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Pleasant and Diver tive. 323
Recovering the Fields,
I was void of all Fear ;
And the next place to Bedlam,
My Course I did steer.
Where was such amphibious Crowds,
I ne'er saw before ;
Harlots for the Water,
As well as the Shore.
But one above the rest,
So wondrous Trim ;
You would sware she was a Hick,
And no common Brim.
Accosted me presently,
And call'd me her Love ;
But I soon did dismiss her,
With a Kick and a Shove.
For the Jade was so homely,
The D would not touch her ;
Fit only for a Dray-man,
Or White-Chappel Butcher.
But had not walk'd long,
Before a rare one I espy'd ;
Bright as a Goddess,
And adorn'd like a Bride.
With a rich Furbelow Scarf,
Worth at least Forty Shilling ;
And when I ask'd her a Question,
Was extraordinary willing.
So to the Tavern, we went,
A Curse on the Place ;
For her Love was so hot,
It soon hr'd my A
y 2 Where
Recovering the Fields,
I was void of all Fear ;
And the next place to Bedlam,
My Course I did steer.
Where was such amphibious Crowds,
I ne'er saw before ;
Harlots for the Water,
As well as the Shore.
But one above the rest,
So wondrous Trim ;
You would sware she was a Hick,
And no common Brim.
Accosted me presently,
And call'd me her Love ;
But I soon did dismiss her,
With a Kick and a Shove.
For the Jade was so homely,
The D would not touch her ;
Fit only for a Dray-man,
Or White-Chappel Butcher.
But had not walk'd long,
Before a rare one I espy'd ;
Bright as a Goddess,
And adorn'd like a Bride.
With a rich Furbelow Scarf,
Worth at least Forty Shilling ;
And when I ask'd her a Question,
Was extraordinary willing.
So to the Tavern, we went,
A Curse on the Place ;
For her Love was so hot,
It soon hr'd my A
y 2 Where
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Wit and mirth, or, Pills to purge melancholy > Volume 4 > (335) Page 323 |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.145c |
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| Description | Being a collection of the best merry ballads and songs, old and new. Fitted to all humours, having each their proper tune for either voice, or instrument: most of the songs being new set. 6 volumes. London, Printed by W. Pearson for J. Tonson, 1719-20. A 19th century reprint from a broken set of the two issues of the 1719-1720 edition. Volumes 1, 3-5 belong to the first issue; Volumes 2 and 6 to the second. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.145-145e |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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