Six Popular Songs (4)/A Light Heart and a Thin Pair of Breeches
SONGS.
A LIGHT HEART AND A THIN PAIR OF BREECHES.
Ye frolicsome sparks of the game, And you that's got money in store,Come listen to Jamie by name, Who once had his hatful of gold;Seven score acres of land, Corn and cattle in store;But now he's as poor as a rat, And he goes as genteel as before. And it's what need we quarrel for riches, Or any such glittering toys, A light heart and a thin pair of breechesPass through the wide world brave boys.
My father went clothed in leather, My mother in cheapest of gray,They trudged through all sorts of weather, That I might go gallant and gay.With my beaver hat mounted with feather, My heart was as light as a cork,An all that the old folks could gather I trifled away on my sport.Singing, what need we quarrel, &c.
Some say that care killed the cat, Which made her to starve alive,But I will be wiser than that, For never a care had I.With the toast of a full flowing bowl, We'll drive away sorrow and strife,Here's a health to each good-hearted fellow Who never knew care in his life.And sing, what need we quarrel, &c.