THE
French CRYER
Newly arriv'd in ENGLAND.
To the Tune of, Lullaby-Baby. Licensed according to Order.
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IF any in Town or Country can
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Tell any news of an honest Man,
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And when to be so he first began;
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Then let 'um come to the Cryer, the Cryer,
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then let 'um come to the Cryer,
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If any has a Maiden-head found,
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Close up in a Cleanly Napkin bound;
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And dropt by chance upon the ground:
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Then let him come to the Cryer, the Cryer,
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then let, etc.
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If any Cuckold has got but one Horn,
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Which makes him look like a Unicorn,
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And wants another his Brow t'adorn;
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Then let him come to the Cryer, the cryer,
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then let, etc.
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If any Old Woman has got the art,
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To blow a Lamp out and in with a Fart,
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And will for Money the secret impart,
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Then let her come to the Cryer, the cryer,
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then let, etc.
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If any that's in the humour to lend,
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A brace of Thousand Pounds to a Friend,
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To take security, does not intend,
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Then let 'um come to the Cryer, the cryer,
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then let 'um come to the cryer.
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A Man one Night at Bartholomew Fair,
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Was chous'd of his St--s, a lusty pair,
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If any can tydings of them declare,
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Then let him come to the Cryer, the cryer,
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then let, etc.
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Another had all his Teeth stole out,
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As he was a gazing round about
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If brought to pawn, as they will no doubt,
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Pray send 'um unto the Cryer, the cryer,
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pray send, etc.
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If any a Piss-pot Prophet needs,
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In Little-Moor-Fields is surely speeds,
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But if his Distemper Magots breeds,
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Then let him come to the Cryer, the cryer,
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Then let, etc.
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If any young Lass be in a streight,
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And cannot long for a Husband wait,
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But fain would Nibble the Charming Bait,
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Then let her come to the Cryer, the cryer,
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then let, etc.
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If any a Cure for Corns do need,
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And yet is loath his Pocket should bleed,
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If at the Exchange he cannot speed,
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Then let him come to the Cryer, the cryer,
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then let, etc.
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If any Taylor be out of work,
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And up and down streets does idly lurk,
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If he'l make Old Nick a Suit at a jerk;
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Then let him come to the Cryer, the cryer,
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then let, etc.
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Does any want greasie Pork or Beef,
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Or stand in need of a Whore or a Thief,
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If in the Fair he miss of relief,
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Then let him come to the Cryer, the Cryer,
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then let him come to the Cryer.
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