The songs of Joseph Mather

Rodney has gotten the day,
De Grassey is justly rewarded,
The truth I may venture to say
By some it is little regarded.
The people have chiefly engaged
To talk of a different matter,
The women are greatly enraged
At Nell and the Journeyman Hatter.

Fal, lal, &c.

Like a he-goat or jack-ass,
That ranges the forest all over,
Which cannot a fellow brute pass,
But what he's inclined for to cover,
Regardless of every one,
Who ridicule, scoff, and bespatter,
When men to their labour are gone,
To Nell goes the Journeyman Hatter.

Happy in each other's arms,
Mistrusting no manner of evil,
One day they were rous'd by alarms,
Proceeding they thought from the devil,

The soot in such quantities fell,
Soon ended their amorous chatter.
From sweeps it was hard for to tell
Miss Nell and the Journeyman Hatter.

One with a long holly bush
Ascended the house like a martin,
Who sent soot down with a brush,
Which set them a sneezing and f---ting;
The one in his breeches let fly,
The other her urine did scatter,
Which quite put a stop to the joy
Of Nell and the Journeyman Hatter.

Nell and her sister also,
Once quilting up-stairs for employment,
When hearing her gallant below,
Nell knock'd for a little enjoyment.
This jockey, without any dread,
Ascended the stairs with a clatter,
And soon they were upon the bed,
Both Nell and the Journeyman Hatter.

This is no stranger than true,
The sister inclined to their notion,
Right upon the Hatter's back flew,
Desirous to join them in motion;
So then there was ill upon worse,
Like frog upon toad back they at her,
Which must be vexation of course,
To Nell and the Journeyman Hatter.

What shall we do in this case,
But make a purse by contribution,
Erect a Cuck-Stool at that place,
To wash them from this pollution.
As Nelly resides at a house,
Nigh where there is plenty of water,
Come let us assemble and douse
Both Nell and the Journeyman Hatter.

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Song XXIV. NELL AND THE JOURNEYMAN HATTER.