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<HEAD>The heavy Heart, and a light Pur&s;e.</HEAD>
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<P>Being the good fellows vindication to all his fellow Companions, wi&s;hing them all to have a care, and keep out of the Ale-wives &s;nare, for when they are out you may get in, but when you are in, you can't get out, this by experience he hath found true, but now he bids them all adieu.</P>
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<OPENER>Tune of, My Lord <HI>Monks</HI> March to <HI>London, or,</HI> Now we have our freedom, &amp;c.</OPENER>
<LG TYPE="byline">
<L>This Song it was compo&s;ed and made</L>
<L>By a Loyal heart that is called <HI>John Wade.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>FVll fifty Winters have I &s;een,</L>
<L>yet nine and forty too many,</L>
<L>Except that I had better been,</L>
<L>and not &s;pent my means &s;o vainly:</L>
<L>Far I did rore and &s;pend my &s;tore,</L>
<L>no company could &s;hun me,</L>
<L>But now I find, and bear in mind,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>my kind heart hath undone me.</HI></L>
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</LG>
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<L>Once I had means, and lived well,</L>
<L>my neighbours all they know it,</L>
<L>But by the ringing of the Ale-wives bell,</L>
<L>I quickly did forgo it.</L>
<L>My Land I &s;old for &s;ilver and gold,</L>
<L>they then &s;o ea&s;ily won me,</L>
<L>Which makes me &s;ay, as well I may</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 line"></HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>My Wife &s;he would me intreat</L>
<L>for to be more wi&s;er;</L>
<L>Then I told her with anger great,</L>
<L>it's rare to be a Mi&s;er,</L>
<L>Hang it (quoth I) let money fly,</L>
<L>&s;orrow &s;halt ne'r o'rerun me;</L>
<L>But now I &s;ee, I was &s;o free,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>that my kind heart hath undone me.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Before i'd give one penny to my wife,</L>
<L>i'd &s;pend two with my fellows;</L>
<L>My children mu&s;t fa&s;t, which bred much &s;trife,</L>
<L>whil&s;t I &s;ate in the Alehou&s;e;</L>
<L>Whil&s;t I drank &s;ack, they &s;mall beer did lack,</L>
<L>no grief could over-run me,</L>
<L>They lived in want whil&s;t I did rant</L>
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<L><HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 line"></HI></L>
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<L>SO long as I had &s;tore of coyn,</L>
<L>i'de never leave my ranting,</L>
<L>Whil&s;t I did with good fellows joyn,</L>
<L>my wife &s;he &s;ate a wanting.</L>
<L>Though they did cry, yet what car'd I,</L>
<L>&s;orrow &s;hould ne'r o'rerun me,</L>
<L>Let who wou'd call, ide pay for all,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>till my kind heart had undone me.</HI></L>
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<L>Here would I tru&s;t, there would I lend,</L>
<L>and &s;pend my money vainly,</L>
<L>For &s;trong liquor I oft would &s;end,</L>
<L>now I mu&s;t tell you plainly.</L>
<L>My children they would to me pray,</L>
<L>Good Father let company &s;hun ye,</L>
<L>Yet ide not &s;pare, nor for them care,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>till my kind heart had undone me,</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I had good Hou&s;e, I had good Land,</L>
<L>and lived in good behaviour,</L>
<L>But I &s;pent it all at their command</L>
<L>now jeers me for my labour.</L>
<L>My Ho&s;tis &s;he woald wait on me,</L>
<L>my Ho&s;t then ea&s;ily won me,</L>
<L>Cau&s;e they did &s;ee that I was free</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>till my kind heart had undone me.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Run Tap, run Tap&s;ter, I would cry,</L>
<L>hang &s;orrow let's be merry,</L>
<L>My gold and &s;ilver I let fly</L>
<L>in both White-wine and Sherry,</L>
<L>For my own part, I ne'r will &s;tart,</L>
<L>no company will &s;hun me,</L>
<L>Good fellows all I in wou'd call</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>till my kind heart had undone me.</HI></L>
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<L>My Ho&s;tis &s;he would &s;till provide</L>
<L>for me Larks, Chickens and Cony;</L>
<L>To bed at night &s;he would me guide,</L>
<L>but 'twas for the &s;ake of my money,</L>
<L>She would mehap, my head would cap,</L>
<L>th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters"> by their tricks they won me,</L>
<L>Thus with a pin they drew me in,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>till my kind heart had undone me.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My Ho&s;tis &s;he was very wi&s;e,</L>
<L>if that my head grew adle,</L>
<L>I' th' morn as &s;oon as I could ri&s;e</L>
<L>&s;he would provide me a <UNCLEAR>Caudel</UNCLEAR></L>
<L>Then comes my Ho&s;t &s;trait with a Toa&s;t,</L>
<L>&s;aying boy i'le not &s;hun thee,</L>
<L>Thus by their wile, they me beguile,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>till my kind heart hath undone me.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when that I no money had,</L>
<L>to call I could not leave it,</L>
<L>To be rid of me then they was glad,</L>
<L>at la&s;t they did perceive it.</L>
<L>Then where I &s;pent and money lent,</L>
<L>they &s;trait began to &s;hun me,</L>
<L>My Ho&s;tis <HI>Brown</HI> began to frown,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>when my kind heart hath undone me.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>I &s;ent my child thought to prevail,</L>
<L>a &s;hilling for to borrow,</L>
<L>Or el&s;e to tru&s;t me two quarts of Ale,</L>
<L>lo thus began my &s;orrow,</L>
<L>She'd &s;end me none, bid her be gone,</L>
<L>thus grief did over-run me,</L>
<L>Full fourty pound with her I drown'd,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>till my kind heart hath undone me.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>So by that means I &s;trait grew wi&s;e,</L>
<L>and quickly left my ranting,</L>
<L>You'l &s;ay 'twas time to be preci&s;e,</L>
<L>when every thing was wanting.</L>
<L>For I &s;carce had to buy me bread,</L>
<L>grief did &s;o over-run me,</L>
<L>They did not care though poor I were</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>when my kind heart had undone me.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now I wi&s;h good fellows every one</L>
<L>in time for to be ruled,</L>
<L>Let Ale wifes &s;ing a mournful Song,</L>
<L>and never by them be fooled.</L>
<L>You that do &s;pend in time amend,</L>
<L>before grief over-run ye,</L>
<L>Tho&s;e that do rant in time may want,</L>
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<L><HI>for my kind heart hath undone me.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If I had but half that I &s;pent in vain,</L>
<L>methinks I &s;hould live bravely,</L>
<L>For I lived once and paid no rent,</L>
<L>though now I am bound to &s;lavery,</L>
<L>For I am poor, turn'd out of door,</L>
<L>grief doth &s;o over-run me,</L>
<L>So farewel all, both great and &s;mall,</L>
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