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A New Dialogue Between a Husbandman and a Servant Man - Before 1838
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1.	well met friend on the highway	well met my brother dear all on the highway
2.	so simple all alone
3.	i pray now tell me what your calling be	what calling you might be
4.	are you a servant man	i ll have you for some servant man
5.	no no my brother dear who makes you enquire
6.	of any such thing at my hand
7.	indeed i shall not feign but i will tell you plain
8.	i am a downright husbandman
9.	if a husbandman you be then go along with me
10.	now quickly out of hand
11.	and in a little space i ll help you to a place
12.	where you shall he a servant man
13.	as for your diligence i give you many thanks	i ll give thee many thanks
14.	i require no such thing at your hand	and i ll quit thee as soon as i can
15.	but something to me shew therefore that i may know	vain did i know where thee could do so or no
16.	the pleasure of a servant man	1. for to the pleasure of a servant man 2. that s a pleasure for some servant man
17.	a servant man has pleasure yea in every measure	some servants of pleasure will pass time out of measure
18.	with his hook and rake he doth stand
19.	the game that he doth keep the meat that he doth eat
20.	tis diet for a servant man	that s a diet for some servant man
21.	my pleasure s more than that to see my oxen fat
22.	and a good stack of hay by them stand	a good rick of hay and a good stack of corn to fill up my barn
23.	my plowing and sowing my reaping and mowing
24.	is pleasure for a husbandman	that s a pleasure of a good honest husbandman
25.	kind sir it is a fine thing to ride without asking
26.	whether lord duke or any other man
27.	to hear the horn blow and see the hounds in a row
28.	that s pleasure for a servant man	1. for to the pleasure of a servant man 2. that s a pleasure for some servant man
29.	my pleasure is more i know to see the corn grow	my pleasure is more than for to see my oxen grow fat
30.	so thriving it grows on the land
31.	therefore i do mean a ploughing with my team
32.	to keep myself a husbandman
33.	kind sir then you may eat most delicate fine meat	some servant men doth eat the very best of meat
34.	your pigs capon and your swan	a cock goose capon and swan
35.	your pasture meat so fine drink sugar in your wine	we ll drink strong beer ale and wine
36.	that s diet for a servant man	that s a diet for some servant man
37.	kind sir it would be bad if there could be had
38.	none the table to wait upon
39.	there s neither lord nor king nor any other man
40.	can do without a servant man
41.	kind sir it would be worse if there were none so just
42.	to follow the plowing of the land
43.	there s neither lord nor king nor any other man
44.	can do without an husbandman
45.	kind sir then you must wear your clothes so fine and rare
46.	your coat with gold lace quite around	with their cocked up hat and gold lace all round
47.	your shirt as white as milk your stockings made of silk	and their shirt so white as milk and stitched so fine as silk
48.	that s habit for a servant man	that s a habit for a servant man
49.	as for your grand array give me shoes to wear
50.	the bushes to trample upon
51.	give me a good great coat and in my purse a groat	let i have on my old leather coat and in my purse a groat
52.	that s all good for a husbandman	and there that s a habit for a good old husbandman
53.	kind sir i must confess in granting your request	so we need must confess that your calling is the best
54.	i d give you the uppermost hand	and we win give you the uppermost hand
55.	tho your s is very painful and mine very gainful
56.	i wish i was a husbandman
57.	so now let us together call both great and small
58.	and pray for the grain of this land	but we will pray both night and day
59.	and let us for ever still make it our endeavour
60.	for to maintain the husbandman	god bless the honest husbandman

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A New Dialogue Between a Husbandman and a Servant Man - Before 1838
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