Mirth and Metre consisting of Poems, Serious, Humorous, and Satirical; Songs, Sonnets, Ballads & Bagatelles. Written by C. Dibdin, Jun |
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| RUSTIC's THEATRICAL TOUR. |
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RUSTIC's THEATRICAL TOUR.
At Lunnun, to th' theatres oft would I trudge,
For I reckons myself now a bit of a judge;
At a place called Uproar, their acting's odd stuff,
Tho' I must say their singers are decent enough;
But altho' the critics my judgment condemn,
Their dancers, I saw nothing decent in them.
Spoken.
For I reckons myself now a bit of a judge;
At a place called Uproar, their acting's odd stuff,
Tho' I must say their singers are decent enough;
But altho' the critics my judgment condemn,
Their dancers, I saw nothing decent in them.
[Ecod! the lady dancers were all the kick, and spun round so, they seemed determined to shew their agility. By gems, they made me feel rather—
Fal, lal, &c.There's Astley's and Circus are drollish to see,
Where men, women, and horse actors, plenty there be;
And then Sadler's have been a fav'rite of mine,
There you laugh till you're dry, and may then call for wine;
I should like to be there, and tho' not stock'd wi' wealth,
A bottle I'd crack to his Majesty's health,
Spoken.
[God bless him, and may his arms produce peace: then we shall sing,
Fal, lal, &c.Drury-lane is the place for a tragedy play,
Where so nat'ral as life they do kill and do slay;
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Where to finger the cash they've got Three-finger'd Jack;
And then Covent-Garden was ev'ry night full,
For, dang it, who wouldn't stand up for John Bull?
Spoken.
[They says Bonaparte will come, but if he does, John Bull and his family knows how to give him the—
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