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<DATE>2014-09-12</DATE>
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<NAME>Simon Charles</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch Z140311.apex.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>THE Jovial Beggars Merry Crew.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"><L>When <HI>Beggars</HI> that have Coyn good &s;tore,</L>
<L>yet &s;till like Vagrants live,</L>
<L>They do but onely Cheat the Poor,</L>
<L>'tis pitty them to give,</L></HEAD>
<OPENER>Tune of, <HI>A figg for France.</HI></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of beggar with wooden leg</FIGDESC>
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<FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of crippled beggar in circle of people</FIGDESC>
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<FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of man watching lame dog</FIGDESC>
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<L>THere was a jovial Beggar bold,</L>
<L>Who often lodged in the Cold;</L>
<L>He fram'd him&s;elf a Wooden Leg,</L>
<L>Which pitty mov'd as he did Beg;</L>
<L>And mournfully he did complain,</L>
<L>That from his Cradle he was Lame:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>But tho' the world us Beggars call,</L>
<L>A <HI>Beggars</HI> Trade's the be&s;t of all.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And &s;everal &s;orts of Bags have we,</L>
<L>To &s;erve us in Nece&s;&s;ity:</L>
<L>There's one for Bread, &amp; one for Salt,</L>
<L>When Cripple-like we &s;eem to Halt:</L>
<L>A Bag for Bread, and one for Chee&s;e,</L>
<L>While we do eat of what we plea&s;e:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>And tho' the world us <HI>Beggars</HI> call,</L>
<L>A <HI>Beggars</HI> Trade's the be&s;t of all.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And when we &s;ee a Spark go by,</L>
<L>O Lord pre&s;erve you Sir, we cry;</L>
<L>Take pitty on the Fatherle&s;s,</L>
<L>That God Almighty may you ble&s;s:</L>
<L>My broken Limbs good Sir, behold,</L>
<L>E'ne kill'd with hunger, &s;tarv'd with cold</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>But tho' the world us <HI>Beggars</HI> call,</L>
<L>A <HI>Beggars</HI> Trade's the be&s;t of all.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>'Tis long &s;ince my poor Parents dy'd,</L>
<L>That for me u&s;ed to provide;</L>
<L>And Charity &s;o cold is grown</L>
<L>The like before was never known:</L>
<L>Oh pray Sir, pitty my de&s;tre&s;s,</L>
<L>I'm Lame, half Blind, and Motherle&s;s;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Then let the world us <HI>Beggars</HI> call,</L>
<L>A <HI>Beggars</HI> Trade's the be&s;t of all.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of woman begging with two infants</FIGDESC>
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<FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of two children used for begging</FIGDESC>
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<LG>
<L>If &s;ome will not pull out their Pur&s;e,</L>
<L>In heart we oft lend them a Cur&s;e;</L>
<L>Tho' we like Beggars &s;eem to live,</L>
<L>We have more coyn than &s;ome that give</L>
<L>If &s;ome kind hearts did know our &s;tore,</L>
<L>They never woul<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> relieve us more:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>And tho' the wor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">d us <HI>Beggars</HI> call,</L>
<L>A <HI>Beggars,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And &s;ome that do like Cripples lye,</L>
<L>Have got the art to whine and Cry;</L>
<L>Both Old and Young that do pa&s;s by,</L>
<L>Take pitty on our Poverty:</L>
<L>Some do us pitty, and are willing,</L>
<L>To give us &s;ixpence or a &s;hilling:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>And tho' the world us <HI>Beggars</HI> call,</L>
<L>A <HI>Beggars,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I was brought up to'th Begging Trade,</L>
<L>And I full many a face have made,</L>
<L>Whereby I got my Ma&s;ter &s;tore,</L>
<L>But now for him i'le Beg no more;</L>
<L>I am &s;et up for my own &s;elf,</L>
<L>By Begging get good &s;tore of Pelf:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>And tho' the world us <HI>Beggars</HI> call,</L>
<L>A <HI>Beggars,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sometimes in Farmers Barns lye we,</L>
<L>And &s;ometimes in a Hollow Tree;</L>
<L>No Rent we pay, nor none we mean,</L>
<L>Each Mort with us lives like a <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters">een,</L>
<L>And when the Sun at Night do<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">hine,</L>
<L>We go to telling of our Coyn:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Then let the world us <HI>Beggars</HI> call,</L>
<L>A <HI>Beggars,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>No Plots again&s;t us can there be,</L>
<L>Who Objects &s;eem of Charity;</L>
<L>But &s;hould the hone&s;t Givers think,</L>
<L>How we like Swine &s;ometimes do Drink</L>
<L>Their Charity they would forbear,</L>
<L>Which &s;ometimes fills our hearts with care;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>And tho' the world us Beggars call,</L>
<L>A <HI>Beggars,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Other Folks Children we do take,</L>
<L>And for them beg for pittys &s;ake;</L>
<L>But &s;uch deceitful Knaves we be,</L>
<L>We &s;peak not one word true in three:</L>
<L>And tho' like Beggars we do live,</L>
<L>Our lives to us Contentment give:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Then let the world us <HI>Beggars</HI> call,</L>
<L>A <HI>Beggars</HI> Life's the be&s;t of all.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>Printed for <HI>I. Deacon</HI> at the <HI>Angel</HI> in <HI>Guilt-&s;pur-&s;treet;</HI> without <HI>Newgate.</HI></P>
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