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The "Plouboys oR modes dancers" at Revesby 1779 |
Bassingham Childrens play Xmas 1823 |
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you gentel lordes of honour |
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2. |
of high and lou i say |
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3. |
wee all desire your favour |
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4. |
that is hear for to see our plesant play |
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5. |
our play it is the best kind sir |
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6. |
and that you would licke to know |
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7. |
and wee will do the very best wee can |
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8. |
and wee shall thinke it well bestoud |
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9. |
tho sum of us be little |
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10. |
and sum of a midel soart |
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11. |
wee all desire your favour |
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12. |
thats hear for to see our plesant spoart |
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13. |
you must louck not on our actshons |
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14. |
our wits they are all to seek |
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and i pray tacke no exeptons |
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16. |
know of what i am agoing to speak |
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17. |
wee are cund over the mire and mors |
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18. |
wee dance a hobey hors |
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19. |
a dragan you shall see |
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20. |
and a wild worm for to flee |
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still wee are all brauve jovel boys |
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22. |
and tackes delite in chrismas toys |
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wee are cumd for both bred and bear |
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and hops for better chear |
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25. |
and sumthing out of your porse sir |
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and i hop you will be never the worse sir |
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27. |
still are all brave jovel boys |
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28. |
and takes delite in chrismas toys |
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29. |
cum know mr musick man play mee my delite |
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30. |
what is that ould father |
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31. |
au boy times is hard |
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32. |
i louve to hauve money in boath pockets |
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33. |
you shall hauve it ould father |
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34. |
let me see it |
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35. |
cum know you mr all spise |
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36. |
cum in cum in thou hobby hors |
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37. |
and bring thy ould fol at thy arse |
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38. |
sing tanter a day sing tanter a day |
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sing heigh down down with a derry doun a |
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cum in cum in thou boney wild worm |
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for thou has tain many a luckey turn |
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sing tanter a day sing tanter a day |
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sing heigh down down with a dery down a |
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cum in cum in thou dragen stout |
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45. |
and take thy cumpas round a bout |
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46. |
sing tanter a day sing tanter a day |
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sing heigh downd downd with a dery down a |
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48. |
know you shall see a full fair fight |
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49. |
betwixt our ould fool and his right |
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50. |
sing tanter a day sing tanter a day |
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sing high down with a dery down a |
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know our scrimmig is all most don |
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53. |
then you shall see sum more spoart soun |
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sing tanter a day sing tanter a day |
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sing high down down with a dery down a |
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upwell hark and upwell hind |
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let every man then to his own kind |
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sing tanter a day |
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sing heigh down down with a dery down a |
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cum follow me merry men all
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step in merrymen all
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61. |
tho wee hauve made bould for to call |
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62. |
and it is nobod once be the year |
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63. |
that wee are so mery hear |
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64. |
still wee are all brave jovel boys |
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65. |
and takes delight in christmas toys |
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66. |
what is the matter know father |
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67. |
why i tell the what pickel herrin |
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68. |
as i wass a loucking round about me |
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69. |
through my wodden spetckels |
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70. |
made of a great huge littel teney bit of lether |
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71. |
sude right be hint mee even before me |
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i thout i saw a feat thing |
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73. |
you thought you saw a feat thing |
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74. |
what might this feat thing be think you father |
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75. |
hou can i tell boy except i see it again |
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76. |
do you know it if you see it again |
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77. |
i cannot tell the boy let mee get it louckt at |
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78. |
is this it father |
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79. |
why i protest pickel herrin the very same thing |
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80. |
but what might thou call this very prity thing |
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81. |
what might you call it you are oulder than i am |
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82. |
how can that be boy when i was boarn before you |
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83. |
that is the reason that mackes you oulder |
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84. |
well what does thou call this very prity thing |
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85. |
why i call it a fine large loucking glass |
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86. |
let me see what i can see in this fine large loucking glass |
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87. |
here is a hole through it i see i see and i see |
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88. |
you see and you see and what do you see |
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89. |
marry ene a fool iust like thee |
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90. |
it is only your own face in the glas |
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why a fool may be mistain sumtimes pickel herrin |
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but what might this fine large loucking glass cost thee |
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93. |
that fine larg loucking glass cost mee a genue |
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a genue bou |
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95. |
why i could baught as good a won at my own dore for three halpenc |
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96. |
why fools and kuckels has all ways the best luck |
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97. |
that is as mich as to say the father is won |
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98. |
why you pass for won |
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99. |
why was thou such a nee boy |
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100. |
to goo to ware a genue |
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101. |
to louck for the beuty |
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102. |
where it never wass |
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103. |
but i will shou the boy |
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104. |
hou foolish thou has waird a deal of god money |
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105. |
