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EBBA 31088

British Library - Roxburghe
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The Loving Girls Invitation to a Young
Sailor, in his Trowsers.

COme a Shore you jolly Tar,
with your Trowsers on,
Come a Shore you jolly Tar,
with your Trowsers on,
Come a Shore you jolly Tar,
from on Board a Man of War,
And kiss the bonny Lasses,
with our Trowsers on.

We will walk by the Shore,
while the Tide it comes in,
If we meet with a bonny Lass,
walking on the Sand,
We will kiss her sweetly,
with our Trowsers on

Will you stand to your Bargain,
young Man she said, or no
You promisd for to marry me,
a Twelvemonth ago,
Will you stand to your Bargain,
so now say, aye or no.
A Bargain a Bargain
the young Man he said,
If I promisd for to marry
it was but for to try
Well call up our Witnesses,
and hear them by and by.

Theres a Flower in the North
for you young Man.
If it had not been for shame,
and to forfeit my good Name,
I might have provd as false,
as you have been young Man.

Here's a Health to the Lad,
with his Trowsers on,
And another to the Maid,
that never was afraid,
To kiss a bonny Lad,
with his Trowsers on.

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