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EBBA 31598

British Library - Roxburghe
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LORD BIRKINs LAMENTATION.
To the Tune of, Fy gar rub her, etc.
Didnt I free thee, vilest as thou art,
From the Rapacious Hands of ----- -----

Lord Birkins Rapsodys.

(1)
FY C----r, Robber, Robber,
Do I live to see this Day,
Sure neer Peer was treated scrubber,
My Birkin ravishd quite away.
Fy C---r, etc.

(2)
Blush to think, how vilest Traitor,
You at Causway-side confind,
My yielding Brucia, coud the Creature
Fly and leave her Lord behind.
Fy C---r, etc.

(3)
I can give her Legs of Lamb, Sir,
I can Play her Duncan Gray,
You perhaps may Curse and Damn, Sir;
Or, Gar Rub her oer wi Strae.
Fy C----r, etc.

(4)
Come my Birkin, stay no longer,
Hear my Prayer, else I die,
Come and stanch my amorous Hunger,
M---- loves not more than I.
Fy C----r, etc.

(5)
AEtherial Jove in his high Turret,
Sits with Juno on his Knee,
I with you woud chuse a Garret,
And be happier far than he.
Fy C----r, etc.

(6)
Since you false prove, and Disloyal,
Prone this Soul of mine to kill,
The Whore of Bablon I enjoy will,
On the Temples Pinacle.


N.B. Shortly will be publishd Lady Birkins Answer, to the Tune of,
Hey, ho, Robin co-she, kind Robin loes me.

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