Whipping Cheare.
Or the wofull lamentations of the the three Sisters in the Spittle
when they were in new Bride-well
To the tune of hempe and flax.
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C Ome you fatall Sisters three,
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whose exercise is spinning:
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And helpe us to pull out these thrids,
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for hee'rs but a harsh begining.
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Oh hemp, and flax, and tow to to to,
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Tow to to to, tow tero.
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Oh hempe, etc.
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The blinded whipper hee attends us,
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if the wheele leave turning,
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And then the very Matrons lookes,
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turnes all our mirth to mourning.
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Oh hempe and flax and Tow to to to,
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tow to to to to to tero,
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Oh hempe etc.
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Now for a Cup of bottle Ale,
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some suger-plummes and Cakes a,
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But never a client must come in,
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to giv's a poore pinte of Sacke,
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Heer's hemp and flax and tow to to to
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tow tow to to to to tero.
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Heer's hempe and etc.
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Besse the eldest Sister, shee
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is stayned much with honour,
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And one cannot endure the labour,
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which is thrust upon her.
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O hemp and flax and tow to to to.
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Tow to to, to to tero.
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O hemp etc.
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Garden-allies cleare are swept,
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Hoglaine laments a little:
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Our tinder boxes over our heades,
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were broken at the Spittle:
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Heer's hemp and flax and tow to to to,
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tow to to to to to tero.
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Heer's hempe etc.
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If the London Prentises,
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And other good men of fashion:
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Would but refraine our companies,
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Then woe to our occupation.
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Then hempe and flaxe and tow to to to
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Tow to to to to tero.
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Then hempe, etc.
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O you lusty Roring Boyes,
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Come shew your brazen faces:
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Let your weapons turn to beetles,
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And shoulder out some of these lashes.
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At hemp and flaxe and tow to to to,
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Tow to to to to to tero,
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At hemp, etc.
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Gold and silver hath forsaken,
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Our acquaintance cleerely:
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Twined whipcord takes the place,
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And strikes t'our shoulders neerely.
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Heer's hempe and flax and tow to to to,
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Tow to to to to tero.
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Heere's hemp, etc.
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You Punkes and Panders every one,
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Come follow your loving sisters:
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In new Bridewell there is a mill,
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Fills all our hands with blisters.
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And hempe and flax and,
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Tow to to to to tero,
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If the Millers art you like not,
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to the hempe blocke packe yee:
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Thumpe, and thumpe, and thump apace,
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for feare the whipper take yee.
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Ther's hemp & flax and tow to to to,
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Tow to to to to tero.
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Finis.
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The Second Part of the Whipping Cheere. With the Roring [Boyes]
comfortable answere to three fatall Sisters.
To the same tune.
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S Isters wee have receiv'd your letters,
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And lament yours cases:
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Worke but apace a little while,
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Wee will possesse your places.
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At hempe and flaxe and tow, to, to, to.
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At hempe and flaxe, etc.
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You have pla[cd] your parts wee see,
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And well maintaind the battle:
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Now to give the Counterblow,
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Weele make the beetles rattle.
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At hempe and flaxe and tow, to to to,
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At hempe etc.
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Dice and Cards and mony store,
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Which every foole disburses:
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Commands us all to sing and roare,
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With full impleated purses.
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Now to the hempe and Tow to to to,
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Now to the, etc.
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Clownes shall not escape our hands,
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But still we will be nipping:
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Weele ventures gentry state and lands,
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Because weele have some whipping.
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At hempe and flaxe and Tow to to to,
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At hempe, etc.
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Sommons shall be sent abroad,
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To call home country brothers:
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Panders, Foysters, and roring boyes,
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The Pimp and all such others.
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To the hemp and flaxe & Tow to to to,
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To the hempe, etc.
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Cutpurse boyes shall grow to strength,
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For labours best befitting:
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Play the beetles out at length,
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Unlesse youle goe to whipping.
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To the hemp and flax and Tow to to to,
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To the hempe, etc.
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Pads and Prancers run and ride,
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Decoyes come shew your cunning:
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Make hast to bring the cards and dice,
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Your labours worth the running.
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Heer's hemp and flaxe and tow to to to,
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Heer's hemp, etc.
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Worke apace for Wine and Capon,
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And good cheere growes scanty:
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Now the beetles grow the weapon,
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Our fares not halfe so dainty.
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Heer's hemp and flaxe and tow to to to,
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Heere's hemp.
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Sisters what thinke you that we,
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Do second out your labours,
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When we meet abroad againe,
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I display the double coulours.
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O hempe and flaxe and tow to to to,
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O hempe, etc.
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Lastly to amend the matter,
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Shew your shoulders printed:
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Weele shew as faire and if not better,
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For so it is appointed.
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At hempe and flaxe and to to to to,
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At hempe axd flaxe and tow to to to, etc.
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FINIS.
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