There was four-an-twenty foresters cam at their master’s will.
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Then he took oot a wee pen-knife, an let his duddies fa,
And he was the brawest gentleman that was amang them a’.
The English broadside, Pepys Ballads, III, 73, No 71.
THE POLLITICK BEGGER-MAN.
Who got the love of a pretty maid
And on her cittern sweetly plaid;
At last she slung her milk-pail over the wall,
And bid the De’l take milk-pail, maidenhead and all.