Perjur'd BILLY:
OR, THE
Lamentable Overthrow of Fair PHILLIS,
THE
Maser's Daughter of Dorcester, who dy'd for the Love of Billy, a Counsel
lor.'s Clark in that Country. Tune of, Come sweet Lass, etc.
Licens'd and Enter'd according to Order.
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IN the West
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A weeping Lover
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Here discover,
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In the West
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A Maid with beauty blest,
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Charming clear,
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A Maser's Daughter dear;
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But Billy two severe,
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He would not her come near.
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Though he swore
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He'd never leave her,
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Nor deceivee her,
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Though he swore
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Fair Phillis he'd adore,
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N'ertheless,
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With heart of heaviness,
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He left her in distress,
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Her sorrows to express.
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All in vain
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She strove, to smother,
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From her Mother,
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All in vain
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She strove to hide her pain,
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till she cry'd,
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I am disatisfy'd,
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Let Friends and Parents chide,
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My grief I cannot hide.
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Unkind Love,
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Why art thou cruel,
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To thy Jewel;
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Unkind Love,
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Like the unspotted dove,
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I will be
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In truth and loyalty,
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Though still you torture me,
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I love no one but thee.
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Once I thought
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My life a pleasure
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Out of measure;
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Once I thought
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I never should be brought
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To despair;
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But now I do declare,
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This sorrow, grief and care,
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Is more than I can bear.
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Pitty me
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Your weeping Philly,
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Perjur'd Billy;
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Pitty me
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Whose life and liberty
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Lies at stake;
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My fainting heart will break
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With sorrow for thy sake,
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If you no pitty take.
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He never came,
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Though bound in duty,
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To this Beauty
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He never came;
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Phillis the fair, by name,
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Weeping lay,
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Many a mournful day;
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At length she dy'd away,
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Love wrought her life's decay.
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When she dy'd,
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Her discontented
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Friends lamented;
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When she dy'd
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Mourning they did provide
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For threescore
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Young Damsels, rich and poor,
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Who willow-garlands wore;
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The like not seen before.
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