The LOVERS Pastime.
OR,
Sport upon Sport under a Haycock.
Tune of, As I went to Tatnum upon a Market-Day. Licensed according to Order.
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Abroad as I was walking in a Summers day,
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By a little and a little
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And a very very little,
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There I spid a Fair-Maid come a long the way;
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For the space of a very little while,
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Oh! for the space of a very little while
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Fair Maid quoth he, what shall I give to the,
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For to do a lettle and a little,
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And a very very little;
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Fair maid quoth he, what shall I give to thee:
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For the space of a very little while, etc.
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Twenty good pence kind Sir, said she,
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For to do a little and a little,
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And a very very little:
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Twenty good pence kind Sir said she,
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For the space of a very little while, etc.
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Fair maid quoth he, will not one penny do,
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For to do a little and a little,
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And a very very little:
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Fair maid quoth he, will not one penny do,
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For the space of a very little while, etc.
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The maid she seemed angry, and then she went her way:
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by a little and a little,
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and a very very little;
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The Maid she seemed angry, and then she went her way
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for the space of a very little while, etc.
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She had not walked over fields one or tween;
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by a little and a little,
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and a very very little:
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but unto her Chap-man she turned back again;
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for the space of a very little while, etc.
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Kind Sir, quoth she, if I do your one penny take,
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For to do a little and a little,
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and a very very little:
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'Tis only for my handsel sake,
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for the space of a very little while, etc.
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Then house nor barn they could find none,
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for to do a little and a little,
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and a very very little,
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But into a Haycock there they went alone,
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for the space of a very little while, etc.
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And then with one consent, they straight were both agreed,
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for to do a little and a little,
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and a very very little,
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For one penny at that time, forthwith to do the deed;
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for the space of a very little while, etc.
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This bargin being made, the Haycock was their Bed,
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for to do a little and a little,
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and a very very little,
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Where she for a penny parted with her Maiden-head
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in the space of a very little while, etc.
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The gig it being ended, she being in the Vain,
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for to do a little and a little,
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and a very very little:
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She gave him back his penny, for to play the other strain,
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for the space of a very little while, etc.
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Then straightway she went too't, for to play it o're a gain,
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to do a little and a little,
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and a very very little;
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Quoth he, expect no more sweet-heart, for why it is in vain
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for the space of a very little while, etc.
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And then they straightway parted, & on their way they went
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after doing little and a little
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and a very very little:
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They both being pleased and very well content,
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for the space of a very little while,
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Oh! for the space of a very little while.
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