Cupids Trappan; Or,Up the green Forrest.
Or, The scorner scorn'd; or Willow turn'd into Carnation; Described in the Ranting Resolution of a Forsaken Maid.
To a pleasant New Tune, now all in fashion.
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ONce did I love a bonny bonny Bird,
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thinking that he had been my own:
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But he lov'd another far better than I,
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and he has taken his flight and is flown, brave boys,
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and he has taken his flight, and is flown.
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Up the green Forrest, and down the green Forrest,
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like one much distressed in mind;
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I hoopt and I hoopt; and I flung up my Hood,
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but my bonny bird I could not find, brave boys,
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but my bonny Bird, etc.
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But she that hath gotten my bonny bonny Bird,
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would the devil had had her for me;
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It was not a Crown nor a Noble so round,
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that should have bought my bonny Bird from me, brave boys,
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that should have, etc.
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He set me upon his dissembling knee,
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and looked me all in the face,
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He gave unto me and a Judas Kiss,
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but his heart was in another place, brave boys,
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but his heart, etc.
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She that hath gotten my bonny bonny Bird,
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let her make as much on't as she can;
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For whether I have him, or I have him not,
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I will quaff with him now and then, brave boys,
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I will quaff, etc.
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He told me he lov'd me far better than all
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the richest Temptations i'th World;
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Then treasure or Money, he call'd me his Honey,
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but now from his heart I am hurl'd, brave boys,
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but now, etc.
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He could not indure to be out of my sight,
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he lov'd me like Silver or Gold;
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His blood was on fire, with the flames of desire,
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but I find his hot love was soon cold, brave boys,
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but I find, etc.
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His tongue was so tipt with temptations, that I
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could have suffer'd him (without controul)
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To have done what he wou'd, and have humor'd his blood,
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had the venture been body and soul, brave boys,
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had the venture, etc.
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And now he requites me with scorn and disdain,
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some other hath gotten him from me;
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But let her take heed, at last how she speed,
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least a third do prove better then she, brave boys,
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least a third, etc.
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One Man for one Maid, the Creator hath made,
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he that hath more, hath more then his due;
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Sure [t]wo is too many, he'l never love any,
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for twenty Maids will be too few, brave boys,
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for twenty, etc.
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Those Virgins that take him I think are stark mad,
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for he that proves false unto one,
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That lov'd him as life, will be false to his Wife,
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I have cause to be glad that he's gone, brave boys,
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I have cause, etc.
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The Witchcraft of Love; is enough to undo
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the hearts of poor credulous Creatures;
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My freedom to me, is far sweeter than he,
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for freedom is softer then Fetters, brave boys,
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for freedom is, etc.
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If he had continud'd he might a had all,
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his carriage and wit was so brave;
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Although he had like to have given me a fall,
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yet the jewel of jewels I have, brave boys,
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yet the jewel, etc.
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Which still I will keep from such Gamesters as he,
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by such I will ne'r be betray'd;
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My Portion shall be, my Virginity,
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'tis Dowry enough for a Maid, brave boys,
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'tis Dowry, etc.
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I'le swagger and rant, and i'le ne'r think upon't,
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but bring Willow Garlands in fashion;
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Although for my part, my own merry heart,
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shall turn Willow into Carnation, brave boys,
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shall go, etc.
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I vow to be jolly, brisk, bonny and free,
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and march under Chastities Banners;
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I'le sing, and i'le dance, and my spirits advance,
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in spight of all Cupids Trappaners, brave boys,
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in spight, etc.
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When he comes disfigur'd and crippl'd from War,
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i'le jeer him, and laugh him to scorn;
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His Wife too will scoff, when he comes lamely off,
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and give him a Night-cap of Horn, brave boys,
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and give, etc.
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All you that are Virgins, and live at your wills,
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be wise and take warning by me;
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Ne'r venture your hearts, to a tongue and good parts,
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if the Man have no Fidelity, brave boys,
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if the man, etc.
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It is better to live in a Virgins degree,
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then Marry a false-hearted Mate;
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Their cunning shall ne'r, take me in their snare,
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the Devil shall catch him for Kate, brave boys,
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the Devil shall catch him for Kate.
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