Scotch Moggy's Misfortune:
TOGETHER
With her cheerful Hopes, that Shakum Guie will bury his Wife, and
then make Moggy a happy Mother.
To an Excellent New Tune. Licensed according to Order.
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SHakum Guie has gotten a Wife,
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And he is weary of his Life:
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The day will come that she will dye,
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And Shakum Guie will marry me:
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Ha, ha, Robin quoth she,
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Ha, ha, Robin quoth she,
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Ha, ha, ha, Robin quoth she,
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Kind Robin loves me .
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My Father left me a good Stock,
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Full Forty Weathers in a Flock,
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With Geese, Ducks, Hens, and a fighting Cock
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Kind Robin for thee :
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Ha, ha, Robin quoth she,
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Ha, ha, Robin quoth she,
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Ha, ha, ha, Robin quoth she,
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Kind Robin loves me .
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My Mother sent me to the Well,
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Better she had gone her sell,
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Robin gard my Belly swell,
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Kind Robin he loves me ;
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Ha, ha, ha, etc .
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Robin he chash me about the stack,
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Robin laid me on my Back,
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Robin he made my Rump to crack,
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Kind Robin loves me;
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Ha, ha, ha, etc.
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Robin he took me by the Tale,
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Over the Ditch he made me fall;
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Robin ruffled my Falale,
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Kind Robin loves me .
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Ha, ha, ha, etc.
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My Mammey she gave unto me
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Forty Marks, as thou shalt see,
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And I will give it aw to thee,
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Kind Robin quoth she,
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Ha, ha, ha, etc.
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Ginn I was married to a Laird,
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I should neither Spin nor Card,
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But fill the Cup, serve to Lard,
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The day that I was married;
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Ha, ha, ha, etc.
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Robin, Robin let me be,
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Till I have got my Nurses Fee,
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And I will drink it aw with thee,
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In geud Scotch Yale and Brandy;
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Ha, ha, ha, etc .
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Robin is o're the Water gane,
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It will be long are he come home;
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On Saturday we'll give up our Names,
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And Sunday we'll be married,
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Ha, ha Robin quoth she,
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Ha, ha Robin quoth she,
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Ha, ha Robin quoth she,
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Kind Robin I am for thee.
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FINIS.
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