The Jolly Beggar I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCAADEAAFFCCGGGGCG HICCFFGJFFCCKKCIKCII LMCCNNOMIOCC| THER is a wife in yone toun end an she has dothers three | A |
| An I wad be a beager for ony of a the three | A |
| He touk his clouty clok him about his peakstaff in his hand | B |
| An he is awa to yon toun end leak ony peare man | C |
| I ha ben about this fish toun this years tua or three | A |
| Ha ye ony quarters deam that ye coud gie me | A |
| Awa ye pear carl ye dinne kean my name | D |
| Ye sudd ha caed me mistress fan ye called me bat deam | E |
| He tuke his hat in his hand an gied her juks three | A |
| An ye want manners misstres quarters ye ll gie me | A |
| Awa ye pear carle in ayont the fire | F |
| An sing to our Lord Gray s men to their hearts disire | F |
| Some lowked to his goudie lowks some to his milk whit skine | C |
| Some to his ruffled shirt the gued read gold hang in | C |
| Out spak our madin an she was ay shay | G |
| Fatt will the jolly beager gett afore he gaa to lay | G |
| Out spak our goudwife an she was not sae shay | G |
| He se gett a dish of lang kell besids a puss pay | G |
| Out spak the jolly beager That dish I dou denay | C |
| I canne sup yer lang kell nor yet yer puss pay | G |
| Bat ye gett to my supper a capon of the best | H |
| Tuo or three bottels of yer wine an bear an we sall ha a merry feast | I |
| Ha ye ony siler carll to bint the bear an wine | C |
| O never a peney misstress had I lang sine | C |
| The beager wadne lay in the barn nor yett in the bayr | F |
| Bat in ahind the haa dor or att the kitchen fire | F |
| The beager s bed was well made of gued clean stray an hay | G |
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| The madin she rose up to bar the dor | F |
| An ther she spayed a naked man was rinen throu the flour | F |
| He tuke her in his arms an to his bed he ran | C |
| Hollie we me sir she says or ye ll waken our pear man | C |
| The begger was a cuning carle an never a word he spake | K |
| Till he got his turn dean an sayn began to crak | K |
| Is ther ony dogs about this toun madin tell me nou | C |
| Fatt wad ye dee we them my hony an my dou | I |
| They wad ravie a my meall poks an die me mukell wrang | K |
| O doll for the deaing o it are ye the pear man | C |
| I thought ye had ben some gentelman just leak the leard of Brody | I |
| I am sorry for the doing o itt are ye the pore boddie | I |
| She tuke the meall poks by the strings an thrue them our the waa | L |
| Doll gaa we meall poks madinhead an a | M |
| She tuke him to her press gave him a glass of wine | C |
| He tuke her in his arms says Honey ye ss be mine | C |
| He tuke a horn fra his side an he blue loud an shill | N |
| An four an tuenty belted knights came att the beager s will | N |
| He tuke out a pean kniff lute a his dudes faa | O |
| An he was the braest gentelman that was among them a | M |
| He patt his hand in his poket an gaa her ginnes three | I |
| An four an tuenty hunder mark to pay the nires feea | O |
| Gin ye had ben a gued woman as I thought ye had ben | C |
| I wad haa made ye lady of castels eaght or nine | C |
Anonymous Olde English
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