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At cards, if she lik'd whist and swabbers, or voles,
Or, at dinner, lov'd pig, or a steak on the coals ;
Whether most of the Sappho she was, or Thalestris,
Or if dancing was taught her by Hopkins or Vestris;
But for your satisfaction, this good news we obtain,
That she lov'd Captain Wattle, and he lov'd her again.
When wedded, he became lord and master, depend
on't ;
He had but one leg, but he'd a foot at the end on't,
Which, of government when she would fain hold the
bridle,
He took special caution, should never lie idle :
So, like most married folks, 'twas my plague, and
my sweet little chicken,
And sometimes a-kissing, and sometimes a-kicking,
Then for comfort a cordial she'd now and then try,
Alternately piping or bunging her eye :
And these facts of this couple does the history con-
tain,
When he kick'd Mrs Wattle,, she kick'd him again.
Lodgings for Single Gentlemen.
Who has e'er been in London, that overgrown place,
Has seen " Lodgings to Let" stare him full in the
face ;
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