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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.