The beggars chorus in the jovial crew Brome, Richard, d. 1652? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A29632 of text R37480 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing B4863). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A29632 Wing B4863 ESTC R37480 16961264 ocm 16961264 105491 2240876509

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A29632) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 105491) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1610:19) The beggars chorus in the jovial crew Brome, Richard, d. 1652? 1 broadside. Printed for J. Clerk ..., [London?] : [1683] In verse. Attributed to Brome by Wing. Date of publication suggested by Wing. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. eng eebo The beggars chorus in the Jovial crevv, Brome, Richard, 1683 1 382 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Beggars Chorus IN THE JOVIAL CREW , THere was a jovial Beggar And had a wooden Legg He was lame from his Cradle And forced for to beg And a begging we will go will go will go And a begging I will go . A bag for my Oatmeal Another for my Rye , A little bottle by my side To drink when I am a dry , And a begging &c. A Bag for my wheat And another for my Salt , A little pair of Crutches To the how I can halt , and a begging &c. A bag for my bread Another for my Cheese A little Dog to follow me To gather what I leese and a begging &c. To Pimlicoe wee 'l go Where merry we shall be And ev'ry man with a Can in 's hand And a Wench upon his knee , And a &c And when that we 're disposed We tumble on the grass With long patch'd Coates For to hide a pretty Lass And a begging we will go will go will go And a begging we will go . Seaven years I served My old Master Wild Seaven years I begged Whilst I was but a child , And a begging we will go will go , will go , And a begging we will go . I had the pretty knack For to wheedle and to cry By young and by old Much pittyed e're was I , And a &c. Fatherless and motherless Still was my complaint And none that ever saw me But took me for a Saint , And a &c. I begg'd for my Master And got him store of Pelf But Jove now be praised I do beg for my self And &c. Within a hollow Tree I live and pay no Rent , Providence provides for me And I am well content . And &c. I fear no Plots against me But live in open Cell Why who wou'd be a King When a Beggar lives so well , And a begging we will go will go will go and a begging we will go .

Printed for J. Clerk at the Horshooe in West-Smithfield .