THE
Painted Ladies Rambles ;
OR ,
The Squire well fitted for his Follies .
He that has Guinnies in his purse ,
and Courts a Wanton Dame ,
May meet with this , or ten times worse,
therefore in time Reclaim .
To the Tune of , Black and Sullen Hour. This may be printed , R.P.
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A Youthful Damsel fair and bright,
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if you will now believe the truth,
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She makes it still her chief delight,
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to exercise the tricks of youth,
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In wanton pleasures she does spend her days,
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In hopes she may her honour raise,
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in hopes she may her honour raise ,
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Young gallants on her beauty gaze,
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young gallants on her beauty gaze .
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Tho' many Gallants her adore,
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yet this alas could not suff[i]ce,
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She had another friend in store,
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whom she did far more highly prize:
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Then [de]cking of her self in rich array,
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To find him out she took her way,
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to find, etc.
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To London where she knew he lay,
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to London, etc.
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She could not find her faithful friend,
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therefore she ranging up and down,
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A Squire m[e]t her in the end,
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this did her joys with comfort crown,
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Then to a most convenient place they go,
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And where he might his kindness show,
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and where, etc,
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The Damsel yeild[e]d to his bow,
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the Damsel, etc.
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She did not count it as a crime,
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so long as he had store of chink,
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In mirth they past away the time,
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and in Canar[y] they did drink:
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For which he oftentimes did freely call,
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And then they to embraces fall,
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and then, etc.
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Quoth she thy purse shall pay for all,
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quoth she, etc.
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By policy she did invent,
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how she the Squires purse might clear,
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The day was sp[e]nt in sweet content,
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at length the silent night drew near.
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No charges would this noble Squire spare
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But did a famous Room prepare,
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but did, etc.
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There to enjoy this charming fair,
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there to enjoy, etc.
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Now when the Squire was in bed,
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he sleeping like a drows[i]y drone,
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The Guinyes they run in her head,
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how she might make them all her own:
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And in the morning by the break of day,
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She got his Golden Guineys gay,
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she got, etc.
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Likewise his Watch and went her way,
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likewise, etc.
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Now when the Squire did awake,
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and finding of himself alone,
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Then what a racket he did make,
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with a most lamentable tone:
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My Watch & Guineys they are gone I find.
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O[h] this did much torment his mind.
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O this, etc.
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Was he not served in his kind,
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was he, etc.
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The Squire then did quit the room,
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and to the Drawer did repair,
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His Guinnies made him fret and fume,
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Yet yet he patiently must bear
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With that and more, for they to him did say.
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Kind Sir here is your shot to pay,
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kind Sir , etc.
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Come down with it without delay.
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come down, etc.
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His very heart with grief did melt,
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and what to do he did not know,
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There did he leave his Sword and Belt,
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and glad he was he got off so:
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All you that hear this ditty p[r]ay keep fre[e]
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From such like lewd inconstancy,
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from such like lewd inconstancy ,
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For fear this should your portion be,
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for fear this should your portion be .
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