West-Country Jigg:
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Love in Due Season.
A Longing Maid which had a mind to marry,
Complaining was, that she so long should tarry;
At length a brisk young Lad did chance to spy her,
And liking of her well, resolvd to try her:
And courting her, and vowing to be constant,
They there clapt up a bargain in an instant.
To a pleasant New Tune, called, New Exeter. With Allowance.
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WHen Soll with his Beams,
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Had guilded the Streams,
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And Nymphs, and Young Shepherds
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awakt from their Dreams:
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I heard a Sad Moan
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In a Neighbouring Grove
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from a Voice all alone.
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A Languishing Maid,
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By Cupid Betrayd;
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Was Sighing, and Sobbing,
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And often she said:
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Love! Cruel to me:
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When shall I be Easd
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Of my Misery.
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Tis known I am Fair,
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And Brisk as the Air;
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Not one in a thousand
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With Me can Compare:
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Yet ner a Young-man
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Will ease me of Sadness,
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to help me! that can.
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My time I do spend,
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Yet want I a Friend
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To Rally, and Dally,
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And please me toth End:
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Which makes me to say,
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O Cupid! Great Cupid!
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I love no Delay.
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ALL Night in my Bed,
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With Cares in my Head,
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And weeping, and wailing,
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I wish I were Wedd:
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And yet no Relief
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I find in the Morning
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For all my sad Grief.
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How happys the Birds
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Which Mate in the Woods?
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Enjoying most freely,
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Their Love without words;
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Whilst I do complain
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Of Young-mens Unkindness
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And Cruel Disdain.
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A Young-man hard by,
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This Maid did Espy;
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Admiring her Beauty,
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He to her did hye:
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Quoth he, pritty Saint,
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It grieves my Heart for
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to hear your Complaint.
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What think you of me?
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Im active and free;
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And willing to serve you
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In every Degree:
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And by this sweet Kiss,
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To proffer my Service
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It is not amiss.
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The Bonny Young Maid
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was nothing afraid;
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But modestly Blushing,
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unto him, she said:
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Since you are so free,
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If you will be Constant,
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We two may agree.
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Quoth he, thou shalt find
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Me Loyal, and Kind,
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And Ready, and willing,
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To pleasure thy Mind:
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then do you not fear
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But I will be Constant
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My Joy and my Dear.
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this made her Rejoyce,
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And with Cheerful Voice,
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Quoth she, mine own Dearest,
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thou shalt be my Choice:
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take Heart and take Hand,
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I always will be at
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thy will and Command.
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then did they retire,
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With Longing Desire;
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Expecting, and waiting
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For quenching Loves fire:
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And now lives most free,
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Although a Quick Bargain
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was made as you see.
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