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The CRAFTS in Distress.
An EPISTLE to Mr. BOWLEY, with a poor Shoemaker out of Employ.
BOWLEY,
We Crafts have found
The Rose and Crown
Right famous for good beer;
And you agen
Know that such men
Delight in merry cheer.
The Rose and Crown
Right famous for good beer;
And you agen
Know that such men
Delight in merry cheer.
But, oh! sad plight;
'Tis Friday night;
Our Master's gone from home:
And, to be brief,
We've no relief
For shopmate forc'd to roam.
'Tis Friday night;
Our Master's gone from home:
And, to be brief,
We've no relief
For shopmate forc'd to roam.
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Yet thinking merit
May gain credit,
As we the hungry feed:
Let this man find
Refreshment kind,
'Tis what he stands in need.
May gain credit,
As we the hungry feed:
Let this man find
Refreshment kind,
'Tis what he stands in need.
And we'll make right
Tomorrow night,
Blest be that happy hour,
When we, like men,
Can pay agen,
What's now not in our pow'r.
Tomorrow night,
Blest be that happy hour,
When we, like men,
Can pay agen,
What's now not in our pow'r.
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