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Then line thy worn doublet with ale , Gaffer Gray !
And warm thy old heart with a glass .
" Nay , but money I've none ,
" And my credit's all gone ,
"Then say how may that come to pafs ? Welladay !
Hie away to the houfe on the brow , Gaffer Gray !
And knock at the j oily Priest's door .
"He has often (applied me ,
"And never denied me ;
"But — I dare not go there any more ; Welladay !
The Lawyer lives under the hill , Gaffer Grav !
For candour and juflice rever'd 5
"He will fallen his locks ,
" And hint that the flocks ,
<'For vagrants and rogues are prepar'd ; "Welladay !
The Squire has fat beeves and brown ale , Gaffer Gray J
And the feason will open his ftore ,
"His fat beeves and his beer ,
"And his merry new year ,
"Are all for the honeft tho' poor ; Welladay !
The wicked and idle in youth , Gaffer Gray !
Muft expeft to be poor when they're old .
"Alas 'tis my fste ,
"To feel when too late ,
"The truth I have ever been told ; Welladay l
The Music by Mr. Stephen Clarke , of Edinburgh ; and the Words j
v/ith a few alterations , by Hokroft .