A BACHELOR'S DEFIANT YELL.
Happy, happy, blythe an' free, Ha, ha, tho pleasure o't; Wha sac free frae care as me, Ha, ha. the pleasure o't, Nae man's dochter for tae feed, Nae spoilt bairns to scheul an? deed, I believe the bachelor's creed ; Ha, ha, the pleasure o't. Gin ye o' a nicht stay opt; Ha, ha, the pleasure o't; Nane to ca' you " scum " an* " brut* ; w Ha, ha, the pleasure o't; Syne hame returmn', cauld and sick, • Nane tae meet you wi' a kick, Tae my freedom I will stick ; Ha, ha, the pleasure o't. Wha wad change a rovin' lot ? Ha, ha, the pleasure o't; An' tak' his chances o' a sot! Ha, ha, the pleasure o't; "Woman kind are brittle ware, Aft as fause as they are fair, I lo'e them—but lo'e freedom, mair, Ha, ha, the pleasure o't, J MC.
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Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 82, 3 February 1876, Page 7
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146A BACHELOR'S DEFIANT YELL. Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 82, 3 February 1876, Page 7
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