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There was a jolly beggar, and a begging

he was bound,

And he took up his quarters into a lan’art

town,

Fa la, la, &c.

He wad neither ly in barn, nor yet wad

he in byre,

But in ahint the ha‘ door, or else afore

the fire.

The beggar’s bed was made at e’en wi’

good clean strae and hay,

And in ahint the ha’ door, and there

the beggar lay.

Up raise the goodman’s dochter, and

for to bar the door,

And there she saw the beggar standing

i‘ the floor.

He took the lassie in his arms, and to

the bed he ran,