father father you are so merry dis spoes this god time |
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106. |
there is no talking to you |
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107. |
hear is very bad neus |
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108. |
very good nues i am glad to hear it |
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109. |
i do not hear good nues every day |
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110. |
it is very bad news |
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111. |
why what is the matter know boy |
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112. |
wee hauve all concluded to cut of your hed |
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113. |
be mercy full to mee a sinner |
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114. |
if thou should do as thou said |
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115. |
there is no sich thing |
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116. |
i would not lose my son pickel herrin for fifty pound |
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117. |
it is your son pickel herrin that must lose you |
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118. |
it is your head wee desire to take of |
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119. |
my head |
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120. |
i never had my head took of in all my life |
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121. |
you both must and shall |
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122. |
houd houd boy thou seems to be in good ernest |
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123. |
but i tell the whear i will be berid |
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124. |
why whear will you be berid in the church yard |
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125. |
whear other people is berid |
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126. |
churchyard i never wass berid ther in all my life |
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127. |
why whear will you be berid |
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128. |
au boy i am ofens dry |
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129. |
i will be berid in mr mirfen aill seller |
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it is such a place as i never hard talk of in all my life |
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no nor nobody elce boy |
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what is your fancy to be berid thear |
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au boy i am ofens dry |
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and when they cum to fill the quart i drinck it of |
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and they will wonder what the matter is |
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hou can you do so when you will be dead |
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137. |
wee shall tacke your head from your body |
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and you will be dead |
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139. |
if i must dye i will dye with my face to the light for all you |
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know gentelmen you see how ungratefull my children is groun |
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when i had them all at home |
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small about as big as i am |
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i put them out to good larning |
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i put them to the coxcome collig |
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and then to the universaty of loggerheads |
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and i took them home again this good time of christmas |
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and i examand them all won be won all to gather for shortness |
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and know they are grown so proud and so prasumtious |
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they are a going to kill thir ould father for his littel means |
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150. |
so i must dye for all this |
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151. |
you must dye father |
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152. |
and i will dye for all the tother |
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153. |
but i have a leetel sumthing |
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154. |
i will giuve it among you as fare as it goes |
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155. |
and them i shall dye quiatly |
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156. |
i hope you will |
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so to my first soon pickel herrin |
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ile give him the rond nag |
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and that will make the roag brag |
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and to my seckend son |
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161. |
i will give him the brandeld cow |
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and to my third soon |
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ile giuve him the sanded sow |
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and i hope i shall pleas you all enow |
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and to my fouart son |
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ile giuve him the great ruf dog |
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for he allwais lives like a hog |
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and to my fift |
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son ile giuve him the ram |
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and ile dye like alam |
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171. |
how know father |
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172. |
how then boy |
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173. |
i have another squeck for my life |
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you hauve a many |
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so i must dye |
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you must dye father |
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i hauve a leetel sumthing ile leave among you |
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and i hope i shall dye quiatly |
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so to my first son pickel herrin |
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ile giuve him my cap and my coat |
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a very good sut boy |
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and to my seckend son |
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ile giuve him my purs and aparrel |
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but be sure boys do not quarrel |
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185. |
as for my other three |
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186. |
my exceters they shall be |
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187. |
hould hould boy know i submit my soul to god |
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188. |
a verry good thought ould father |
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189. |
mareham church yard i hop shall hauve my bones |
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190. |
heigh ould father |
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191. |
why boy sinc i been out of this trubelsum world |
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192. |
i hauve hard so much musick of fidels plang and bels a ringin |
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that i have a great fancy for to goo away singin |
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prethey pickel herrin let mee have one of thy best songs |
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195. |
you shall hauve it ould father |
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196. |
let mee see it |
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197. |
good people all i prey you know bhould |
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198. |
our ould fool braselet tis not mad of gould |
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but it is made of iren and good steel |
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and unto death weel mack this ould fool yeld |
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201. |
i pay for bear my chisdren small |
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202. |
for as i am lost i preparent all |
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203. |
o let mee live your spoart then to advance |
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that i may arise and with you have a dance
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so rise up my lads and take a dance
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205. |
no no ould father you do now our will |
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206. |
for your estate wee do your body kill |
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soun after death the bell for you shall toul |
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and i wish the loard he may receiv your soul |
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good people all you see what wee hauve don |
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wee hauve cut down our father licke the evening son |
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and hear he lies all in his porpel goar |
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and wee are afraid he ner will dance no moar |
