THE
Young Mans Counsellour,
OR,
The most deserved praise of those sweet Complexioned
Damosels of the Black and Brown.
The pleasant Blacks and modest Browns,
their loving Husbands please;
Now if I had ten thousand pounds,
I'd marry one of these.
Tune of All Trades.
Licensed according to Order.
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ALl thoughts of confusion forbear;
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there's none but meer Niseys that frets,
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And cast away Sorrow and Care,
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which never was known to pay Debts:
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And if you a Wooing will goe,
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and would with a good Wife be Blest.
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Come hither, and here I will show
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what Colour is counted the best.
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As for the Black and the Brown,
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they are the cream of the Town;
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For loe, here behold, they never can scold,
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nor give you so much as a Frown.
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Beware of a Lass that's too kind,
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whose Vilege is Swarthy and Pale;
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For most of that sort you will find
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are subject to play with their Tale,
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And count it a very small Crime
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to dally with every Mate;
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Then Young-men take warning in time,
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for fear you repent it too late:
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But as for the Black, etc.
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Now she that is freckl'd and fair,
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she'll baffle thy money in pride;
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Black Patches and powdered Hair,
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nay, wanton and lazy beside;
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She'll plunder and pillage thy Purse;
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all this by experience I know,
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Whoever is plagu'd with this Curse,
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he needs no more sorrow I trow.
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But as for the Black and the Brown,
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they are the cream of the Town;
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For loe, here behold, etc.
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Beware of thin Lips, and sharp Nose,
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whose Hair is the colour of Gold;
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If ever you marry with those,
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you're fitted I faith with a Scold.
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Whenever she wants of her will
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then down flows her Crockadiles Tears;
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But when her Top Tippit is up,
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she'll Ring you a Peal in your Ears;
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But as for the Black, and the Brown,
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they are the cream of the Town;
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For loe, here behold, they never can scold,
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nor give you so much as a frown.
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Now as for the Locks which are Gray,
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such Women are both old and tuff;
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They'll hold a brisk youngster in play,
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and think they have never enough;
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For if with a Damosel you jest,
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and tho' but in innocent mirth
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Streight jealousie Reigns in her Breast:
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now this is a Hell upon Earth.
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But as for the Black, etc.
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The Flaxen hath no good Report,
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tho' many may fancy the same;
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I know that most of that sort,
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are notable Girls of the Game:
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They'll Gossip and Junket about;
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nay, tipple Wine, Brandy, and Beer,
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Spend more in a day without doubt,
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then ever they earn in a year.
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But as for the Black, etc.
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The Sandy and Swarthy I'll swear,
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she has the good name of a Slut;
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And you must take very good Care,
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or else she will poyson your Gut:
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Her Beauty will never forsake you;
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you may have it always in sight;
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There's no man a Cuckold will make you,
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except he does do it for spight;
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But as for the Black, etc.
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The Yellow is none of the best,
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they are for Contention and Strife;
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That poor man is happily blest,
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that hath such a one to his Wife.
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At night when he comes to his home,
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she'll call him both Cuckold and Fool,
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And proffer his Noddle to comb
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sometimes with a three legged Stool:
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But as for the Black, etc.
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The Foggy I'd have you forbear,
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I'd never chuse such for a Bride,
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If there was no other, I'll swear,
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in all the whole Nation beside.
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In Bed she'll near please thee that's flat,
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for there she lies all of a heap;
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And she that is Foggy and Fat,
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is subject to fart in her sleep.
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[B]ut as for the Black, etc.
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The Carrots I'd like to forgot,
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which is the worst colour of all;
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If such a one fall to thy Lot,
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thy Blessing and comfort is small.
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All Blessings will bid thee farewell,
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the very first night you are Wed,
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Her Carrots will cast such a smell,
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you'll never endure her in Bed.
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But as for the Black, etc.
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You Young-men that hear me this day,
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and would with a loving Wife speed,
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Remember this Counsel I pray,
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and then you're happy indeed:
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If you mean to marry with any,
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pray buy this New Song, without doubt,
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You'll find it to be the best Penny
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that e'er you was known to lay out.
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As for the Black and the Brown,
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they are the cream of the Town;
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For loe, here behold, they never can scold,
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nor give you so much as a frown.
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