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Stand toot WHETSTON-PARK Ladies: or;
The Countrey Lasses farewel to Sorrow.
Maids, heres a Caution how to gain rich Talents,
Do, as Ive done, keep Company with Gallants;
By which Im raisd from mean to high degree,
In being to young Heirs and Gallants free:
I fear no Colours but will stand it out,
The worst can be, is the Covent-Garden-Gout.
To the Tune of, Never a Penny of Money.

I Am a brave Lass, and I Traveld about,
with a fa la la la le le la le ro,
And behavd myself bravely upon the Road,
with a fa la la la le le la le ro;
And was welcome to every place where I did come,
And many a brave Gallant did look me upon,
But I have a fine trick for to play with my own:
with a fa la la le le la le ro.

I prosperd so well that to London I came,
with a fa la, etc.

For that is a place to get a good name,
with a fa la, etc.
And there I have got a place unto my mind,
And many brave Gallants do me find:
Ile promise unto them Ile not be unkind:
with a fa la, etc.

Now a Crown or an Angel I have in the nick,
with a fa la, &c.
For they find that I bravely can do the trick,
with a fa la, etc.
I have my Silk-Gowns, and my Scarfs to wear,
And many a brave Gallant doth call me their Dear,
They see I am so willing to let out my Ware.
with a fa la, etc.

When I was in the Country I thought of a thing,
with a fa la, etc.
That it was a great shame to sit there for to Spin:
with a fa la, etc.
And Whigg, Whey, and Butter-milk was but course dyet,
For in my mind I could never be quiet,
Now I am in London I live for more riot:
with a fa la, etc.

Of Capon and Coney I feed on great store,
with a fa la, etc.
And now I forgot that ere I was poor,
with a fa la, etc.
I care not for Sister, I care not for Brother,
I live like a Lady as well as another,
And all with a mark that is after my Mother:
with a fa la, etc.

My Money comes easily into my Lap,
with a fa la, etc.
I am a sound Country-Girl, and give no one a Clap,
with a fa la, etc.
Five Crowns at a time I have in my har,
And all for fine kisses they have at command,
This is gallant profit I do understand.
with a fa la la le le la le ro.

Though I was but simply born in degree,
with a fa la, etc.
My Father did best in getting of me,
with a fa la, etc.
He got me so pretty and neat to the eye,
That any that comes will hardly pass by,
They venture a Guinney or too for to try,
with a fa la, etc.

I russel in Silk and I trample about,
with a fa la, etc.
I tune up my Notes for to make them look out,
with a fa la, etc.
And when I have caught a brave spark in my lure,
That money about him is mine to be sure,
O this kissing is costly it had need to be pure.
with a fa la, etc.

Ile send for my Sister she shall be of my Trade,
with a fa la, etc.
Shes as pretty as I am, and is as well made,
with a fa la, etc.
And not live in the Country to abide so much itch,
But come up to London and learn to be rich,
What if now and then she do venture a touch,
with a fa la, etc.

Nothing venture, nothing have,
with a fa la, etc.
I am all for brave Gamsters, I scorn a poor knave,
with a fa la, etc.
With my eye I command them at every wink,
And Sack and Burnd Claret they give me to drink,
Besides I am foremost with great store of Chinck.
with a fa la, etc.

Who live in the Countrey as I did before,
with a fa la, etc.
For a Groat a day thats very poor,
with a fa la, etc.
When Crowns and Angels are nothing to me,
To pleasure young Gallants that be free,
If I make use of my own, what is that to thee,
with a fa la, etc.

So I can hold up my trade, & live free from all sorrow,
with a fa la, etc.
If I have no money ore-night, Ile have some tomor-row
with a fa la, etc.
And call for a Coach, and jog it about,
With ranting brave Gallants come in and go out,
If I escape but the Covent-Garden Gout.
with a fa la la le le la le ro.


FINIS.
Printed for P. Brooksby, in West-smith-field.

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