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<HEAD>The We&s;t-Country DIALOGUE:</HEAD>
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<P>OR, A Plea&s;ant Ditty between <HI>Anni&s;eed-Robin</HI> the Miller, and his Brother <HI>Jack</HI> the Plough-man, concerning <HI>Joan,</HI> poor <HI>Robin</HI>'s unkind Lover.</P>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>O folly, de&s;perate Folly,</HI> &amp;c.</OPENER>
<HEADNOTE><P>Licen&s;ed according to Order.</P></HEADNOTE>
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<SPEAKER>Robin.</SPEAKER>
<L>WEll met my loving Brother <HI>Jack,</HI></L>
<L>mind what I &s;hall &s;ay to thee,</L>
<L>My Mother tells me that I lack</L>
<L>a Woman to wait on me:</L>
<L>She tells me I'm big enough now for a Wife,</L>
<L>And therefore mu&s;t alter my Batchelor's life;</L>
<L>But I am afraid of care, trouble, and &s;trife:</L>
<L>O Charges, Family-charges,</L>
<L>makes me afraid to wed,</L>
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<SPEAKER>Jack.</SPEAKER>
<L>'Tis like you are loath to take a Bride,</L>
<L>becau&s;e that the Times are hard,</L>
<L>Pray ca&s;t &s;uch careful thoughts a&s;ide,</L>
<L>and never &s;uch things regard:</L>
<L>For if you can live now when ev'ry thing's dear,</L>
<L>Why then Brother <HI>Robin,</HI> I'll make it appear,</L>
<L>In times of full Plenty much Moneys you'l clear</L>
<L>O marry prithee now marry,</L>
<L>Joan is a pritty Girl.</L>
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<SPEAKER>Robin.</SPEAKER>
<L>I am not &s;ure that hone&s;t <HI>Joan,</HI></L>
<L>will marry with me I &s;wear;</L>
<L>For &s;he to &s;uch a height is grown.</L>
<L>that if I by chance come there,</L>
<L>And Proffer to ki&s;s her, &s;he'll turn her about,</L>
<L>And then with her Fi&s;ts &s;he'll batter my &s;nout,</L>
<L>Till bloud from the &s;ame came trickling out:</L>
<L>O marry, if I &s;hould marry,</L>
<L>How will &s;he &s;erve me then?</L>
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<SPEAKER>Jack.</SPEAKER>
<L>'Tis like you did not compliment,</L>
<L>and give her a kind Embrace;</L>
<L>But like &s;ome clowni&s;h Booby went</L>
<L>with Hat hanging o'er your Face;</L>
<L>And it may be, your Shoes and your Stockings unty'd,</L>
<L>You look'd like a Lover that want<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="over-inked" EXTENT="1 letter"> a Bride;</L>
<L>For &s;ome &s;uch like Rea&s;on &s;he liquor'd your hide</L>
<L>O <HI>Robin, Anni&s;eed Robin,</HI></L>
<L>is it the truth or no?</L>
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<SPEAKER>Robin.</SPEAKER>
<L>Believe me as I am a Man,</L>
<L>true Breeding I there expre&s;t;</L>
<L>And as you know full well I can,</L>
<L>I went in Apparel dre&s;t.</L>
<L>My Grandfather's Hat, and my Calve's leather-cloath<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="over-inked" EXTENT="2 letters"></L>
<L>Then into her pre&s;ence I merrily goes,</L>
<L>And made her a Congee quite down to my Toes;</L>
<L>yet <HI>Joaney</HI> angry <HI>Joaney</HI></L>
<L>kickt me about the Room,</L>
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<SPEAKER>Jack.</SPEAKER>
<L>You &s;hou'd have told her what you had,</L>
<L>to bring a young Woman to;</L>
<L>This would have made her Heart full glad,</L>
<L>without any more ado</L>
<L>With Ki&s;&s;es thou &s;hould'&s;t have &s;aid, If thou'&s;t be mine,</L>
<L>Why then all my Capons, my Turkies, and &s;wine,</L>
<L>And every thing el&s;e that I have &s;hould be thine:</L>
<L>Then <HI>Robin, Anni&s;eed-Robin,</HI></L>
<L>you wou'd have gain'd her Love.</L>
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<SPEAKER>Robin.</SPEAKER>
<L>I was not wanting to declare,</L>
<L>my Riches to her at Large,</L>
<L>And how I was my Fathers, Heir,</L>
<L>&s;ure I could maintain a charge,</L>
<L>And told her, that I had a Cow, and a Calf,</L>
<L>And &s;omething likewi&s;e that would make her to laugh,</L>
<L>As large, and as long as a Con&s;tables Staff:</L>
<L>yet <HI>Joaney,</HI> Pa&s;&s;ionate <HI>Joaney,</HI></L>
<L>kickt me about the Floor.</L>
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<SPEAKER>Jack.</SPEAKER>
<L>Go try your Fortune once again,</L>
<L>and never be daunted &s;o;</L>
<L>Her love you may at length obtain,</L>
<L>for La&s;&s;es are coy you know:</L>
<L>But after a while they &s;urrender and yield,</L>
<L>For Love is a thing cannot be conceal'd,</L>
<L>And you may be Lord of the conquering Field,</L>
<L>then <HI>Robin,</HI> tickle her <HI>Robin,</HI></L>
<L>&s;he will at la&s;t be thine.</L>
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<SPEAKER>Robin.</SPEAKER>
<L>To take your Council I'll nor fail,</L>
<L>but to her I'll go once more,</L>
<L>I'll give her Cu&s;tards, Cakes and Ale,</L>
<L>which I did not do before;</L>
<L>I'll &s;pend a whole Shilling, and when it is done</L>
<L>It &s;he will not love, me as &s;ure as a Gun,</L>
<L>I'll call her young Whore, and away I will run:</L>
<L>&s;o leave her, utterly leave her,</L>
<L>never come there again,</L>
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