Mirth and Metre consisting of Poems, Serious, Humorous, and Satirical; Songs, Sonnets, Ballads & Bagatelles. Written by C. Dibdin, Jun |
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MUGGINS.Mrs. Grundy, where's my hat and wig? why, zooks! I'm in a hurry,
MRS. GRUNDY.
A coming, Mr. Muggins, why you put one in a flurry.
MUGGINS.
The rowing-match wont wait for us, so, if you mean to go,
You must make a little haste, or else you'll lose the show.
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I am ready, don't you see?
JENNY.
And, Guardee, so am I.
MUGGINS.
Then let us all be off,
JENNY.
I'm so impatient, I could fly:
MUGGINS.
Because, if Joe should win the day, you'll surely married be;
MRS. GRUNDY.
I don't know how it is, but all get wed but me.
MUGGINS.
Why, Grundy, you're a clever soul.
MRS. GRUNDY.
You flatter, Mr. Muggins,
You put me so in mind of one, my poor dear Grundy, dead and gone;
How sweetly he would flatter me, when I was Hannah Huggins.
MUGGINS.
Then I'll put you more in mind of him, for when Joe marries Jane,
Why you and I will make a match, if your consent I gain.
MRS. GRUNDY.
O dear, sir, how you make me blush, of pow'r of speech you've rid me;
But as you are my master, why I must do as you bid me.
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Agreed, my girl.
JENNY.
I wish you joy!
MRS. GRUNDY.
I thank you very kindly.
MUGGINS.
And none of us, I think, this day have made our choices blindly;
So then, for better and for worse, let's all take Hymen's fitter,
There's many make their choices worse, and few can make 'em better.
JENNY.
Then to the rowing-match, which, if Joe loses, will be nauseous;
MUGGINS.
And, if he wins, he'll surely be a perfect water Roscius;
OMNES.
Then let's away, blythe and gay,
To see the water Roscius.
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