Scripscrapologia or, Collins's Doggerel Dish Of All Sorts. Consisting of Songs Adapted to familiar Tunes, And which may be sung without the Chaunterpipe of an Italian Warbler, or the ravishing Accompaniments of Tweedle-Dum or Tweedle-Dee. Particularly those which have been most applauded in the author's once popular performance, call'd, The Brush. The Gallimaufry garnished with a variety of comic tales, quaint epigrams, whimsical epitaphs, &c. &c. [by John Collins] |
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THE WITLESS WITLING. |
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THE WITLESS WITLING.
For his Nephew, the Vicar a fortune had scrap'd,
And Tom was his heir, by his will;
But Tom's flippant tongue, not his patron escap'd,
As his clack rattle never stood still.
And Tom was his heir, by his will;
But Tom's flippant tongue, not his patron escap'd,
As his clack rattle never stood still.
For Tom was a Wit, and his Uncle's red face,
He to Bardolph's was wont to compare;
And he'd queer the old Putt, for his long winded grace,
Or, mimick his mumbling at pray'r.
He to Bardolph's was wont to compare;
And he'd queer the old Putt, for his long winded grace,
Or, mimick his mumbling at pray'r.
Then to pose and perplex him with quibbles, one day,
Being wantonly seiz'd with the fit;
“Prithee, Parson,” says Tom, what's the diff'rence, I pray,
“Between a Wise Man and a Wit?”
Being wantonly seiz'd with the fit;
“Prithee, Parson,” says Tom, what's the diff'rence, I pray,
“Between a Wise Man and a Wit?”
“Why Tom, the whole diff'rence lies here,” quoth the Priest,
“A mere Wit is to folly so prone,
“That, to gall his best Friend, he'll let fly his worst Jest,
“But a Wise man will let it alone.
“A mere Wit is to folly so prone,
“That, to gall his best Friend, he'll let fly his worst Jest,
“But a Wise man will let it alone.
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“Thus You, for your sport, my complexion deride,
“And a carbuncle make of each pimple;
“For which, you must know, I've my Will set aside,
“But have left you, of Wit, a Fee Simple.
“And a carbuncle make of each pimple;
“For which, you must know, I've my Will set aside,
“But have left you, of Wit, a Fee Simple.
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