Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. 6 of 6
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Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. 6 of 6
Ballads, English; Songs, English
For Bottle Ale, though it be windy,
Whereof I cannot chuse but mind ye,
I would not have it left behind ye,
_Which no Body_, &c.
Take Scurvy-Grass, or Radish Ale,
'Twill make you like a Horse to Stale,
And cures whatsoever you Ail,
_Which no Body_, &c.
For Country Ales, as that of _Chess_,
Or of _Darby_ you'll confess,
The more you Drink, you'll need the less,
_Which no Body_, &c.
But one thing must be thought upon,
for Morning-Draught when all is done,
A Pot of Purl for _Harrison_,
_Which no Body can deny_.
_The_ NEWS _Monger. To the same Tune._
Let's Sing as one may say the Fate
Of those that meddle with this and that,
And more than comes to their shares do Prate,
_Which no Body can deny._
Such, who their Wine and Coffee Sip,
And let fall Words 'twixt Cup and Lip,
To scandal of good Fellowship,
_Which no Body_, &c.
Those Clubbers who when met and sate,
Where every Seat is Chair of State,
As if they only knew what's what,
_Which no Body_, &c.
D---- me says one, were I so and so,
Or as the King, I know what I know,
The Devil to wood with the _French_ should go,
_Which no Body_, &c.
Would the King Commission grant
To me, were _Lewis_, _John_ of _Gaunt_,
I'd beat him, or know why I shant,
_Which no Body_, &c.
I'd undertake bring Scores to Ten,
Of mine at Hours-warning-Men,
To make _France_ tremble once again,
_Which no Body_, &c.
The Claret takes, yet e'er he Drinks,
Cries Pox o'th' _French-men_, but methinks
It must go round to my Brother,
_Which no Body_, &c.
He's the only Citizen of Sence,
And Liberty is his Pretence,
And has enough of Conscience,
_Which no Body_, &c.
The Bully that next to him sat,
With a Green Livery in his Hat,
Cry'd what a Plague would the _French_ be at,
_Which no Body_, &c.
Z---- had the King without Offence,
Been rul'd by me, you'd seen long since,
Chastisement for their Insolence,
_Which no Body_, &c.
They take our Ships, do what they please,
Were ever play'd such Pranks as these,
As if we were not Lord o'th' Seas,
_Which no Body_, &c.
I told the King on't th' other Day,
And how th' Intrigues o'th' matter lay,
But Princes will have their own way,
_Which no Body_, &c.
The next Man that did widen Throat,
Was wight in half pil'd Velvet Coat,
But he, and that not worth a Groat,
_Which no Body_, &c.
Who being planted next the Door,
(Pox on him for a Son of Whore)
Inveighs against the Embassador,
_Which no Body_, &c.
Had the King (quoth he) put me upon't,
You should have found how I had don't,
But now you see what has come on't,
_Which no Body_, &c.
Quoth he if such an Act had stood,
That was designed for Publick good,
'Thad pass'd more than is understood,
_Which no Body_, &c.
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