The Batchelors feast,
OR,
The difference betwixt, a single life and a double:
being the Batchelors pleasure, and the married Mans trouble,
To a pleasant new tune called, With a hie dildo, dill.
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AS I walkt forth of late,
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where grasse and flowers spring,
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I heard a Batchelor,
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within an Harbour sing,
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The tennor of his song,
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containd much melodie,
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It is a gallent thing,
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to live at liberty,
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With hie dill do dill,
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hie ho dildurtie:
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It is a delightfull thing,
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to live at liberty.
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W[?]e Batchelors can flaunt,
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in Country and in Towne,
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And in good company,
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may meryly spend a crowne:
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Wee may doe as wee list,
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our lives from cares are free,
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O tis a gallant thing,
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to live at liberty,
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With hie dill etc.
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No Cradle have wee to rocke,
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nor Children that doe cry,
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No land-Lords rent to pay,
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no Nurses to supply:
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No Wife to scould and brawle,
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now wee still keepe good company
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With them that take delight,
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to live at liberty,
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With hie dill, etc.
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While married men doe lie,
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with worldly cares opprest,
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Wee Batchelors can sleepe,
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and sweetly take our rest,
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O married men must seeke,
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for Gossips and a Nurse,
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Which heavie makes the heart,
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but light it makes the purse,
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With hie dill, etc.
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For Candell and for Soape,
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and many knacks besids,
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For Clouts and swadling bands,
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hee likewise must provide,
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To pay for sops and wine,
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hee must also agree,
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O tis a delightfull thing,
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to live at liberty,
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With hie dill, etc.
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A man that doth intend,
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to lead a quiet life,
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Must practise day and night,
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to please his longing wife.
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New fashions must bee had,
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as off as shee them see,
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O tis a pleasant thing
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to live at liberty:
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With hie dill, diil,
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hie, hoe, dildurly,
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It is a delightfull thing:
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to live at liberty.
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