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Humor 427
C
The Old Quaker
From the Rowell manuscript.
1 "O where are you going, you sober old Quaker? Hi-hum for toddy O.
0 where are you going, you sober old Quaker? Hi-hum for toddy O." 1
2 "I am a-courtmg some fair creature. Ha, ha, ha, ha!
And can you tell me how to win her? Ha, ha, ha, ha!"x
3 "Tell her that you truly love her, That you'll die before you leave her."
4 "I had a ring worth forty shilling,
And thou can wear it if thou are willing."
5 "I want none of your rings or money;
1 want a man that will call me honey."
6 "I call you honey and dearie
If thou wilt be my charming Mary."
7 "I knew that that would be the fraction, For that is just a Quaker's actions."
8 "If thou didst know how I did love thee, Thou wouldst not so answer me."
9 "Go away, you sober old Quaker, For I'm a jolly Prespertain."
10 "I'll be a Prespertain; I'll be of thy religion."
11 "I would not have you in my church, sir, For you wear a dirty shirt, sir."
1This refrain is repeated in alternate stanzas. |
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