THE
DOVER Lovers:
OR,
A pleasant Dialogue between Jonathan, a cou-
ragious Seaman, and Susan his [de]ar Mistress, a little
before his Departure.
To the Tune of, The little Girls Wish. Licensed according to Order.
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Seamen.
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FAre you well, adieu my Dear,
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For I must be gone this Year,
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Time draws on a kindly Spring,
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And I must go to serve the King;
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Mounsieur now begins to move,
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And I must be gone, my Love;
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When the warlike Season's o'er,
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I'll return, I'll return to the English-shore.
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Maid.
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But my Joy and Heart's delight,
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What if you be slain in Fight,
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For the thoughts of killing Gun,
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Makes me now destracted run;
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Stay, then stay, I beg of thee,
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Venter not beyond the Sea,
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For there's thousands cross the Main,
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And ne'r doth, and ne'r doth return again.
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Seamen.
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Honor calls, I must away,
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Yet Love bids me for to stay;
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Why should I then fear a Storm,
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When thy Beauty hath a Charm?
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The Gods will guard me I don't fear,
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For the sake of thee, my Dear;
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When the Battle once is done,
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To thy arms, to they arms, my Love, I'll come.
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Maid.
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Oh! the thoughts of dreadful Fight,
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Does disturb me Day and Night;
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If you are resolv'd to go,
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Let me put on Man's Cloaths too,
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And your Servant I will be,
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To fight against the Enemy,
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And when the Foes about you swarm,
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I will guard, I will guard you from all harm.
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Seaman.
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Thanks a thousand times, my Dear,
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For thy Love and for thy Care,
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Better thousands of us kill'd,
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Then one drop of thy Blood spill'd;
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Take this Ring and Jewel too,
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In token that I will be true;
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Then they in each others arms
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Hug'd and kist, hug'd and kist a thousand charms.
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Maid.
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But my Dear, one word with thee
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Before that you do go to Sea:
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Be sure you careful are, said she,
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Of your health, and think on me
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When that you are parted hence;
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The Gods above by thy Defence,
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To return thee safe to me,
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To live in Love, to live in Love and Unity.
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Seaman.
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If it please the Gods above
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To return me home, my Love,
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We in Marriage-bonds will sing,
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And get a Boy to serve the King;
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In my arms I will thee keep,
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And ne'er return unto the deep,
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And for thy sake I'll leave the Seas,
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And live with thee, and live with thee in Wealth and Ease.
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