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Ha ! ha! fic fpoit ! 1 think I U-c,
ounii Baxter chevfliiiw for his tea iaviui".''
That ViU m.
And pollock greetinj^ ll-.at his dor.c?
lid Mr Moor about hi^ flioon,
And- twa three 1hininu;s,
On James Brown oi Bamanna Ion •,
'rew a ftrokethat made him groan ; & di<l him
Nij>.
I trovv he may confefs tjie ta!c ;
made the Brown a black for iaie:
Wi' ac dip.
He for his bill may advertife.
id cry thr©' all; anfe, twice tlir/.e ;
And a the ieav'c o't,
lie garrs me in my fleevq to fmile;
[o think how him 1 did beguile :
And Icarce tlid crave't
That harxly merchant ironiidc,
.s purfe I gar'd him open wide,
And liim did tripk.
Say what they like, I will affert,
'""ho more then mc con be expert; may chj-at
Anld nick :
But ah! me ! yet for a'l tha 's come,
wo fares my honeft wife at home?
I iriuft bemoan her.
Pflia never mind, what's afterwards ?
ive din'd. Let's have a game at cards,
and p!ay catch honour^
Come, ( footman,) Uino- jhe chards and dice;
lull'd wine and ruai, or fome thinir n'ce
" (Stayletiiitree)
You coffee may or c!iorl.:!Tfc make :
r yet cockoa : tor I can't take,
. j The befl of tea.
And tlKn for fupper, get me d;efs'd
>me pyes, and cuftards of the beft,
And get them ;

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