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<DATE>2007-12-05</DATE>
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<NAME>Emma Leeson Huber</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch Z071112.tech.</ITEM>
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<HEAD><L>A Jolly Company
OF
Joviall Blades</L>
<L>Who laugh and are as merry as the Maids;</L></HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>They &s;ing and roare and freely &s;pend their Chink,</L>
<L>And to each other in full Bowls 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;orrows from their hearts.</L>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of General Monk hath advanc'd him&s;elf
&s;ince he came from the Tower.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>IT was of late my happy fate</L>
<L>to meet with a ioviall crew</L>
<L>Of merry Blades and lively Lads;</L>
<L>who drank till the Sky look'd blew:</L>
<L>Being void of care no money they &s;pare,</L>
<L>but all with fr&eacute;e con&s;ent</L>
<L>Drank Wine good &s;tore, and then call'd for more</L>
<L>&s;o merrily they were bent.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<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 and mad|ne&s;&s;e</L>
<L>to think upon what is pa&s;t,</L>
<L>Let's drink and bou&s;e, and bravely carou&s;e</L>
<L>and le&s;t that the time &s;hould &s;&eacute;em long</L>
<L>Give ear unto mee, my task it &s;hall be,</L>
<L>to &s;ing you a gallant new Song.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Be merry my hearts and call for your quarts</L>
<L>and let no liquor be lacking</L>
<L>We have money good &s;tore and intend for to rore</L>
<L>untill we have &s;et all a packing,</L>
<L>Come Drawer make ha&s;t let not the time wa&s;te</L>
<L>let every man have his due,</L>
<L>For to &s;ave &s;hooes and trouble,</L>
<L>Bring in a quart double,</L>
<L>for he that made one, made two,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Come take off your drink, and &s;peak what you think,</L>
<L>&s;trong liquor will make you &s;peak truely</L>
<L>For certainly we, no drunkards can bee,</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 m&eacute;e,</L>
<L>For what I had before, I'le have one quart more,</L>
<L>for he that made two, made three.</L>
</LG>
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<HEAD>The Second Part, to the &s;ame Tune.</HEAD>
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<LG>
<L>THe greedy Curmudgin &s;its all the day grudg|ing,</L>
<L>at home with his bread and &s;mall beer,</L>
<L>For to holdup ba&s;e pelf, he &s;tarveth him&s;elf,</L>
<L>&s;carce eats a good meal through the year,</L>
<L>But wee'l not do &s;o how e're the world goe,</L>
<L>&s;o long as we have any &s;tore,</L>
<L>I think wee'l not lack, go fill us more Sack,</L>
<L>for h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> that made three, 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 I'le pay, ere I go away;</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">l&s;e hang mee as high as the Church,</L>
<L>Yet &s;ome men will &s;ay that is not the way,</L>
<L>hee mu&s;t pinch that intends for to thrive,</L>
<L>Tis no matter for that, let's laugh and 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 cannot tell how to expre&s;s it,</L>
<L>When with them I meet their company's &s;o &s;weet</L>
<L>That I would not willingly mi&s;s it.</L>
<L>I &s;corn &s;uch a &s;lave as his mony 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, the Maids,</L>
<L>for he that made five, made &s;ix.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now whil&s;t I am here. I'le call for my Beer,</L>
<L>and truely my money I'le &s;pend,</L>
<L>Let no man take care, for paying his &s;hare,</L>
<L>If need bee, Ile pay for my friend,</L>
<L>Pluck up a good heart let &s;orrow depart,</L>
<L>with the Drawer I will make eaven,</L>
<L>So with merry content, our time &s;hall be &s;pent;</L>
<L>For he that made &s;ix, made &s;even.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Drink off your cups round let &s;orrows bee drownd,</L>
<L>in this &s;ame full cup off good &s;herry,</L>
<L>I cannot indure, to &s;it thus demure,</L>
<L>for hither we came to be merry,</L>
<L>Then bee of good chear, the reck'ning I'le clear,</L>
<L>and eke with the Drawer make &s;treight,</L>
<L>For now I'me &s;et a madding I needs mu&s;t be ad|ding</L>
<L>and he that made &s;even, made eight.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Yet at home I confe&s;s, with my hone&s;t <HI>Be&s;&s;e,</HI></L>
<L>I practi&s;e good husbandry well,</L>
<L>To maintain my calling and keep mee from falling</L>
<L>as all my neighbours can tell,</L>
<L>They plead mee at large, for maintaining my charge</L>
<L>though &s;ometimes to drink I incline,</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>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Here's a health to my friend, that hath a &s;ong pen'd</L>
<L>in prai&s;e of good Liquour 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 keep you from cold,</L>
<L>And now to conclude my ver&s;es &s;o rude,</L>
<L>you are all welcome Gentlemen:</L>
<L>Ye<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> e're we depart I'le give you 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 meet again in the &s;treet,</L>
<L>then, unto the Tavern they'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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