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Sometimes he pipes us grave notes,
Sometimes he pipes us gay;
Till broken feet
Take up the beat
Of quick-step or Strathspey:
But he plays upon our heart-strings
When he plays a Scottish tune—
Hear Jimmy Morgan
And his old mouth-organ
At "The Banks o' Bonnie Doon"!

He has a twist upon his mouth,
A twinkle in his e'e;
A roguish air,
A deil-ma-care,
Like the Piper o' Dundee:
Faith! we would dance thro' half o' France,
And a' the trenches carry,
If Jimmy Morgan
On his old mouth-organ,
Did but give us "Annie Laurie"!