Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. 5 of 6
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Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. 5 of 6
Ballads, English; Songs, English
[Music]
Let's be jolly, fill our Glasses,
Madness 'tis for us to think,
How the World is rul'd by Asses,
That o'ersway the Wise with Chink:
Let not such vain Thoughts oppress us,
Riches prove to them a Snare;
We are all as rich as _Croesus_,
Drink your Glasses, take no care.
Wine will make us fresh as Roses,
And our Sorrows all forgot;
Let us fuddle well our Noses,
Drink ourselves quite out of Debt:
When grim Death is looking for us,
Whilst we're singing o'er our Bowls;
_Bacchus_ joyning in our Chorus,
Death depart, here's none but Souls.
JOCKEY'S _Escape from_ DUNDEE; _and the Parsons Daughter whom he had
Mow'd._
[Music]
Where gott'st thou the _Haver-mill bonack_?
Blind Booby can'st thou not see;
Ise got it out of the _Scotch-man's_ Wallet,
As he lig lousing him under a Tree:
_Come fill up my Cup, come fill up my Can,_
_Come Saddle my Horse, and call up my Man;_
_Come open the Gates, and let me go free,_
_And shew me the way to bonny_ Dundee.
For I have neither robbed nor stole,
Nor have I done any injury;
But I have gotten a Fair Maid with Child,
The Minister's Daughter of bonny _Dundee_:
_Come fill up my Cup, come fill up my Can,_
_Come saddle my Horse and call up my Man,_
_Come open the Gates and let me go free,_
_And Ise gang no more to bonny_ Dundee.
Altho' Ise gotten her Maiden-head,
Geud feth Ise given her mine in lieu;
For when at her Daddy's Ise gang to Bed,
Ise mow'd her without any more to do?
Ise cuddle her close, and gave her a Kiss,
Pray tell now where is the harm of this,
_Then open the Gates and let me go free,_
_And Ise gang no more to bonny_ Dundee.
All _Scotland_ ne'er afforded a Lass,
So bonny and blith as _Jenny_ my dear;
Ise gave her a Gown of Green on the Grass,
But now Ise no longer must tarry here:
Then saddle my Nag that's bonny and gay,
For now it is time to gang hence away,
_Then open the Gates and let me go free,_
_She's ken me no more to bonny_ Dundee.
In Liberty still I reckon to Reign,
For why I have done no honest Man wrong;
The Parson may take his Daughter again,
For she'll be a Mammy before it is long:
And have a young Lad or Lass of my breed,
Ise think I have done her a generous deed;
_Then open the Gates and let me go free,_
_For Ise gang no more to bonny_ Dundee.
Since _Jenny_ the Fair was willing and kind,
And came to my Arms with a ready good will;
A token of love Ise left her behind,
Thus I have requited her kindness still:
Tho' _Jenny_ the Fair I often had mow'd,
Another may reap the harvest I sow'd,
_Then open the Gates and let me go free,_
_She's ken me no more to bonny_ Dundee.
Her Daddy would have me to make her my Bride,
But have and to hold I ne'er could endure;
From bonny _Dundee_ this Day I will ride,
It being a place not safe and secure:
Then _Jenny_ farewel my Joy and my dear,
With Sword in my Hand the passage I'se clear;
_Then open the Gates and let me go free,_
_For Ise gang no more to Bonny_ Dundee.
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