The Yeomans Delight:
OR,
His True and Intire Love to Pritty KATY,
the Farmers Daughter .
To an Excellent New Tune; Or, To Bed to me , etc.
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T Here is a Lass whom I adore,
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and here I will set forth her fame,
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'Tis she that can my joys restore,
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and pritty Katy is her Name:
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For Katy, Katy, Katy O ,
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the love I bear to Katy O ,
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All the World shall never know ,
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the love I bear to Katy O .
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O she is such a Beauty bright,
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both young and plump as any Doe,
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Then in her praise I needs must write,
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her name is called Katy O;
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For Katy, Katy, Katy O ,
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the love I bear to Katy O ,
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All the World shall never know ,
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the love I bear to Katy O ,
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With Land my Love I will endue,
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if that she will but kindness show,
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And will be Loyal, just and true,
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to this my pritty Katy O:
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For Katy, Katy, Katy O ,
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the love I bear to Katy O ,
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All the World shall never know ,
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the love I bear to Katy O .
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When I behold her on the Green,
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such pritty actions she does show,
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And is as fair as any Queen,
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I am in love with Katy O:
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For Katy, Katy, Katy O ,
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the love I bear to Katy O ,
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All the World shall never know ,
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the love I bear to Katy O .
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She is both vertuous, fair, and wise,
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in her a thousand Pleasures flow,
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There's nothing in the world I prize
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like pritty little Katy O;
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For Katy, Katy, Katy O ,
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the love I bear to Katy O ,
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All the World shall never know ,
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the love I bear to Katy O .
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I now no longer will delay,
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but to her Father mean to go,
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And understand what he will say,
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concerning pritty Katy O:
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For Katy, Katy, Katy O ,
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the love I bear to Katy O ,
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All the World shall never know ,
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the love I bear to Katy O .
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Now when his kindness I have try'd,
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and find he does not answer no,
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But yields that she shall be my Bride,
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then will I Marry Katy O:
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For Katy, Katy, Katy O ,
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the love I bear to Katy O ,
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All the World shall never know ,
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the love I bear to Katty O .
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And then upon our Wedding-day,
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we'l Dance, and make a tearing show
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For Will the Piper he shall play,
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to please my pritty Katy O:
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For Katy, Katy, Katy O ,
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the love I bear to Katy O ,
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All the World shall never know ,
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the love I bear to Katy O .
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When all our Guest is gone at night,
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in Bed my Love i'le pleasure show,
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I can't but think of the Delight,
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that I shall have with Katy O:
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For Katy, Katy, Katy O ,
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the love I bear to Katy O ,
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All the World shall never know ,
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the love I bear to Katy O .
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Nay, when the silent night is past,
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next morning we abroad will go,
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To reap the pleasures of Content,
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with pritty little Katy O:
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For Katy, Katy, Katy O ,
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the love I bear to Katy O ,
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All the World shall never know ,
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the love I bear to Katy O .
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