The Royal Princess/The Cowgate Garland
THE
COWGATE GARLAND,
OR THE DRINKING O'T.
My wife and me, we did agree,When married I was thinking o'tːHer daughter Kate the angred me,Then I began to the drinking o't,O weary fa' the drinking o'tO weary fa' the drinking o'tAn ye begin as I did then,Your purſe will loſs the Clinking o't:
My neighbour Tom and I began,And we gade, o'er the thinking o't,But, in the morn by Nine o'Clock,My noſe it pay'd by the drinking o't,O weary fa' &c.
Tom and I, did fight and try,Then we ſat at the thinking o't,I pay'd him well both back and ſide,My noſe it pay'd with drinking o't,O weary fa' &c.
Tom's wife and mine they did meetThey both did fight on thinking o't (fyneBut Kate came in and.pay'd Tom's wifeThis fight began with the drinking o't,O weary fa' &c.
Our Neighbours all both great & ſmallWhen they got word of the clinking o'tFoul fa' the fkin that was we'll pay'd,For they got that, at the drinking o't,O weary fa' &c.
Now Tom and me ſat down again,And did agree for the clinking o'tWe ſat two days, and three hours inoreAnd noded at the drinking o't
O foul fa' the drinking o'tO foul fa' the drinking o'tAn ye begin as we did thenYour purſe will loſs the clinking o't
We're a dry at the drinking o't,We're a dry at the drinking o'tOur pouch was to'om or we had done,And this began the thinking o't,We're a dry at the &c.
Kate ſhe cry'd, her mother, wry'd,When we began the fighting o't,They took a drink, and got a clink,But I pay'd well for the drinking o'tWe're a dry at the &c.
From Cowgate port to porter Johns'We tippled hard not thinking o'tWe all went home, our money done,And now we're dry with the drinkng o'tWe'r a dry at the &c.
This ſong is now come to an end,And we giren o'er the thinking o't,We left not a groat but fpent it allWhen we left of the drinking o'tFINISO foul fa' &c.