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no no my children by chance you are all mistain |
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for hear i found my self i am not slain |
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but i will arise your spoart then too advance |
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and with you all brave bois i huve a dance |
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hear you you do you pleas to hear the spoart of a fool |
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218. |
a fool for why |
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219. |
because i can neither leap scip nor danc but |
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cut a caper thus high |
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221. |
sound musick i must be gon |
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222. |
the lord a poul drous nigh |
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223. |
i am the loard of poal |
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224. |
and hear begins my meshur |
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225. |
and after mee a fool |
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226. |
to dance a while for plesher |
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227. |
in cupits cool |
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228. |
a fool a fool a fool |
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229. |
a fool i heard them say |
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but moar the other way |
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but hear i hauve a tool |
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will macke a maid to play |
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all though in cuptis cool |
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cum all a away |
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i am the night of lee |
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and hear i hauve a dager |
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ofended not to be |
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cum in thou needy beger |
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and follow me |
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240. |
behould behould behould |
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241. |
a man of pooar estate |
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242. |
not one peny to in fould |
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243. |
my money is out at use or elce i would |
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244. |
with a hack a hack a hak |
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245. |
see how i will scip and they may dance |
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246. |
for goys that wee have found |
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247. |
let each man tacke his chanc |
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248. |
and wee will all dance round |
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249. |
hear cums i that never came yet
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here comes i that has never been yet
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250. |
sinc last time louvy |
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251. |
i hauve a great head but i hauve but aletil wit
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with my great head and little wit
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252. |
tho my head be great and my wits be small
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my head is great my wit is smawl
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253. |
i can play the fol for awhile as well as the best of them all
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i will act the fools part to please you all
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254. |
my name it is noubel antony |
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255. |
i am as mallencoly as the manteltree |
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256. |
i am cumd to show you a littel spoart activaty |
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and soun too |
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258. |
make room for noubel antony |
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259. |
and all his good cumpany |
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260. |
drive out all these proud roges |
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261. |
and let my lady and i hauve a parl |
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262. |
o ye cloun what makes ye drive my men out so soun |
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263. |
o parden madam parden |
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264. |
and i will never ofend you moar |
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265. |
i will make your men cum in as fast |
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266. |
as ever they did befoar |
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267. |
i pray you at my sight and drive it not till night |
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268. |
that i may see them dance once more so cumbly in my sight |
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269. |
a faith madem and so i will i will play the man |
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and make them cum in as fast as every i can |
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but hoild gip mrs clagdarse how do you sell gees |
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272. |
go louk mester migcock twelpenc a pes |
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273. |
aw the prity parden |
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274. |
a gip for a frown |
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275. |
an aillwife for a paliter |
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276. |
a rope for a clown |
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277. |
why all the devise in the cuntry |
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278. |
cannot put this down |
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279. |
i am a valrant night new cumd from the seas
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i am a valient man just come from sea
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280. |
you do mow mee do you
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you never seed me before now did you
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281. |
i can cill you ten thousand all tho they be but fleas |
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i can cill you one man for a mece of mustord
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i slew ten men with a mace mustord seed
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or i can cill you ten thousand for a good custord
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and ten thousand men with an old crusht toad
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284. |
i hauve a ould sheep skin |
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285. |
and i lap it well in |
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286. |
soard and buckler by my side all redy for to fight |
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cum out ye hores and gluttans all |
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288. |
for had not i been in this cuntry |
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i should not a shoun my valer among you |
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but sound musick i must begon |
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291. |
in first and foremost do i cum |
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292. |
all for to lead this race |
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293. |
seecking this cuntry fare and near |
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294. |
so fair a lady to im brace |
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295. |
o so fair a ladey did i never see |
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296. |
so cumbly in my sight |
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297. |
drest in her gauded gould |
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298. |
and silver shining bright |
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299. |
shee has fingers long and rings of honor of beaten gould
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with fingers long and rings upon made of the beaten gold
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300. |
my masters all behould |
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301. |
tis know for sum prity dancen time |
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and wee will futit fine |
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303. |
i am a youth of jollatree |
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304. |
whear is thear one licke unto mee |
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my hair is bushed very thick |
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306. |
my body is planted licke a hesel stick |
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307. |
my legs they quaver lick an eel |
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308. |
my arms be cums my bodey well |
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309. |
my fingers they are long and small |
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310. |
am not i a golly youth proper and tall |
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311. |
thearfoar mester musick man |
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312. |
what so ever may be mee chance |
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313. |
it is for mee ladis louve and mine |
