The Vergins Advice
TO THE
Maids of LONDON.
To the Tune of, Oh! that I were but young for you.
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OFt have I heard the Wives complain,
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O that they were but Maids again,
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Maids and they would marry with none,
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For the Maid is the best that lies alone.
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What is more sweet than to live free,
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And to enjoy ones Liberty?
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Therefore I will marry with none,
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For the Maid is the best that lies alone.
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Love is a torment in the breast,
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And will not let a Maiden rest,
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And the young men now so faithless are grown,
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That the maid is the best that lies alone.
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When we are Young they praise us all,
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And their Delights and Darlings call;
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And yet a Lover I will have none,
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For the Maid, etc.
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Why should [I] wear Young Cupid's Chain?
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Why should I grieve and sigh in vain?
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Now my heart I'm sure is my own,
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And the Maid, etc.
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Why should the Maidens marry then?
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Only to please Fantastick men;
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No one need to make any moan,
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And the Maid, etc.
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Which is most fine the Rose or thorn?
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Or that which on some soft Breast is worn;
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There the fragrant sweetness is gone,
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And the Maid, etc.
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In a sweet harmless single life,
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There is no scolding noise or strife,
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To which the Husbands ever were prone,
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Therefore maids are the best, etc.
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In lying alone there is no harm,
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And our maidenheads sure can keep us warm,
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Therefore Young Virgins keep what's your own.
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For the Maid, etc.
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I do advise that you touch no man,
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And you'll be a Maid do what they can,
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And this I'll lay a hundred to one
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That she's the best, etc.
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Though men are fond, they're fickle still,
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And every Jack must have his Jill,
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Have a Jill, though none of his own,
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Therefore Maids are the best, etc.
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Cupid is but a silly Toy.
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An idle Young blind fantastick Boy.
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Therefore Lovers I will have none
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For the maid, etc.
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Therefore Young Damsels learn of me,
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For to live harmless and live free;
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But as for Young men meddle with none
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For the Maid is the best that lies alone.
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