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1 J \ •i> • . ■-■- -■"; -^ ; - - - \.'-»'V v ■ - ■ The h\fi$M AID,- you young fellows "that follows the \I raking trade, * ■ " ■ I w©'uld' have you beware of ,a bonny black Irifh maid. ,-■-._'.:_ . ■ - - With.a Van Du Aroon. Se Ron du. There's ■Erfncbj"'" and there's ScoteL -there's ..Englifhand Germany9 A::fewt«an-'compare, tf/ith"bonny black Iriiii' ,.:/ :raaid*) . , With a-. Yan0 .Du.' - 'My love's 'like an angcL when Hie9 in her morning drefs0 ' . ,■ 1 clofe her fweoilips ana cer boisarl ofen prcfs, • -•-: "With "a .Van3 Dfi/Src. ' '-'- jou talk of'her beauty., end her fo much do % praife, . Soa^e fere Mr. Van DuD and tell me where htr beauty lays.' -- • Aran., Du Ayal,.Du &c. ■ lier lips * are-like correlj her cheeks is like the damafk rofc5 ,.'.'■':'- *. ' ' Hcr'teethis-lik'e'Ivory, and .her eyes-as.black .1 ' ■ 'asfloUi) : "-■■Whha'Van'Du,. &e:- My bonny black Irifti riaid, few .with .Her can .compare, • • '. ' / A With "her.rofy cheeks and bonny black Irifh hair. : '■■ 1/fotha-VanDn, &e, - - - - r . ■ ■
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\ ' ■ ■ ' l-.Ke've t&vfei'd'-to Dublii23 ;aml ir&ia Dublin to • ' 1
( 3 ) \ . ■- Cork and King-Sail, .,.'■;.' And in all my roving,-■my..hobby.did'nra;rFaii£' Witha!VanDu. 5ccr • .. ■.'.:.'
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■ •'t Was I bin in Dublin. anio-'ng the green cocks of hay, ■ '■:..""■; 1 would pue tv/o flo-nes over her; to keep the- wind from blowing her away. - ' -• ■' ' With a Va,fl Du, &c, .^.. .. ■ . + ^ Come all you young Tailors that follows the rak~ in^ftrain; ..' ' Pray fail over to Dublin and have her new fteel'd again? : With a Van Du0 a Roon^ ■ ■ A yal Du my bonny black Irilh maid.." : So there's an end to jny bonny black'- Irifh raaidp C U PI D the Pretty Plough; BOY/-. A S 1 walk'd out one May morning? . . jDa Whm May was ali iij .bloom* ■ I went into the meadows fiveer9 .' • ~ ,. To take the fweet perfume, / ■ 1 went into a flov/'ry field., ■ ; ' "' 1 turned f.av h-ad a-vvhile, - • .Where I faw Cupid the plough boyj Who did my heart beguile. ' ■ As this young' man was ploughing;.' Bis furvows-deep r/nd lowj . ■ . Breaking his clods tc nieces, ■Some fearjey for to fcw? '. I ivilh this pp'gtey plough bby& ,, - • My eyes had never fcen, ! • jTwas Cupid th?om:rf ploughfco^: ■ -'* '■'-'<•"' ' , fcWi£h*his arrqv? iharp'and keen.' "\ *
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{ 4 ) If I fhould write a letter9 ; r ■ My mind ro him unfold '. ~ \ Brhapshe'S talce iefcofhfui, ■" ' And fay I am full bbkL J;wiih be'd-rpfove much kindei> ".'':>; ■ And return my heart again9 '■ - ^ - *T\$ Cupid: the pretty plough "boy. ' With his arrows fharp and'keen* rA worthy rich youiig gentleman? '-, AtoOrt ingl to'me ca'riie,l,; ' And becaufe I would not fnarry Ki&jJ-: ■ Myp^Tenb'didme'blaifib/'*- : ^ " "• ' Adieu young man for ever, \ \; ' Farewell, for ever adieu5 ; lXis Cupid.the pretty plough BoyP- /Has cdufed'jny heart to ru&' ■ : ' ' ' . TheipfoaghLoy Rearing the lady? Moftfadly to complain, ,l ' Cried, my deareftjewels v I will eafe you of .your pain* • If you will wed a plough hoy*, - ■-.:.• ' For ever I will be true, ' ■". *. ./ ■ i * *Tis you my heart have wounded,- And I love none but yo\ia \ The lady foon confeiited5 •. To be his lawful bri'dfe^ '■' ■ ; :': ■''. -'- Md then they wentintB Eh'^chtirSte.'\'."■ .;:.!.\ ... And there the'knot was tied; r' "'' "-' '' 'f! ; - So bow they live In pleafbiV' ':;'" ' ' : '- ' - \. For. they hkye gold iri ixo?z$ " ■ 1 ." ' Theiady and the plough bdfp '■ E&ehotki do'adb^T- "■-'"• - ■ •'. . - h .■ ■. h
( 5 ) The Englishman's W I S H. IX;TOW ■■Eneland it feens does with troubles A t3. ' abound, While falfe France and proud Spains -feign would rujvagrbund«,' Rous eeash loving Briton, yourvalour now (how Yes fhew them old England was ever their foe3 And we'll conquer thofs blufterers with<eafe. i This American w.ar, to us fatal has beer?;7 ' §ut jet us hope time will fettle: thofe matters again .Then our vengeance we'll'hurl on thefe frag eat* en foes, Till their Illlles does homage to the Enelilh roie, They've furely forgot.how we beat them laft war Or thcy^d been fo fond with old England to jar5 But our thunder Ihall foon bring .they're gallic pride down, ■ For the infults Chey gave to IQng George and his u ! Crown, . . Let them think how Wolfcdy'd fo;r his couhtryfe - - fake-;- Bofcawin and Hawks in atclikvments were great pyrbn9 HowandKeppel, that's now on fchemaii^ ' The glory pf old-'England will ever riia'ntain. Who the dev:.l could think iky'o ever us io^ade, When in Camp Ou^bra^e folders fo nobly parade ■EscepE'tv^s'tatafl-ecf ourgoodEiigli-ilicheer^ ' ©or roaft bc^f and pliirhb puddfcip. -lincbilrhtai- ' uiing ftrbi:r> Lee;'/' ■ * '" . ;Thq9 therms many in /intend Pve heard £o-&r0 4 my re glaci to their ^am W3~7c Joif ^rccr^' ■ \ i w
