Mirth and Metre consisting of Poems, Serious, Humorous, and Satirical; Songs, Sonnets, Ballads & Bagatelles. Written by C. Dibdin, Jun |
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LOVE'S BELLMAN. |
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LOVE'S BELLMAN.
Susan.Be quiet, and let me alone, I beseech!
Cheatall.
Nay, carry no more this farce on,
Susan.
'Tis in vain, tho' all day you stand preaching—
Dozey.
—He preach?
He looks very much like a parson.
S.
I wish you was hang'd.
(To Cheatall.
D.
—Amen!
C.
—Sirrah, hark!
Why do you say Amen?
D.
—Because I'm the clerk.
C.
(To Sus.)
Would I'd ne'er seen that face, for my heart,
I've lost by it—
D.
Lost! what have you lost? here's my bell, and I'll cry it.
O, yes! O, yes!
Lost, when I have forget,
Mislaid, how I cannot swear;
Stol'n, I don't know what,
And stray'd, I don't know where!
Whoever finds it safe and well,
And brings it fair and true,
Shall have, how much I cannot tell,
Paid by I don't know who;
And no more will I cry this thing,
Nor they reward pay higher—
O, yes! O, yes! God save the king!
C.
And let us hang the crier.
C.,S.,D.,
The devil take your company.
(To Dozeyboard.
Do Dozey, keep us company,
We're all exceeding company.
C.,S.,D.,
With rage I shall expire,
Or else I must retire,
What more can you desire?
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So let us sing, God save the king!
C.,S.,D.,
And let us hang the crier.
But never hang the crier.
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