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314. |
strik up the modes dance |
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315. |
i am a iolly young man of flesh blood and boan |
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316. |
giuve ear my masters all each one |
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317. |
and a speashealy you my lady dear |
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318. |
i hope you licke mee well |
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319. |
of all the gallants that is hear |
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320. |
it is i that doth so well |
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321. |
thearfore mester musick man |
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322. |
what so ever may be my chance |
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323. |
it is for mee ladys louve and mine |
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324. |
strike up the modes dance |
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325. |
i am my fathers eldest son and air of all his land
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i am my father eldestson the air of all his land
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326. |
and in a short time i hope it will fall into my hands
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i hope a short time it will all fall in my hand
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327. |
i wass brought up at linsa coart all the days of my life
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i was brought up at lincecort all the days of my life
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328. |
hear stands a fair lady i wish shee was my wife
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thre stands a fair lady i wish she was my wife
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329. |
i louve her at my hart |
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330. |
and from her i will never start |
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331. |
thearfore mr musick man play up my part |
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332. |
and mine toou |
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333. |
sweet sis if thou wif be my louve |
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334. |
a thousand pounds will i guive thee |
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335. |
no you to ould sir and i am too young |
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336. |
and alas ould man that may not bee |
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337. |
i by the a goun of the ilat bliv |
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338. |
apeticoat in brauderd to thy knee |
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339. |
licke wise my louve this shall be true |
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340. |
and alas ould man that may not bee |
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341. |
thou shall walck at thy plesher louve all the day |
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342. |
if at night thou will but cum home to mee |
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343. |
and in my house bear all the sway |
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344. |
your children they will find falt with mee |
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345. |
i will turn my childeren out of doors |
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346. |
yes so i fear you will do mee |
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347. |
nay then sweet sis never trust mee mooar |
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348. |
for i never louvd las licke thee be foar |
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349. |
no nor be hint nather |
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350. |
well met sweet sis well over tain |
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351. |
you are cindly welckem sir to mee |
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352. |
i will wipe my eyes and i will couck again |
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353. |
mee thincks sweet sis i now the see |
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354. |
raf what has thou for to pleshuer mee |
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355. |
why this my dear i will giuve thee |
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356. |
and all i hauve it shall be thine |
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357. |
cind sir i thank you hartaly |
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358. |
stand back stand back thou silly auld swain |
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359. |
this girl shall goo with non but mee |
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360. |
i nawnot |
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361. |
stand back stand back or i will cleve your brain |
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362. |
o know sweet sis i am cumd to thee |
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363. |
you are as welckem as the rest |
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364. |
whear in you brag so lustaly |
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365. |
for a thousand pounds shee louvs mee the best |
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366. |
i can see by the twincklin of her ee |
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367. |
i hauve stooar of gould whear on i bost |
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368. |
licke wise my soard louve shall fight for thee |
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369. |
when all is don louve i will scower the coars |
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370. |
and bring in gould for thee and mee |
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371. |
your gould may gaine as good as i |
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372. |
but by no means it shall temp mee |
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373. |
for youth full years and frosen age |
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374. |
cannot in any cais agree |
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375. |
sweet mistres be advised by mee |
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376. |
do not let this ould man be denyd |
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377. |
but louve him for his gould in stoar |
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378. |
him self may serve for a cloack besids |
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379. |
yes sir you are not in the right |
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380. |
stand back and do not you councel mee |
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381. |
for i louve a lad that will macke mee laf |
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382. |
in a secret plais to pleshuar mee |
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383. |
good wensh |
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384. |
louve i have a beard as whit as milck |
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385. |
near better for that thou silly ould man |
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386. |
be sides my skin louve is as soft as silck |
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387. |
and thy face shines licke a driping pan |
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388. |
rafe what has thou for to plesuer her |
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389. |
why a great deal moar boy then there is in thee |
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390. |
nay then ould roage i thee defy |
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391. |
i pray dear frinds fall not out for mee |
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392. |
once i could scip leap dance and sing |
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393. |
why will not you giuve place to mee |
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394. |
nay then ould roag i thee defy |
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395. |
for thy noes standes licke a maypoul tree |
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396. |
sweet mistres mind what this man doth say |
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397. |
for hee speacks nothing but the truth |
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398. |
look on the soulger know i pray |
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399. |
see is not hee a hansom youth |
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400. |
sir i am ingaged to won i louvd |
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401. |
and ever constant i will be |
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402. |
thear is nothing that i prise abouve |
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403. |
for a thousand pound shee is gon for from mee |
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404. |
thou may lay too |
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405. |
ould father for your reverant years |
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406. |
stand you the next man unto mee |
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407. |
and hee that doth the weapen bear |
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408. |
i would have the hint man of three |
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409. |
ould father of fig for youer ould gould |
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410. |
the soulger hee shall bear no sway |
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411. |
but you shall see and so shall wee |
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412. |
tis i that carys the las away |
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