(6) -And for old Englands ruin-they a-Ioul would cr%y Butfuch rebellious.dogs ought.at Tyburn to die.' Now piifh round the bumper and to the King, . ©vera fall flowing bow] the chorus let's ling-, ■" " T©alhfoldiersand failors that "ventured their lives Kisd heaven preferve here their children'and wives. ■'- the-Coblerof Caftlebury." f ^ . ■
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h h IT was in "a Village-' near CaftLbury,J A Cqbler a'hd.'hiji wife did dwell/ i AM for a time no" two fo merry, .Their happinefs no tongue could tell, • ■*- But to this couple the neighbours tell us, - ; Did fomething happen' which caufed ft rife, ; Butigoing to a neighbouring ale:h'oafe5 "i 'The man got diunk and beat his'Wt.e. ' ' j Although'he treated her fo vilely, ■... -- '' " What did his wife poor creature do, ■, Kept fnng and found a method flily, - . To ring his heart quite through and ihrdughj For-Dick,.the tapfter and his m after., - .. Both'perceiving of the.ftrife, Were-both in hopes by this difaften, ■ •""• '/_■"_ .- To gain the Gbbkr's pretty wire. While all things, went: rack arid'ruih9 ,And all the furniture v/as-:foJd/; She feeriifd-to approve of what was .doing, - ' 'V-And-gotfrQaveaph/a purfe of gold/ ■" ■ ; ' So now the Cobler's mnf are over, H<e vow's to lead an altered* life, r To' tbind'his work not to be a rover, -And love no other but his_^ifen , J - F .■ h ■. ■u ■
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F The T- O A ST. "LJERE'S to the maiden of balhful fifteen,' .iJ, Like wife to the widow of fifty, - "' Here's to the bold and extravagant qtoen, • '. '. And here's to the houfe-wife; tbai/s thrifty.-"' t et the. toaft pafs, '.. Drink to the lafs, I warrant (he'll prove an excufc for, the.gjafs. . Here's to the maiden whpfe djqiples we' prize, Likewife to her th t has.none fir,- - ■'''•' Here's to the maid with a pair- of black ej\s** And here is to her that's but one fir, , ■ , Let the,' &c. Here's to the-maid with a bofom of fhov*y. '- And to her that's as brown as a bemr„ And 'here's to the wife with a Lc- full of woe0 And here's to the girl, that is merry. Let the? &c Let her be cl unify, or lei: her be ilhrJ0 ■ '•'[
. Young or ancient I care nbt a feather, . ' - .-:-'■ [ So fill the pint bumper quire up co the htim9 And e'en let us toait them together, Let the toaft pafs, ; . Drink, to the kfs: ... - I warrant fae'll prove an exenfe for the vhit 'ANN A; ?, Favoarite JriflnSong/-"' ■'"•-: fPlHepherd I have loft my love, ' ; "'', : J O ^ray ^aVe 70U ^een m7 Anna? "• ■ :,, Pride of every shady prOve. '' • ' • Upon the banks of Bannaa ' ' * L for Env ho^e forftok^ «^
z i ° } ■ .-• Near yon mlfty moxmwn^ Let my-flock, my pipe,/my crook, ' ' " _ "- " Greenwood flude and fountain.,' * ;-= - Never ihall 1 fee"them mores - Untfhher* retiring, - /-!" All the joys of life are o'er, From ghdnefs changed to mourning- : , m J
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* b Whether is my charmer flown, , Shepherds tell me-whither, ' v ~v: -; Ah! woe for me, perhn.ps-file's-gone^ -For ■efrer, and for evero Willy's Rare and'vViil^s .Fail " ' - C\\U FITH tuneful oiperand m^ry site* - * ■ . '■ " V V' Young Willy"v/on my hear-tV , '.*".," A blither fwain there could never lu?r >: /" ,' :- All beauty without are, Willy's rare and Willy9s fair5 And Willy's wonderous bonay," And Willy fay's he'll- marry meD s' Gin ere he'll marry my* ' . ;'r How^me you by yon water '&des ^ Pnll'dyou the-rofe or lilly, V How came you by yon meadows gree^ Oif.fa.vv you my.fweet Willy, <f>' 'Willy's rare/&c,;v\ .':"j /;j, . Since, now ths- trees are m'.thdr bloor^, . Fll meet my 3?>d among-the. brq©m.D ■ 'And flowers fpread^l o'er the,greeo6 , ' ill bad him to my:.fomm5rV.icgne9 ■'■■■ .-" Willy's rare*. .&c, ' F I B :I Si . ; * X
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