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<NAME>Emma Leeson Huber</NAME>
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<HEAD><L>A jolly Company of jovial Blades,</L>
<L>Who laugh and &s;ing, and are as merry as the Maids.</L></HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>They &s;ing and roar, and freely &s;pend their Chink,</L>
<L>And to each other in full Bowles they drink:</L>
<L>They &s;corn &s;uch puny pinch-guts as are &s;aving,</L>
<L>They think good Sack is only worth the having.</L>
<L>And being fully bent to &s;pend their &s;tore,</L>
<L>They drink their Liquor off and call for more.</L>
<L>Thus while they freely tope off Sack by quarts,</L>
<L>They drive away all &s;orrow from their hearts.</L>
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<OPENER><HI>Tune is,</HI> General <HI>Monk</HI> hath advan'd him&s;elf &s;ince he came from the <HI>Tower.</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>IT was of late, my happy fate</L>
<L>to m&eacute;et with a Ioviall Crew;</L>
<L>Of merry Blades, and lidely Lads,</L>
<L>who drank till the Sky look blew.</L>
<L>Being void of care, no money they &s;pare</L>
<L>but all with fr&eacute;e cone&s;nt,</L>
<L>Drank wine good &s;tore &amp; then caled for mor</L>
<L>&s;o merrily they were bent.</L>
<L>Hang &s;orrow quoth one, why &s;hould we make moan,</L>
<L>&s;o long as our mony doth la&s;t?</L>
<L>Away with this &s;adne&s;s, 'tis folly &amp; madnes,</L>
<L>to think what is pa&s;t.</L>
<L>Let's drink and bouze, and bravely carooze,</L>
<L>and lea&s;t that the time &s;hould &s;&eacute;em long</L>
<L>Give eare unto me, my ta&s;k it &s;hall be,</L>
<L>to &s;ing you a gallant new Song.</L>
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<HEAD>The &s;econd Part to the &s;ame Tune.</HEAD>
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<L>BE merry my hearts, &amp; call for your quarts</L>
<L>and let no Liquor be lacking,</L>
<L>We have mony good &s;tore, &amp; intend for to rore,</L>
<L>untill we have &s;et all a packing.</L>
<L>Come Drawer make ha&s;te, let not the time wa&s;te</L>
<L>let every man have his due,</L>
<L>For to &s;ave &s;hooes &amp; trouble bring in a quart double</L>
<L>for he that made one made two.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Come take off your drink, &amp; &s;peak what you think,</L>
<L>&s;trong liquor wil make you &s;peak truly</L>
<L>For certainly we, no Drunkards can be,</L>
<L>&s;o long as we are not unruly,</L>
<L>Then drink and be civil, intending no evil</L>
<L>and be not offended with me,</L>
<L>For what I had before, I'le have one quart more</L>
<L>for he that made two, made thr&eacute;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The gr&eacute;edy Curmudgin, &s;its all y^e day grud|ging,</L>
<L>at home with his bread and &s;mal b&eacute;er,</L>
<L>For to hord up ba&s;e pelf, he &s;tarves him&s;elf.</L>
<L>&s;car&s;e eats a good meal through the year</L>
<L>But we'l not do &s;o, how ere the world go,</L>
<L>&s;o long as we have any &s;tore,</L>
<L>I think we'l not lack, go fill us more Sack,</L>
<L>for he that made thr&eacute;e made four.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Why &s;it you &s;o &s;adly, &s;ince I call &s;o madly,</L>
<L>I &s;corn to leave you in the lurch,</L>
<L>The reckoning ile pay, e're I go away,</L>
<L>el&s;e hang me as high as the Church</L>
<L>Yet &s;ome men will &s;ay, that is not the way</L>
<L>he mu&s;t pinch that intends for to thrive,</L>
<L>Tis no matter for that, let's laugh &amp; be fat,</L>
<L>for he that made four, made five.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Such love I intend to my deare&s;t friend</L>
<L>that I can not tell how to expre&s;&s;e it:</L>
<L>when with him I m&eacute;et, his company's &s;o &s;w&eacute;et</L>
<L>y^t I would not willingly mi&s;s it.</L>
<L>I &s;corn &s;uch a &s;lave, as his money will &s;ave</L>
<L>or any that u&s;e &s;uch ba&s;e tricks.</L>
<L>Come on my brave blades, be as merry as y^e Maids</L>
<L>for he that made five made &s;ix.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now whil&s;t I am here, ile call for my Beer</L>
<L>and fr&eacute;ely my money ile &s;pend,</L>
<L>Let no man take care, for pa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="2 letters">ing his &s;hare,</L>
<L>if n&eacute;ed be, ile pay for my friend.</L>
<L>Pluck up a good heart, let &s;orrow depart,</L>
<L>with the Drawer I will make even,</L>
<L>So with merry content, our time &s;hall be &s;pent,</L>
<L>for he that made &s;ix, made &s;eaven.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Drink off our cups round, let &s;orrow be drown'd</L>
<L>in this &s;ame cup of good Sherry,</L>
<L>I cannot indure, to &s;it thus demure,</L>
<L>for hither we came to be merry.</L>
<L>Then be of good cheer, y^e reck'ning ile clear</L>
<L>and eke with the Drawer make &s;traight,</L>
<L>For now I'm &s;et a mading, I n&eacute;eds mu&s;t be adding</L>
<L>&amp; he that made &s;even, made eight:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yet at home I confe&s;&s;e, with my hone&s;t Be&s;&s;e</L>
<L>I practi&s;e good husbandry well,</L>
<L>To mantain my calling, &amp; k&eacute;ep me from fal|ling,</L>
<L>as all my Neighbours can tell;</L>
<L>they plead <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">e at large for maintaining my charge</L>
<L>though &s;ometimes to drink I in cline:</L>
<L>Yet I &s;corn for to &s;hrink go fill us more drink</L>
<L>for he that made eight made nine.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Here's a health to my friend, y^t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> hath a Song pen'd</L>
<L>in prai&s; of good liqor that's old,</L>
<L>Drink off your cups round, whil&s;t Mu&s;ick doth &s;ound</L>
<L>in hope it will k&eacute;ep us from cold,</L>
<L>And now to conclude my ver&s;es &s;o rude,</L>
<L>you are all welcome Gentlemen:</L>
<L>Yet ere you depart ile give a quart,</L>
<L>for he that made nine, made ten.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This being &s;aid, the reckoning they paid,</L>
<L>and in friendly manner departed:</L>
<L>there's none of them had any cau&s;e to be &s;ad;</L>
<L>but all went away merry-hearted.</L>
<L>And when they do m&eacute;et, again in the &s;tr&eacute;et</L>
<L>then unto the Tavern thy'l hye:</L>
<L>And there they intend their money to &s;pend</L>
<L>which no body can deny</L>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>London, <HI>Printed for F.</HI> Coles, T. Vere, <HI>and</HI> J. Wight.</P>
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