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
I would not for a Crown Love,
My Mistress should it know;
I'll in my Smock step down Love,
And I'll out the Candle blow;
The Streets they are so nigh,
And the People walk about;
Some may peep in and spy Love,
Let's blow the Candle out.
My Master and my Mistress,
Upon the Bed do lye;
Injoying one another,
Why should not you and I:
My Master kiss'd my Mistress,
Without any fear or doubt;
And we'll kiss one another,
Let's blow the Candle out.
I prithee speak more softly,
Of what we have to do;
Least that our noise of Talking,
Should make our Pleasure rue:
For kissing one another,
Will make no evil rout;
Then let us now be silent,
And blow the Candle out.
But yet he must be doing,
He could no longer stay;
She strove to blow the Candle out,
And push'd his Hand away:
The young Man was so hasty,
To lay his Arms about;
But she cryed I pray Love,
Let's blow the Candle out.
As this young Couple sported,
The Maiden she did blow;
But how the Candle went out,
Alas I do not know:
Said she I fear not now, Sir,
My Master nor my Dame;
And what this Couple did, Sir,
Alas I dare not Name.
_A_ SONG _out of the_ GUARDIAN.
[Music]
Oh the Charming Month of _May_,
When the Breezes fan the Trees, is
Full of Blossoms fresh and gay,
Full of Blossoms fresh and gay:
Oh the Charming Month of _May_,
Charming, Charming Month of _May_.
Oh what Joys our Prospect yields,
In a new Livery when we see every,
Bush and Meadow, Tree and Field, _&c._
Oh what Joys, _&c._ Charming Joys, _&c._
Oh how fresh the Morning Air,
When the Zephirs and the Hephirs,
Their Odoriferous Breaths compare,
Oh how fresh, _&c._ Charming fresh, _&c._
Oh how fine our Evenings walk,
When the Nightingale delighting,
With her Songs suspends our Talk,
Oh how fine, _&c._ Charming fine, _&c._
Oh how sweet at Night to Dream,
On mossy Pillows by the trillows,
Of a gentle Purling Stream,
Oh how sweet, _&c._ Charming sweet, _&c._
Oh how kind the Country Lass,
Who her Cows bilking, leaves her Milking,
For a green Gown upon the Grass,
Oh how kind, _&c._ Charming kind, _&c._
Oh how sweet it is to spy,
At the Conclusion, her deep confusion,
Blushing Cheeks and down cast Eye,
Oh how sweet, _&c._ Charming sweet, _&c._
Oh the Charming Curds and Cream,
When all is over she gives her Lover,
Who on her Skimming-dish carves her Name,
Oh the Charming Curds and Cream,
Charming, Charming Curds and Cream.
Tune, _Hopes farewel_.
Fates I defie, I defie your Advances,
Since _CÊlia_ has crown'd
My true Love with a Smile;
I'll laugh at your Darts,
Your Arrows and Lances,
Since her Bosom abounds,
With the Pleasures of Nile.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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