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260 "I've a dogskin hairy budget

Tied fast upon my back,

[With my staff in my hand I trudge it,

Crying, Neighbours, what d'ye lack?]

I'll buy an old kettle, I'll mend an old kettle,

I'll mend an old kettle all round;

With my rink-a-tink tink, and a sup more drink,

I'll make your old kettle cry sound,

Sound, sound!

I'll make your old kettle cry sound.

"I've a snuff-box in my pocket,

As large as you might suppose,

As large as any old turnip,

All for my jimmy old nose.

So here I come meddle, come mend your old kettle,

Come mend an old kettle all round.

With my rink-a-tink tink, and a sup more drink,

I'll make your old kettle cry sound,

Sound, sound!

I'll make your old kettle cry sound.

"I am a jovial tinker,

I've travelled both far and near.

And I never did meet with a singer

Without he could drink some beer!

And it's then with a friend we'll a merry life spend,

Which I never did yet, I vow,

With my rink-a-tink tink, and a sup more drink,

I'll make your old kettles cry sound,

Sound, sound!

I'll make your old kettles cry sound!"

"Budget, a leathern bag. Fr. bougette, dim. of Fr. bouge. See Budge .... Budge (2), a kind of fur. Budge is lambskin with the hair dressed outwards; orig. simply 'skin.' Fr. bouge, a wallet, great pouch. Lat. bulga, a little bag, a word of Gaulish origin. Gal. bolg, balg, a bag; orig., a skin; see Bag."—, Concise Etymological Dictionary. Budget, a bag for tools, is still used in Staffordshire.