Mirth and Metre consisting of Poems, Serious, Humorous, and Satirical; Songs, Sonnets, Ballads & Bagatelles. Written by C. Dibdin, Jun |
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RUSTIC PHILOSOPHER. |
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RUSTIC PHILOSOPHER.
A Lord, tho' so great, half so happy mayn't be.
As a clodhopping country lad, like I;
No matters of steat
E'er addle my peat,
But I whistles, and whoop-ge-wo! I cry.
Then cherry-cheek'd Patty, that lives i'the vale,
I help o'er the style wi' her milking-pail,
For I'ze summat like notion of Patty, it's true,
And I know what I knows, but—I munna tell you!
Fal de ral.
As a clodhopping country lad, like I;
No matters of steat
E'er addle my peat,
But I whistles, and whoop-ge-wo! I cry.
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I help o'er the style wi' her milking-pail,
For I'ze summat like notion of Patty, it's true,
And I know what I knows, but—I munna tell you!
Fal de ral.
I'ze healthy and strong, and willing to work,
So when the lark rises, out trudges I,
The keaws up I call,
Or harness our Ball,
Then I whistles, and whoop-ge-wo! I cry.
Then I'ze fifty good shillings, my luck has been such,
And a lad mayn't be grinn'd at that's gotten so much;
Then Patty like notion of me's summat too,
And I knows, &c.
So when the lark rises, out trudges I,
The keaws up I call,
Or harness our Ball,
Then I whistles, and whoop-ge-wo! I cry.
Then I'ze fifty good shillings, my luck has been such,
And a lad mayn't be grinn'd at that's gotten so much;
Then Patty like notion of me's summat too,
And I knows, &c.
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