The Wiltshire Wedding
BETWIXT
Daniel Doo-well, and Doll the Dairy-Maid.
With the Consent of her Old Father Leather-Coat, and her dear and
tender Mother Plod-well.
To an Excellent North-Country Tune.
Licensed according to Order.
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ALL in a misty morning,
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cloudy was the weather,
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I meeting with an old Man,
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was cloathed all in Leather:
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With ne'r a Shirt unto his back,
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but Wool unto his skin;
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With how do you do, and how do you do,
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and how do you do agen?
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The Rustick was a Thresher,
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and on his way he hy'd;
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And with a Leather Bottle
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fast buckled by his side:
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And with a Cap of Woolen,
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which covered Cheek and Chin,
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With how, etc.
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I went a little further,
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and there I met a Maid,
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Was going then a Milking,
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a Milking Sir, she said:
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Then I began to Complement,
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and she began to sing;
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With how, etc.
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This Maid her name was Dolly,
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cloath'd in a Gown of gray,
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I being somewhat jolly,
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perswaded her to stay:
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Then straight I fell to Courting her,
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in hopes her love to win,
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With how do you do, and how do you do;
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and how do you do agen?
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Then having time and leasure,
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I spent a vacant hour,
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Telling of all my Treasure,
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whilst sitting in the Bower:
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With many kind Embraces,
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I stroak'd her double Chin:
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With how, etc.
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I told her I would Marry,
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and she should be my Bride,
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And long we should not tarry,
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with twenty things beside:
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I'le Plow & Sow, & Reap and Mow,
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while thou sha[l]t sit and Spin;
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With how, etc.
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Did you not know my Father,
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the Damsel then reply'd,
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His Jerkin was of Leather,
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a Bottle by his side:
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Yes, I did meet him trudging,
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as fast as he could win,
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With how, etc.
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Kind Sir, I have Mother,
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besides a Father still;
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Those Friends above all other,
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you must ask their good will:
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For if I be undutiful
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to them, it is a Sin;
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With how, etc.
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Now there we left the Milk-Pail,
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and to her Mother went,
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And when I was come thither,
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I asking her consent;
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And doft my Hat and made a Leg,
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for why, she was within;
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With how, etc.
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My Husband is a Thresher,
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who is her Father dear.
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He'll give with her his Blessing
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kind Sir, you need not fear:
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He is of such good Nature,
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that he would never sin,
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With how, etc.
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For by your Courteous Carriage,
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you seem an honest Man,
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You may have her in Marriage,
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my husband he anon
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Will bid you very welcome,
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though he be poor and thin,
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With how, etc.
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Her Dad came home full weary,
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alas! he could not chuse;
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Her Mother being Merry,
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she told him all the News:
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Then he was mighty jovial too,
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his Son did soon begin,
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With how, etc.
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Her Parents being willing,
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all Parties was agreed;
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Her Portion thirty Shilling,
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they Marry'd were with speed:
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Then Will the Piper he did play,
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while others Dance and Sing;
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With how, etc.
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In pleasant Recreation
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they pass'd away the Night,
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And likewise by relation,
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with her he takes delight
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To walk abroad on Holidays,
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to visit Kiff and Kin;
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With how, etc.
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Then lusty Ralph and Robin,
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with many Damsels gay,
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Did ride on Roan and Dobbin,
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to Celebrate the day:
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When being met together,
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their Caps they off did fling,
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With how do you do, and how do you do,
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and how do you do agen?
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