Courtship & marriage

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                            JOHN HOBBS, JOHN HOBBS.

Sung by Mr. LOVEGROVE, with unbounded Applause, in " Any Thing New," at the Lyceum Theatre, Strand.

A jolly shoe-maker, John Hobbs, John Hobbs,
A jolly shoe-maker, John Hobbs ;
He married Jane Carter,
No damsel look'd smarter,
But he caught a Tartar,
John Hobbs, John Hobbs,
Yes, he caught a Tartar, John Hobbs.

He tied a rope to her, John Hobbs, John Hobbs,
He tied a rope to her, John Hobbs :
To 'scape from hot water
To Smithfield he brought her,
But nobody bought her,
Jane Hobbs, Jane Hobbs,
They all were afraid of Jane Hobbs.

Oh, who'll buy a wife? says Hobbs, John Hobbs,
A sweet pretty wife, says Hobbs ;
But somehow they tell us,
The wife-dealing fellows
Were all of them sellers,
John Hobbs, John Hobbs,
And none of 'em wanted Jane Hobbs.

The rope it was ready, John Hobbs, John Hobbs,
Come, give me the rope, says Hobbs,
I won't stand to wrangle,
Myself I will strangle,
And hang dingle dangle,
John Hobbs, John Hobbs,
He hung dingle dangle, John Hobbs.

But down his wife cut him, John Hobbs, John Hobbs,
But down his wife cut him, John Hobbs ;
With a few hubble bubbles
They settled their troubles,
Like most married couples,
John Hobbs, John Hobbs,
Oh, happy shoe-maker John Hobbs.

Published 12th August, 1811, by WHITTLE and LAURIE, No. 53, Fleet Street, London.