Skip to main content

‹‹‹ prev (185) Page 163Page 163Sailor's farewel

(187) next ››› Page 165Page 165

(186) Page 164 - Drap of capie, O
ri4 A C L L E e TI ON
Where billows mount, and tempefls roar^
Your faithful Tom returns again j
Returns, and with liim brings a heart
That ne'er from Sally fiiall depart
After long toils and troubles part,
How fweet to tread our native foil.
With conqueft to return at laft.
And deck our fweethearts with the fpoil !
No one to beauty (hould pretend,
But fuch as dare its rights defend.
.v* ..S'f ..Vf ..!>ft.,^'' .,V*-.,S'»..*'t.,^'»..S'*-..!'''-.S'-'^^^^^
'y<i #i» Vi» »!» *» »i» Vi» »i% *i» V^» f,M #r» »j» *i» *^» *j» ev *^» n% #a «w'
SONG CLXXXVII.
Drap of Capie — O,
THERE livM a wife in onr gate end,
She lo'ed a drap of capie — O,
And a' the gear that e'er flie gat,
She flipt it in her gabie — O.
Upon a frody winter's nighr,
The wife had got a drapie — O,
And (lie had pifs'd her coats fte wee!"^
She could not find the pattie — O.
But ftie awa' to her goodman.
They ca'd him Taiiiie Lamie — Oj
Gae ben and fetch the cave to me.
That I may get a dramie — O.
Tamie was an honeft man,
Himfel he took a drapie — O,
It was nae weel out o*er his craig,
Till flie was. on his tapie — O.
She paid him Weel^ baith back and fide^
And fair Ihe creiih'd his bdckie — 0,

Images and transcriptions on this page, including medium image downloads, may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence unless otherwise stated. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence