THE Wenching TANNER. Serv'd in his Kind, OR, The Intreagues of his Wife and his Man John. To the Tune of, I met with a Country Lass, etc.
Licensed according to Order.
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(1)
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I Am but a Servant poor,
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my Masters Leather I tan,
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And often thresh in his Barn-floor,
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Trim-Tram, like Master like Man.
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(2)
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My Master's a Wenching Spark,
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and kisses his Neighbour Nan,
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Which trade I soon began to mark,
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Trim-Tram, etc.
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(3)
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I told my Mistress the Jest,
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it much in her fancy ran,
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And straight at my design she guess'd,
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Trim-Tram, etc.
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(4)
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She pleasantly smil'd on me,
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and said, I wish you be Jahn,
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I sate her down upon my Knee,
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Trim-Tram, etc.
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(5)
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I Courted her eagerly,
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she bids me do what I can,
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My finger straight was in the Pye,
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Trim-Tram, etc.
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(6)
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Our pleasures by stealth was sweet,
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we ta[s]ted it now and than;
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My Dame and I did often meet,
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Trim-Tram, etc.
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(7)
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When he to the Butcher rides,
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and falls to the bouzing Can,
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Then I make Horns to all his Hides,
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Trim-Tram, etc.
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(8)
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One day to Market he Scours,
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and there his old trade began,
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My Dame and I fell to All-fours,
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Trim-Tram, etc.
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(9)
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At night he came home in drink,
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and at us did curse and ban;
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I gave my Dame a Tip and a Wink,
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Trim-Tram, etc.
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(10)
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She kiss'd and embrac'd the Sot,
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her kindness was but a Trepan;
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For I mean while his Mony got,
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Trim-Tram, etc.
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(11)
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Next morning his Coin he miss'd,
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and straight was upon the[?],
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While she and I more warmly k[issed],
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Trim-Tram, etc.
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(12)
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One time to a Fair he went,
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to buy my Mistress a Fan,
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Whilst we at home his Money spent,
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Trim-Tram, etc.
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(13)
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If all our Intreague you'd know,
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and sift the Flow'r from the Bran,
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While he does Harrow, I do Sow,
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Trim-Tram, like Master like Man,
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FINIS.
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