Merry Drollery, Complete (1670)/A Catch of the Beggars
A Catch of the Beggars.
From hunger and cold who lives more free,Or who lives a merrier life than we;Our bellies are full, and our backs are warm,And against all Pride our Rags are a Charm;Enough is a feast, and for to morrowLet rich men care, we feel no sorrow.
The City, and Town, and every villageAfford us an Alms, or a Pillage;And if the weather be cold and raw,Then in a Barn we tumble in straw: If fair and warm, in yea-Cock and nay-CockThe Fields afford us a hedge or a hey-Cock.