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The Jolly Beggars
Robert Burns · 1799
Original text in Scots.
Beggars drink together and each takes a turn to speak and tell what their life is made of.
Poetry · about 2 000 words · about 10 min of reading
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Robert Burns († 1796): public-domain work. The text is that of the Project Gutenberg e-book (no. 1279). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.
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