The Jolly Gauger

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THERE was a jolly gauger, a gauging he did ride,
And he has met a beggar down by yon river side.
An weel gang nae mair a rovin' wi ladies to the wine,
When a beggar wi' her meal-pocks can fidge her tail sae fine.

Amang the broom he laid her; amang the broom sae green,
And he's fa'n to the beggar, as she had been a queen.
And weel gang, &c.

My blessings on thee laddie, thou's done my turn sae weel,
Wilt thou accept, dear laddie, my pock and pickle meal?
And weel, &c.

Sae blyth the beggar took the bent, like ony bird in spring,
Sae blyth the beggar took the bent, and merrily did sing.
And weel, &c.

My blessings on the gauger, o' gaugers he's the chief.
Sic kail ne'er crost my kettle, nor sic a joint o' beef.
And weel, &c.

• Ewan MacColl
  • Songs from Robert Burns' Merry Muses of Caledonia
    • The Jolly Gauger    Time: 1:51
    • Gie The Lass Her Fairin'  Time: 0:37
    • Supper Is Na Ready  Time: 0:27
    • Wad Ye Do That  Time: 0:40
    • Andrew An' His Cuttie Gun  Time: 1:53
    • Duncan Gray    Time: 1:03
    • I Rede Ye Beware O' The Ripples  Time: 0:52
    • The Trogger  Time: 1:09
    • My Ain Kind Dearie  Time: 1:13
    • The Bonniest Lass  Time: 1:49
    • The Modiewark  Time: 2:12
    • Todlen Hame  Time: 1:39
    • Dainty Davie  Time: 2:02
    • Will Ye Na, Can Ye Na, Let Me Be?  Time: 1:16
    • Logan Water  Time: 0:37
    • Had I The Wyte She Bade Me  Time: 0:48
    • Muirland Meg  Time: 2:20
    • O Saw Ye My Maggie?  Time: 2:07
    • The Cooper O' Dundee  Time: 0:57
    • O Gat Ye Me Wi' Naething?    Time: 0:40
    • Ye Hae Lien Wrang, Lassie  Time: 1:08
    • Hoo Can I Keep My Maidenheid?  Time: 1:00
    • The Lassie Gath'ring Nits    Time: 1:27
    • Blyth Will An' Bessie's Wedding    Time: 1:40

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