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The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata (第6/7页)
partly wi' love o'ercome sae sair, an' partly she was drunk: sir violino, with an air that show'd a man o' spunk, wish'd unison between the pair, an' made the bottle clunk to their health that night. but hurchin cupid shot a shaft, that play'd a dame a shavie— the fiddler rak'd her, fore and aft, behint the chicken cavie. her lord, a wight of homer's craft, tho' limpin wi' the spavie, he hirpl'd up, an' lap like daft, an' shor'd them dainty davie. o' boot that night. he was a care-defying blade as ever bacchus listed! tho' fortune sair upon him laid, his heart, she ever miss'd it. he had no wish but—to be glad, nor want but—when he thirsted; he hated nought but—to be sad, an' thus the muse suggested his sang that night. air tune—“for a' that, an' a' that.” i am a bard of no regard, wi' gentle folks an' a' that; but homer-like, the glowrin byke, frae town to town i draw that. chorus for a' that, an' a' that, an' twice as muckle's a' that; i've lost but ane, i've twa behin', i've wife eneugh for a' that. i never drank the muses' stank, castalia's burn, an' a' that; but there it streams an' richly reams, my helicon i ca' that. for a' that, c. great love idbear to a' the fair, their humble slave an' a' that; but lordly will, i hold it still a mortal sin to thraw that. for a' that, c. in raptures sweet, this hour we meet, wi' mutual love an' a' that; but for how lang the flie may stang, let inclination law that. for a' that, c. their tricks an' craft hae put me daft, they've taen me in, an' a' that; but clear your decks, and here's—“the sex!” i like the jads for a' that. chorus for a' that, an' a' that, an' twice as muckl