A collection of comic songs written, Compil'd, Etch'd and Engrav'd, by J. Robertson; and sung by him At the theatres Nottingham, Derby, Stamford, Halifax, Chesterfield, and Redford |
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I sail'd, and at London did safely arrive,
On the fifth day of May, in the year 95;
Next day I walk'd forth with my best garments on,
Clean powder'd and shav'd, not to shame cousin John.
On the fifth day of May, in the year 95;
Next day I walk'd forth with my best garments on,
Clean powder'd and shav'd, not to shame cousin John.
(Speaking).
To be sure I didn't cut a pretty figure!—If my aunt the justice,
or my uncle the bishop had but seen me!—Arrah, be easy, now Paddy!
you know you never had a bishop belonging to the family.—Well, if he
wasn't bishop, he was parish clerk, and that's the same thing, you know.
And if you had heard him sing,
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