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7
A Song upon Dancing.
Dancing was first a Maggot Bred,
In some Musicians Crazy Head:
When Ripe, being Slip'ry as an Eel,
It slid from thence, into his Heel;
And there it to this Day remains,
Having no further need of Brains;
Making 'em Skip with Nimble force,
As Eels i'th' Belly of a Horse:
Which Jockies use each Market-Day,
To make 'em Dance, as People say.
In some Musicians Crazy Head:
When Ripe, being Slip'ry as an Eel,
It slid from thence, into his Heel;
And there it to this Day remains,
Having no further need of Brains;
Making 'em Skip with Nimble force,
As Eels i'th' Belly of a Horse:
Which Jockies use each Market-Day,
To make 'em Dance, as People say.
Who Teach this slight of Foot in Schools
Great Rev'rence pay to Single Souls:
And little Friendship have for those,
Who always deal in double Shoes.
Some Men by Learned Heads grow Great,
But they advanc'd are by their Feet,
The Grandure of the World Despise,
And ne'er above a Caper Rise:
And when all's done, their formal Steps and Scrapes,
Makes Women Lucifers, and Men but Apes.
Great Rev'rence pay to Single Souls:
And little Friendship have for those,
Who always deal in double Shoes.
Some Men by Learned Heads grow Great,
But they advanc'd are by their Feet,
The Grandure of the World Despise,
And ne'er above a Caper Rise:
And when all's done, their formal Steps and Scrapes,
Makes Women Lucifers, and Men but Apes.
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