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
Oh! said you, when She deceives me,
When that Constant Creatures leave me;
_Isis_ Waters back shall fly,
And leave their _Ouzy_ Channels dry:
Turn your Waters, leave your Shore,
For perjur'd _Caelia_ loves no more.
_A_ SONG _in the Comedy call'd the_ BITER, _Set by Mr._ John Eccles,
_and Sung by Mr._ Cook.
[Music]
_Chloe_ blush'd and frown'd and swore,
And push'd me rudely from her;
I call'd her Faithless, Jilting Whore,
To talk to me of Honour:
But when I rose and wou'd be gone,
She cry'd nay, whither go ye?
Young _Damon_ saw, now we're alone,
Do, do, do what you will, do what you will with _Chloe_:
Do what you will, what you will, what you will with _Chloe_,
Do what you will, what you will, what you will with _Chloe_.
_A_ SONG _in_ Rinaldo _and_ Armida: _Set by Mr._ John Eccles. _Sung by
Mr._ Gouge.
[Music]
The Jolly, Jolly Breeze,
That comes whistling through the Trees;
From all the blissful Regions brings,
Perfumes upon its spicy Wings:
With its wanton motion curling,
Curling, curling, curling the crystal Rills,
Which down, down, down, down the Hills,
Run, run, run, run, run o'er Golden gravel purling.
_A_ SONG _on the_ Punch Bowl. _To the foregoing Tune._
The Jolly, Jolly Bowl,
That does quench my thirsty Soul;
When all the mingling Juice is thrown,
Perfum'd with fragrant Goar Stone:
With it's wanton Toast too, curling,
Curling, curling, curling, curling the Nut-brown Riles,
Which down, down, down, down by the Gills,
Run through ruby Swallows purling.
_The_ PROLOGUE _in the_ Island-Princess, _Set and Sung by Mr._
LEVERIDGE.
[Music]
You've been with dull Prologues here banter'd so long,
They signify nothing, or less than a Song;
To sing you a Ballad this Tune we thought fit,
For Sound has oft nickt you, when Sence could not hit:
Then Ladies be kind, and Gentlemen mind,
Wit Capers, play Sharpers, loud Bullies, tame Cullies,
Sow grumblers, Wench Fumblers give ear ev'ry Man:
Mobb'd Sinners in Pinners, kept Foppers, Bench-hoppers,
High-Flyers, Pit-Plyers, be still if you can:
You're all in Damnation, you're all in Damnation for Leading the Van.
Ye Side-Box Gallants, whom the vulgar call Beaus,
Admirers of Self, and nice Judges of Cloaths;
Who now the War's over cross boldly the Main,
Yet ne'er were at Seiges, unless at Campaign:
Spare all on the Stage, Love in every Age,
Young Tattles, Wild Rattles, Fan-Tearers, Mask-Fleerers,
Old Coasters, Love boasters, who set up for Truth:
Young Graces, Black Faces, some Faded, some Jaded,
Old Mothers, and others, who've yet a Colt's Tooth:
See us Act that in Winter, you'd all Act in Youth.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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