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REIGN OF CHARLES II. TO WILLIAM III.
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for J. Back, on London Bridge, and entitled " Advice to the Ladies of London
in the choice of their husbands : to an excellent new Court tune."
The following were also sung to it : —
" Advice to the Ladies of London to forsake their fantastical top-knots, since they
are become so common with Billingsgate women, and the wenches that cry kitchen
stuff," &c. To the tune of Ye Ladies of London:" beginning —
" Now you young females that follow the mode."
" The Country Maiden's Lamentation : " beginning —
" There came up a lass from a country town,
Intending to live in the city,
In steeple-crown hat, and a paragon gown,
Who thought herself wondrous pretty.
Her petticoat serge ; her stockings were green," &c.
The two last are in the Douce Collection. In the Koxburghe, ii. 101, is —
" A country gentleman came up to town,
To taste the delights of the city,
Who had to his servant a jocular clown,
Accounted to be very witty," &c.
There are several more in the same volume. See pages 97, 444, 519, and 530.
Gracefully.
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Pray of yourselves and your purses take care, The greatest deceit lies in woo - ing
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From the first rank of the beaux esprils, Their vices I here will dis - cov - er
Down to the has -est me - chanic de-gree, That so you may choose out a lov - er.
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