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366 ENGLISH SONG AND BALLAD MUSIC. |
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My love is blithe and buxom, And sweet and fine as can be,
Fresb and gay as the flowers in May, And looks like Jack-a-dandy.
And if sbe will not have me,
That am so true a lover, I'll drink my wine, and ne'er repine,
And down the stairs I'll shove her.
But if that she will love me, I'll be as kind as may be;
I'll give her rings and pretty things, And deck her like a lady.
Her petticoat of satin,
Her gown of crimson tabby,
Lac'd up before, and spangled o'er, Just like a Bart'lemew baby.
Her waistcoat shall be scarlet, With ribbons tied together; |
Her stockings of a Bow-dyed hue, And her shoes of Spanish leather.
Her smock o' th' finest holland, And lac'd in every quarter;
Side and wide, and long enough, To hang below her garter. .
Then to the church I'll have her, Where we will wed together;
And so come home when we have done, In spite of wind and weather.
The fiddlers shall attend us,
And first play John come kiss me;
And when that we have danc'd a round, They shall play Hit or miss me.
Then hey for little Mary,
Tis she I love alone, sir; Let any man do what he can,
I will have her or none, sir. |
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A HEALTH TO BETTY.
This tune is contained in every edition of The Dancing Master, and in MusicFs Delight on the Cithren.
D'Urfey prints "The Female Quarrel: Or a Lampoon upon Phillida and Chloris, to the tune of a country dance, call'd A health to Betty" Pills ii. 110, 1719.
In the Pepys Collection, i. 274, is a ballad—" Four-pence-half-penny-farthing; or A woman will have the oddes;" signed M[artin] P[arker], "Printed at London for 0. W. To the tune of Bessy Bell [she doth excell], or A health to Betty." The first verse is here printed to the tune.
In the same Collection, ii. 372, is " The Northern Turtle: Wayling his unhappy fate, In being deprived of his sweet mate. |
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