Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems by the late Thomas Haynes Bayly; Edited by his Widow. With A Memoir of the Author. In Two Volumes |
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TEA AND TURN OUT.
LADY.
“The neighbours, oh! let me invite them,
Dear husband we must give a ball;
The neighbours will think that we slight them,
Unless we send cards to them all.”
Dear husband we must give a ball;
The neighbours will think that we slight them,
Unless we send cards to them all.”
GENTLEMAN.
“The neighbours, pooh, fiddle-de-dee,
What is all this turmoil about?
Pray, why can't you ask them to tea, ma'am?
There's nothing like tea and turn-out.”
What is all this turmoil about?
Pray, why can't you ask them to tea, ma'am?
There's nothing like tea and turn-out.”
BOTH.
“Yes, I will,/Yes, I must, have a ball, not a rout,
To-morrow I'll send the cards out,
A Ball but no tea and turn out
There's nothing like tea and turn out.”
To-morrow I'll send the cards out,
A Ball but no tea and turn out
There's nothing like tea and turn out.”
LADY.
“In what a strange light you must see things,
To talk of a tea-party thus;
How folks will look down on our tea things
Who spread supper tables for us.”
To talk of a tea-party thus;
How folks will look down on our tea things
Who spread supper tables for us.”
GENTLEMAN.
“Get wafers, and negus, and ices,
There's nought so genteel as a rout.”
“Go cut up a pound cake in slices,
They can't call that tea and turn out.”
There's nought so genteel as a rout.”
“Go cut up a pound cake in slices,
They can't call that tea and turn out.”
BOTH.
We must have a ball, not a rout, &c.
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LADY.
“My dear, you are talking in riddles;
You're late my procedings to stop,
I've order'd the lights and the fiddles,
And ask'd Captain Flute to my hop.”
GENTLEMAN.
“If you are in earnest, you must, ma'am,
Pay dearly for what you're about,
In my house if you raise a dust, ma'am,
Pray leave T T L, and turn out!”
BOTH.
We must have a ball, not a rout, &c.
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