A True CHARACTER
OF
Sundry Trades and Callings:
OR,
A New Ditty of Innocent Mirth.
This SONG is New, perfect and True,
there's none can this deny;
For I am known, Friend, to be One
that scorn to tell a Lie.
To the Tune of, Old Simon the King.
Licensed according to Order.
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NOw Gentlemen sit you all merry,
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I'll sing you the Song of a Want;
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I'll make you as merry as may be,
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tho Money begins to grow scant:
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A Woman without e'er a Tongue,
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she never can scold very loud;
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'Tis just such another great Want,
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when the Fidler wants his Crow'd:
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Good People I tell unto you,
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these Lines they are absolute new,
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For I hate and despise the telling of Lies,
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this Ditty is merry and true.
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A Ship that's without e'er a Sail,
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may be driven the Lord knows whither;
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'Tis just such another sad Want,
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as the Shooe-maker wants his Leather;
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A Man that has got but one Legg,
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will make but a pittiful Runner;
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And he that has no Eyes in his Head,
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will make but a sorrowful Gunner.
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Good People I tell unto you,
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these Lines they are absolute new,
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For I hate and despise the telling of Lies,
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this Ditty is merry and true.
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A Doctor without any Stomack,
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will make but a pittiful Dinner;
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And he that has got no Victual's to eat,
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will quickely look thinner and thinner;
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A Bell without ever a Clapper,
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will make but a sorrowful Sound;
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And he that has no Land of his own,
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may work on another Man's Ground.
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Good People I tell unto you,
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these Lines they are absolute new,
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For I hate and despise the telling of Lies,
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this Dinty is merry and true.
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A Black-smith without his Bellows,
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he need not to rise very soon;
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And he that has no Cloaths to put on,
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may lye in his Bed till noon;
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An Innkeeper without any Custom,
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will never get store of Wealth,
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And if he has ne'r a Sign to hang up,
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he may e'n go hang up himself.
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Good People, etc.
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A Miller without any Stones,
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he is but a sorrowful Soul,
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And if that he has no Corn to grind,
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he need not stand taking of Toll;
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The Taylor we know he is loath
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to take any Cabbidge at all,
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If he has no Silk, Stuff or Cloath,
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to do that good Office withal.
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Good People, etc.
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A Woman without e'er a Fault,
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she like a bright Star will appear;
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But a Brewer without any Mault,
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will make but pittiful Beer;
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A Man that has got but one Shirt,
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whene'er it is washt for his Hide,
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I hope it can't be no great hurt,
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to lye in his Bed till 'tis dry'd.
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Good People, etc.
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A Mountebank without his Fools,
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and a Ship-kennel turn'd out of Place,
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A Tinker without any Tools,
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they are all in a sorrowful case;
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You know that a dish of good Meat,
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it is the true Stay of Man's Life,
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But he that has nothing to cot,
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he need not to draw out his Knife.
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Good People, etc.
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A Pedler without e'er a Stock,
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it makes him look pittiful blew;
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A Shepherd without e'er a Flock,
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has little or nothin[g] to do;
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A Farmer without any Corn,
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he neither can give, sell or lend;
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A Huntsman without e'er a Horn,
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his Wife she must stand his good Friend.
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Good People, etc.
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A Plow-man that has ne'er a Plow,
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I think may live at his ease;
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A Dairy without e'er a Cow,
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will make but bad Butter and Cheese;
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A Man that is pittiful poor,
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has little or nothing to lose;
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And he that has never a Foot,
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it saves him the buying of Shooes,
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Good People, etc.
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A Warren without e'er a Coney,
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is barren and so much the worse;
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And he that is quite without Money,
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can have no great need of a Purse,
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I hope there is none in this place,
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that now is displeas'd with this Song,
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Come buy up my Ballads apace,
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and i'll pack up my awls and be gone.
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Good People I tell unto you,
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these Lines they are absolute new,
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For I hate and despise the telling of Lies,
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this Ditty is merry and true.
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