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<DATE>2008-10-01</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>Tom Farthing: OR, <HI>The Married VVomans Complaint.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>To a New Tune, well known by the &s;ame Name.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L><HI>Tom Farthing, Tom Farthing,</HI></L>
<L>Where ha&s;t thou bin? <HI>Tom Farthing?</HI></L>
<L>Twelve a clock e're thou come in,</L>
<L>Four or five e're thou begin,</L>
<L>Lye all night and do nothing,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>'Twould make a woman weary, weary,</L>
<L>'Twould make a women weary.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Had&s;t thou bin a lively Lad,</L>
<L>And gi'n me part of what thoud'&s;t had,</L>
<L>It would have made my heart full glad:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>And made me wondrous merry, merry,</L>
<L>And made, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But thou art a Country clown,</L>
<L>Sometimes up and &s;ometimes down;</L>
<L>Still doing what was never yet done,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>'Twould make a woman, &s;orry, &s;orry,</L>
<L>'Twould, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Tom Farthing, Tom Farthing,</HI></L>
<L>Thou bungler art, <HI>Tom Farthing,</HI></L>
<L>Was ever Woman fumbled &s;o,</L>
<L>With always bobbing too and fro,</L>
<L>Now too high, and now too low,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>'Twould make a woman weary, weary,</L>
<L>'Twould &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If thou had&s;t but held me to't,</L>
<L>With hip and lip, and leg and foot,</L>
<L>Be&s;ides the other thing to boot,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>'Twould have made me wondrous merry, merry,</L>
<L>'Twould, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But rivel'd up like Chitterlin,</L>
<L>Thou'rt &s;ometimes out and, &s;ometimes in</L>
<L>And all thou do&s;t's not worth a pin,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Which makes me wondrous &s;orry, &s;orry,</L>
<L>Which makes me wondrous &s;orry.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
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<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The &s;econd Part,</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame Tune.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L><HI>TOm Farthing, Tom Farthing,</HI></L>
<L>Thou mak'&s;t me mad, <HI>Tom Farthing,</HI></L>
<L>'Twas not for this I did thee wed,</L>
<L>Nor brought thee to my marriage bed,</L>
<L>But 'twas to lo&s;e my Maiden-head,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Of which i'm wondrous weary, weary,</L>
<L>Of which I am wondrous weary.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Could'&s;t thou once but do the feat,</L>
<L>And &s;hew thy &s;elf to be no cheat,</L>
<L>My very heart with joy would beat,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>And 'twould make me wondrous merry, merry,</L>
<L>And &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But by thy &s;ide thou idle droan,</L>
<L>I lie like one that lies alone,</L>
<L>And remedy I can get none,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Which makes me wondrous &s;orry &s;orry,</L>
<L>Which makes me wondrous &s;orry.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Tom Farthing, Tom Farthing,</HI></L>
<L>Farewel, farewel, <HI>Tom Farthing,</HI></L>
<L>Since by thee it can't be done,</L>
<L>I'le now go pick of anothers bone,</L>
<L>For meat from thee I can get none,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>Which makes me wondrous weary, weary</L>
<L>Which &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And though a Womans &s;uch, you cry,</L>
<L>That no one can her wants &s;upply,</L>
<L>I'le find out one &s;hall &s;atisfie;</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>And make me wondrous merry, merry,</L>
<L>And &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For &s;ince thou never yet ha&s;t don't</L>
<L>I'le bid no more, a pox upon't,</L>
<L>But venture let what will come on't,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>And never more be &s;orry &s;orry,</L>
<L>And &amp;c.</L>
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</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Tom Farthing, Tom Farthing,</HI></L>
<L>A warning be <HI>Tom Farthing,</HI></L>
<L>Hence forward that no woman take,</L>
<L>A Fumbler for <HI>Tom Farthings</HI> &s;ake:</L>
<L>Unle&s;s &s;he will him Cuckold make,</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L>For he'l make her damnable wearry, weary</L>
<L>For he'l make, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But if a Husband mu&s;t be had,</L>
<L>Try him fir&s;t or el&s;e you'r mad,</L>
<L>Then &s;hould he prove a capering Lad,</L>
<L>He'l make you wondrous merry, merry,</L>
<L>And of him you'l ne'r be weary.</L>
</LG>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>Printed for <HI>P. Prooksby,</HI> at the Golden-hall, near the <HI>Ho&s;pital-gate,</HI> in <HI>We&s;t-&s;mithfield.</HI></P>
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