The Gowlin: or,
A Pleasant Fancy for the SPRING.
Being an Encounter betwixt a Scotch Leard, & a buxome begger-wench.
He captivated was at the first sight,
Not with her gay attire, her Beauty bright;
He Woo'd and won her for to serve his will,
But he's a Leard, and she a Begger still.
To a new Play-house Tune; Or, See the Gowlin, etc.
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ABroad as I was walking,
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upon a Summers day,
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There I met a Beggar-wench,
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cloathed all in Gray,
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Her Cloaths they were so torn,
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you might have seen her skin,
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She was the first that taught me,
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to see the Gowlin;
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Ah! to see the Gowlin my Jo,
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to see the Gowlin;
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She was the first that taught me
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to see the Gowlin.
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You Gallants of delight,
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pray take it not in scorn,
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She came of Adams seed,
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though she was basely born:
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And though her Cloath were Ragged,
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she had a Milk-white skin,
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She was the first that taught me,
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to see the Gowlin:
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Ah! to see, etc.
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She had a pretty little foot,
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and a moist hand,
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For which she might compare,
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with any Lady in the Land,
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Ruby Lips, Cherry Cheeks,
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and a Dimpled Chin,
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She was the first that taught me
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to see the Gowlin:
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Ah! to see, etc.
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Her features did so tempt me,
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I could not be at rest,
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But I must fall aboard on her,
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although she was undrest:
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I bid her take it quietly
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and not make any Din,
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She was the first that taught me
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to see the Gowlin,
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Ah! to see the Gowlin: my Jo,
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to see the Gowlin;
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She was the first that taught me
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to see the Gowlin.
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AT first she seemed squemish,
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and blusht to see me smile,
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But I began to sweeten her,
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and pause a little while:
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At length I told her plainly,
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but a venial sin,
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She was the first that taught me
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to see the Gowlin:
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Ah! to see the Gowlin my jo,
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to see the Gowlin,
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She was the first that taught me,
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to see the Gowlin.
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When that I had wooed her,
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and wed her to my will,
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I could not then devise a way,
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to keep the Baby still:
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She bid me be at quiet,
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she valued not a pin,
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She was the first that taught me,
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to see the Gowlin:
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Ah! to see, etc.
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I found her free and frolick,
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and ready for the sport,
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My arms I then did handle,
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with speed to storm the fort:
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Quo I my blith and bonny Lass,
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it's time for to begin,
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She was the first that taught me
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to see the Gowlin:
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Ah! to see, etc.
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Then she took the Bearn in,
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and wrapt it well in cloaths,
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And then she took a Gowlin
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and stuck between her toes;
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And ever as the Lurden cry'd,
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and made any din,
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She took her foot and sung too't,
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see the Gowlin:
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Ah! to see the Gowlin, etc.
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When as we came for to embrace,
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I made not many brags,
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But with all the skill I had,
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I folded up her Raggs,
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And then no matter what I did,
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or what she did agen,
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She was the first that taught me
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to see the Gowlin:
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Ah! to see the Gowlin.
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When I had satisfi'd my sence,
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by doing of the feat,
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She motions made to me again,
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my Lesson to repeat:
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But I began to have enough,
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of play at In, and In:
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She was the first that taught me
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to see the Gowlin:
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Ah! to see, etc.
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I bid her to be silent,
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and gave her a Gold Ring,
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Because she was a bonny Lass,
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and fit to do the thing:
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And so I left the Begger-wench,
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that had so white a skin,
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She was the first that taught me
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to see the Gowlin:
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Ah! to see, etc.
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The Gowlin is a yellow flower,
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that grows upon the Plains,
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Which oftentimes is gathered
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by Nymphs and Shepherd Swains,
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When youngsters walk on the down
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they think it a fine thing,
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To give their Sweet-hearts a green gown,
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and see the Gowlin:
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Ah! to see the Gowlin, my jo,
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to see the Gowlin,
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To give their Sweet-hearts a green gown,
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and see the Gowlin.
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