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1. [PART THE FIRST.]

Male Ballad Singer.
Oh, Nanny wilt thou gang wi' me?

Female Ballad Singer.
Over the mountain, and over the moor.

Male.
When the hollow drum has beat to bed,
When the little fifer nods his head—

Female.
Meet me by moonlight alone,
Dear youth, and I'll tell you a tale—

Male.
Of a traveller stopp'd at a widow's gate,
She kept an inn, and he wanted to bait—

Female.
Quite politely, quite politely—
Walk in, kind sir, said she—

Male.
For England expects that every man
This day will do his duty—
This day will—

Female.
Drink, drink, and kiss the lasses!
Drink, drink, and kiss—

Male.
A maid call'd Betty Wade—

Female.
Oh no, we never mention her,
Her name is never heard:
My lips are now—

Male.
Cherry ripe, cherry ripe—ripe, I cry
Full and fair ones, come—

Female.
Home! home! Home, sweet home!

Male.
I've been roaming—I've been roaming
Where the honey dews are sweet—
And I'm coming—and I'm coming
With—

Female.
Charlie is my darling, my darling, my darling—
Charlie is—

Male.
A brisk and sprightly lad,
And just come home from—

Female.
The Lass of Richmond Hill!
The Lass of Richmond Hill!

Male.
I'd crowns resign, to call her—

Female.
Charming Judy Callaghan!

Male.
Only say, you'll be Mrs. Brallaghan!

Female.
Don't say nay—

Male.
Charming Judy Callaghan!

Female.
For a lass is good—

Male.
And a glass is good,
And a pipe to smoke in cold weather!

Ambo.
The world is good, and the people are good,
And we're all good fellows together!
We're all good fellows together!