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T168124 1 the bonny Boat Man Bonny Boat Man the bonny Boat Man I Pray draw near and you shall hear / For what I lost my Coat Man, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 77 R------ P-----'s Complaint of his hard Fate, / OR THE / Town Officer's Lament for the Loss of his Coat. R------ P-----'s Complaint of his hard Fate, OR THE Town Officer's Lament for the Loss of his Coat. 1730-1730

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( I ) I Pray draw near and you shall hear For what I lost my Coat Man, It was my Lenity, and not Invy, Nor Rigitness I wot Man, The Poor I spar'd, I never car'd To Prison them a jot Man, I've Paid their Sum in Money down Tho' this Revard I got Man. ( 2 ) I was well lov'd by many one tho' this was my hard Lot Man, For Favour show'n, as is well known Tho' I have lost my Coat Man By that same Man, whose Conscience can not stain me with a Blot Man, If the Truth he chus'd, who me abus'd tho' I value him not a jot Man. ( 3 ) I gave great Favour to this Man, and sav'd his House from Pounding Three several Times the Expence I paid, until there was an ending, Betwixt him and his Creditor which was right Fair I wot Man, But I wish nee'r one do so as I in ease they lose their Coat Man.
( 4 ) To the Council Chamber I did go thinking to be excus'd Man, At my Baillies Hand who serv'd me so who possitively me refus'd Man. Altho' the Circumstance I told, would be most hard with me than By no means he would give Consent to return my Coat to me Man. ( 5 ) I was Born and Bred in Edinburgh as very well is known Man. I've been Abroad these many Years but came Home to seek my own Man, Of which I have been greatly wrong'd which makes my Heart full sore Man But if I could obtain my own, I'd seek the Coat no more Man. ( 6 ) My Brethren of the spotted Train, be coution'd now by me Man, Favour none of any Rank of high or low Degree Man. The Thanks you'l have as I have got as you may plainly see then, A small Complaint will lose your Coat as they have done by me Man.
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