is unquestionable
in the next stanza.
242. blaest for braest.
262. ninge (nigne may be what was
intended). |
| B. b. |
A slip with no imprint. Dated in the Museum catalogue 1800?
| 1 |
There was a jolly beggar, and a begging he had been,
With his fal de diddle de dal dal
And he took up his quarters in a house in Aberdeen.
With his toran oran ad de odi |
| 2 |
This beggar would not lye in barn nor yet would he in byre,
With his fal de diddle de dal dal
But he would lye into the ha, or beyond the kitchen-fire.
With his toran oran ad de odi |
| 3 |
The beggar's bed it was well made, with clean straw and hay,
With his fal de diddle de dal dal
And beyond the kitchen-fire, there the jolly beggar lay.
With his toran oran ad de odi |
| 4 |
The lassie then she did get up to bar the kitchen-door,
With his fal de diddle de dal dal
An there she met the jolly beggar, standing naked on the floor.
With his toran oran ad de odi |
| 5 |
He gript the lassie by the middle jimp, laid her against the wa,
With his fal de diddle de dal dal
'O kind sir,' she said, 'be civil, for ye will wake my dadda.'
With his toran oran ad de odi |
| 6 |
He never minded what she said, but carried on his stroke,
With his fal de diddle de dal dal
Till he got his job done, then he began to joke.
With his toran oran ad de odi |
| 7 |
'Have you got any dogs about the house, or any cats ava?
With his fal de diddle de dal dal
For I 'm feared she'll cut my mealpocks before I gang awa.'
With his toran oran ad de odi |
| 8 |
The lassie took up the mealpocks, threw them against the wa,
With his fal de diddle de dal dal
'O deil tak your mealpocks! my maidenhead's awa.'
With his toran oran ad de odi |
| 9 |
The lassie she got up again the hour before 't was day,
With his fal de diddle de dal dal
For to gie the beggar hansel before he went away.
With his toran oran ad de odi |
| 10 |
She went into the cellar, to draw a pot of ale,
With his fal de diddle de dal dal
The beggar followed after, and did the job again.
With his toran oran ad de odi |
| 11 |
He laid her on the ringle-tree, and gave her kisses three,
With his fal de diddle de dal dal
And he gave her twenty guineas, to pay the nurse's fee.
With his toran oran ad de odi |
| 12 |
'Had you been an honest lass, as I took you to be,
With his fal de diddle de dal dal
You might have rode in your carriage and gone along with me.'
With his toran oran ad de odi |
| 13 |
The beggar he took a horn and blew it wondrous shrill;
With his fal de diddle de dal dal
There was four-and-twenty belted knights came riding oer the hill.
With his toran oran ad de odi |
| 14 |
'Now if you are afraid you should miscall your child,
With his fal de diddle de dal dal
You may call him for the daddy o't, the great Duke of Argyle.'
With his toran oran ad de odi |
11. jelly: but 32, 42, jolly.
31. hay and straw.
91. hours.
132. kinpa for knights.
There are many other misprints; some, perhaps,
which are not corrected, as she'll cut, 72.
The copy in Motherwell's Manuscript, p. 124, ends:
| |
He louted oure the saddle to her and gave her kisses three,
And he gave her fifty guineas, to pay the nourice-fee. |
| |
'Oh had you been an honest maid, as I thocht ye wud hae been,
I would have made you lady of a' the land, and then the Scotish queen.' |
|
| B. c. |
From the recitation of Miss Jane Webster,
Crossmichael, August 8, 1893; learned by
her many years ago from her mother, Janet
Spark.
| 1 |
There was a jolly beggar, as mony a ane has been,
An he's taen up his lodging in a house near Aberdeen.
Wi his yi yi yanti O, his eerie eerie an
Wi his fine tan taraira, the jolly beggar-man |
| 2 |
He wadna lie in barn, nor he wadna lie in byre,
But he wad lie at the ha-door or the back o the kitchen-fire.
Wi his yi yi yanti O, his eerie eerie an
Wi his fine tan taraira, the jolly beggar-man |
|
| B. d. |
From the recitation of the same, on the same
occasion; learned in youth at Airds of Kells,
from the singing of Thomas Duffy, joiner,
Parton.
