The WILTSHIRE Wedding,
Between Daniel Do-well, and Doll the Dairy-Maid.
With the Consent of her old Father Leather-Coat, and her
dear and tender Mother Plodwell.
To an excellent Tune.
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ALL in a misty Morning,
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So cloudy was the Weather,
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I meeting with an old Man,
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Who was cloathed all in Leather,
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With neer a Shirt unto his Back,
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But Woollen to his Skin.
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With how do you do, and how do you do,
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And how do you do again.
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The Rustick was a Thresher,
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And on the Way he hyd,
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And with a Leather Bottle
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Fast buckled by his Side;
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And with a Cap of Woollen,
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That coverd Cheek and Chin.
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With how do you do, etc.
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I went a little farther,
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And there I met a Maid,
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Was going then a Milking.
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A Milking, Sir, she said.
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Then I began to compliment,
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And she began to sing.
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With how do you do, etc.
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This Maidens Name was Dolly,
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Cloathed in a Gown of Grey.
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I being somewhat jolly,
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Persuaded her to stay;
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Then strait I fell to courting her,
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In hopes her Love to win.
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With how do you do, and how do you do,
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And how do you do again?
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Then having Time and Leisure,
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I spent a vacant Hour,
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Telling of my Treasure,
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Whilst sitting in the Bower;
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With many kind Embraces,
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I stroakd her double Chin,
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With how do you do, etc.
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I told her I would marry,
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And she should be my Bride,
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And long we should not tarry,
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With twenty Things beside:
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Ill plow and sow, and reap and mow,
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Whilst thou shalt sit and spin.
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With how do you do, etc.
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Did not you meet my Father,
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The Damsel then replyd;
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His Jerkin was of Leather,
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A Bottle by his Side.
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Yes, I did meet him trudging
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As fast as he could win.
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With, etc.
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Kind Sir, I have a Mother,
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Besides a Father still;
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Those Friends, above all others,
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You must ask their Good-will:
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For if I be undutiful
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To them, it is a Sin.
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With, etc.
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Now there we left the Milk-pail,
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And to her Mother went,
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And when we were come thither,
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I asked her Consent,
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And doft my Hat, and made a Leg,
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For why she was within.
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With, etc.
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My Husband is a Threshing,
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Who is her Father dear,
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Hell give with her his Blessing,
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Kind Sir, you need not fear.
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He is of such Good-nature,
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That he could never lin.
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With, etc.
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For by your courteous Carriage
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You seem an honest Man;
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You may have her in Marriage.
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My Husband he anon
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Will bid you very welcome,
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Though he be poor and thin.
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With, etc.
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Her Dad came home full weary,
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Alas! he could not chuse.
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Her Mother being merry,
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She told him all the News.
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Then being mighty jolly too,
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His Song did soon begin.
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With, etc.
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Her Parents being willing,
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All Parties were agreed;
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Her Portion Thirty Shillings,
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They married were with Speed.
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Then Will the Piper he did play,
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While they did dance and sing.
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With, etc.
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In pleasant Recreation
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They passd away the Night;
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And also by relation,
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With her he takes Delight,
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To walk abroad on Holidays,
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To visit Kiff and Kin.
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With, etc.
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Then lusty Ralph and Robin,
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With many Damsels gay,
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Did ride on Roan and Dobbin,
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To celebrate the Day.
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When being met together,
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Their Caps they off did fling.
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With how do you do, and how do you do,
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And how do you do again?
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