THE
Young Ladies Answer
TO
The Forsaken Lover:
In Vindication of her self, for Marrying another.
To an Excellent New Tune.
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I.
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BEfore you went to Town,
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Just at our parting,
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Then your Love you did own
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To be most lasting;
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And you declared too,
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I should hear from ye,
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And have a Line or two,
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But ne're had any.
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II.
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Then your Vows you did seal
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With pressing Kisses;
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Which my Heart soon did steal
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By those false Blisses:
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But when you got to Town,
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I was not thought on,
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A New Love you had found,
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With bigger Fortune.
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III.
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Some Months did pass away,
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While I expected
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To hear from you each day,
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But was neglected;
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Which made me then to doubt
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You did deceive me,
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As since I've found it out
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How you did leave me.
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IV.
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Here is your Ring you gave
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When you departed;
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Nothing of yours I'll have,
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That's so false hearted.
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How many Vows you made,
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Soft Kisses bound them;
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I thought all true you said,
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But false I found them.
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V.
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When I found you untrue,
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Had you a Lordship,
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I'd not be bound to you,
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In your false Courtship:
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But Fortune prov'd more kind,
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I met another,
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And married to my mind
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A Constant Lover.
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VI.
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Tho you bid Maids beware,
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I needs must tell ye,
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You'll draw Maids in a Snare,
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If they'll believe you:
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Therefore Young Women the[n]
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Mind not their Woing,
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For such false-hearted Men
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Are your undoing.
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VII.
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But if you marry him
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That's True and Loving,
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Then you will ne're repine,
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Nor e're be grieving;
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For your whole Life will be
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Pleasant and easie,
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Your Love will always be
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Ready to please ye.
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