Refrain:
Wi his long staff, and ragged coat, and breeches to his knee,
And he was the bauldest beggar-man that eer my eyes did see. |
| a. |
| 4 |
Up rose the farmer's daughter, for to bar the door,
There she beheld a naked man, was stand-ing on the floor. |
| |
* * * |
| 7 |
'Hae ye ony cats or dogs, or hae ye eer a grew?
I 'm feared they rive my meal-pokes, when I am kissing you.' |
| 9 |
She's taen up his meal-pokes an thrown them owre the wa:
'O the deil gang wi your meal-pokes! for my maidenhead's awa.' |
| |
* * * |
| |
'It's fare ye weel, gudewife, an it's fare ye weel, gudeman,
Ye hae a gude fat doughter, an I rattled on her pan. |
|
| b. |
| 12 |
'If she had been an honest lass, as I took her to be,
She micht hae ridden in her coach-an-four this day along wi me.' |
|
| a. |
| 12 |
Then he took oot a whistle, an he's blawn baith loud and shrill,
There was four-an-twenty foresters cam at their master's will. |
| 13 |
Then he took oot a wee pen-knife, an let his duddies fa,
And he was the brawest gentleman that was amang them a'. |
The English broadside, Pepys Ballads, III, 73, No 71.
The Pollitick
Begger-man. |
| |
Who got the love of a pretty maid
And on her cittern sweetly plaid;
At last she slung her milk-pail over the wall,
And bid the De'l take milk-pail, maidenhead and all. |
| Tune is, There was a jovial
begger.[foot-note] |
| Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere,
J. Wright, and J. Clarke. |
| 1 |
There was a jovial begger-man,
a begging he was bound,
And he did seek his living
in country and in town.
With a long staff and a patcht coat,
he prancd along the pad,
And by report of many a one
he was a proper lad.
His cheeks were like the crimson rose,
his forehead smooth and high,
And he was the bravest begger-man
that ever I saw with eye. |
| 2 |
He came unto a farmer's gate
and for an alms did crave;
The maid did like the begger-man
and good relief she gave.
She took him by the lilly hand
and set him to the fire,
Which was as well as tongue could tell
Or heart of man desire. |
| 3 |
A curious mess of firmaty
for him she did provide,
With a lovely cup of nut-brown
and sugar sops beside.
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . |
| 4 |
'Sweet-heart, give me some lodging,
that I all night may stay,
Or else give me my answer,
that I may go away.'
The maid went to the hay-mow
and fetcht a bottle of hay,
And laid it behind the parlor-door,
On which the begger-man lay. |
| 5 |
'Resolve me,' said the maiden,
'if that you will or can,
For I do verily believe
thou art a gentleman.'
'In truth then,' said the begger,
'my parents they are poor,
And I do seek my living
each day from door to door.' |
| 6 |
''T is pity,' said this maiden fair,
'that such a lively lad
Should be a begger's only heir,
a fortune poor and bad.
I wish that my condition
were of the same degree,
Then hand in hand I 'de quickly wend
throughout the world with thee.' |
| 7 |
When he perceivd the maiden's mind,
and that her heart was his,
He did embrace her in his arms
And sweetly did her kiss.
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . |
| 8 |
In lovely sport and merriment
the night away they spent
In Venus game, for their delight
and both their hearts content:
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . |
| 9 |
Betimes in the morning then,
as soon as it was day,
He left the damosel fast asleep
and nimbly budgd away.
When he from her an hour was gone
the damosel she did wake,
And seeing the begger-man not there
her heart began to ake. |
| 10 |
Then did she sigh and wring her hands,
the tears did trickling pour,
For loosing her virginity
and virgins maiden flower.
When twenty weeks were come and gone
her heart was something sad,
Because she found herself with barn,
and does not know the dad. |
| 11 |
'There is, I see, no remedy
for what is past and gone,
And many a one that laughs at me
may do as I have done.'
Then did she take her milk-pail,
and flung it over the wall:
'O the Devil go with my milk-pail,
my maidenhead and all!' |
| 12 |
You maidens fair, where ere you are,
Keep up your store and goods,
For when that some have got their wills
They'l leave you in the suds.
Let no man tempt you nor entice,
be not too fond and coy,
But soon agree to loyalty,
Your freedom to enjoy. |
44. go that way. |
