The Concieted Bell-man: Or, the Sawcy Servant,
Who for want of Sense and good Manners exposed some of his
Masters in PRINT.
To the Tune of, the Midnight Ramble, with the burden to it. Licensed according to Order
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THe Bell-men that walk in the weather,
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and tells us the time of the night;
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When-ever they meet all together,
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they'll boast of what verses they write.
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tol, tol, tol, taro tol, tol, tol.
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Some writes in the praise of their masters
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their vertuous young mistresses too,
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And how to keep them from disasters,
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what blustering storms they go through:
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tol, tol, etc.
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When turbulent Boras is blowing,
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and drives down the rain like a tide,
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Their rounds they're continually going,
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that all may in safety abide;
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tol, etc.
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But one amongst many i'll mention
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his verses I cannot excuse,
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He is a mear hog for invention,
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for he does his masters abuse:
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tol, etc.
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The depth of his fancy he fathoms,
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and yet it is very well known,
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He scarce has the sence of Jack Adams,
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tho' proud and imperious he's grown;
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tol, etc.
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Before he came into the station,
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of walking about with his bell,
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Believe me good men of discression,
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he ne'er liv'd so fat and so well,
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tol, etc.
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I pray do but mind his reflections,
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displai'd and set forth in his sheet,
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His love and his tender affections,
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when he was got drunk in the street;
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tol, etc.
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'Tis true he was wonderful witty,
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and made all his verses we know,
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And if he would not mend his manners,
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he may hang up himself for a show:
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tol, etc.
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He was proud imperious and sawcy,
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unto our good Duke you shall hear,
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Who made him soon cry out for mercy,
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Oh, how he did tremble for fear.
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tol, etc.
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Behold at the sight of the Rapier,
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away from his presence he goes,
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With trembling fear he was ready,
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to foul the long seams of his hose,
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tol, etc.
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He brags and he boasts to his masters,
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that all his chief care and delight,
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Is still to keep them from disasters,
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by ranging about in the night:
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tol, etc.
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But yet their glass windows are broken,
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and pales they are stole here and there,
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Consider, does not this betoken,
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that he has a damnable care:
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tol, etc.
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His master that sold him a Kettle,
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for which he did readily pay,
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Pleased him at first to a tittle,
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yet never the loss the next day;
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tol, etc.
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This brasier he basely bespather'd,
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declaring he'd sold it too dear,
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The words which abroad he had scarter'd,
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did happen to come to his ear:
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tol, etc.
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His Master that scarce got a farthing,
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his insolent words did offend,
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but booby he begging his pardon,
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the anger was soon at an end:
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tol, etc.
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For want of good manners and breeding,
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the gentlemen he would abuse,
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Although he was never yet worthy,
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to clean or unbuckle their shooes,
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tol, etc.
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Since he is grown great by the Parish,
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we find he's puft up with his pelth;
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And yet the long staff that he carries,
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is almost as wise as himself:
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tol, etc.
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When he was a Louse-crap-maker,
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he was both needy and poor;
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but since he is a benefit taker,
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He's a sawcy son of a wh---e.
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tol, tol, tol, tara tol, tol, tol.
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