EBBA 34309
National Library of Scotland - Rosebery
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R- - - - - - P- - - - - s Complaint of his hard Fate,
OR THE
Town Officer's Lament for the Loss of his Coat.
To the Tune of the bonny Boat Man.
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( I )
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I Pray draw near and you shall hear
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For what I lost my Coat Man,
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It was my Lenity, and not Invy,
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Nor Rigitness I wot Man,
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The Poor I spar'd, I never car'd
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To Prison them a jot Man,
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I've Paid their Sum in Money down
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Tho' this Revard I got Man.
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( 2 )
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I was well lov'd by many one
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tho' this was my hard Lot Man,
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For Favour show'n, as is well known
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Tho' I have lost my Coat Man
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By that same Man, whose Conscience can
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not stain me with a Blot Man,
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If the Truth he chus'd, who me abus'd
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tho' I value him not a jot Man.
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( 3 )
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I gave great Favour to this Man,
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and sav'd his House from Pounding
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Three several Times the Expence I paid,
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until there was an ending,
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Betwixt him and his Creditor
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which was right Fair I wot Man,
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But I wish nee'r one do so as I
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in ease they lose their Coat Man.
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( 4 )
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To the Council Chamber I did go
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thinking to be excus'd Man,
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At my Baillies Hand who serv'd me so
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who possitively me refus'd Man.
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Altho' the Circumstance I told,
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would be most hard with me than
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By no means he would give Consent
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to return my Coat to me Man.
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( 5 )
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I was Born and Bred in Edinburgh
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as very well is known Man.
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I've been Abroad these many Years
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but came Home to seek my own Man,
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Of which I have been greatly wrong'd
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which makes my Heart full sore Man
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But if I could obtain my own,
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I'd seek the Coat no more Man.
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( 6 )
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My Brethren of the spotted Train,
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be coution'd now by me Man,
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Favour none of any Rank
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of high or low Degree Man.
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The Thanks you'l have as I have got
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as you may plainly see then,
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A small Complaint will lose your Coat
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as they have done by me Man.
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