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<HEAD>THE Winche&s;ter Wedding: OR, <HI>RALPH</HI> of <HI>Reading</HI> and <HI>Black BESS</HI> of the <HI>Green.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>To a new Country Dance: or, The King's Jigg.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>AT Winche&s;ter was a Wedding,</L>
<L>the like was never &s;een,</L>
<L>'Twixt lu&s;ty Ralph of Reading,</L>
<L>and bonny black Be&s;s of the Green;</L>
<L>The Fidlers were crowding before,</L>
<L>each La&s;s was as fine as a Queen,</L>
<L>There was an hundred and more,</L>
<L>for all the whole Country came in;</L>
<L>Brisk Robin led Ro&s;e &s;o fair,</L>
<L>&s;he look'd like a Lilly o'th' Vale;</L>
<L>And ruddy fac'd Harry led Mary,</L>
<L>and Roger led bouncing <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ll.</L>
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<LG>
<L>With Tommy came &s;miling Katy,</L>
<L>he help her over the &s;tile,</L>
<L>And &s;wore there was none &s;o pritty,</L>
<L>in forty and forty long mile;</L>
<L>Kit gave a green gown to Betty,</L>
<L>and lent her his hand to ri&s;e;</L>
<L>But Jenny was jeer'd by Watty,</L>
<L>for looking blew under the eyes:</L>
<L>Thus merrily chatting all day,</L>
<L>they pa&s;t to the Bride-hou&s;e along,</L>
<L>With Iohnny and p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ity fac'd Nanny,</L>
<L>&s;he faire&s;t of all the Throng.</L>
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<L>The Bridegroom came out to meet 'em,</L>
<L>afraid the dinner was &s;poil'd,</L>
<L>And u&s;her'd 'em into to treat 'em,</L>
<L>with bak'd, and roa&s;t, and boyl'd:</L>
<L>The Lads were frollick and jolly,</L>
<L>for each had a La&s;s by his &s;ide;</L>
<L>But Willy was melancholly,</L>
<L>for he had a mind to the Bride:</L>
<L>Then Phillip began her health,</L>
<L>and turn'd a beer-gla&s;s on his thumb;</L>
<L>But Ienkin was reckon'd for drinking,</L>
<L>the be&s;t in Chrill endom.</L>
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<L>And now they had din'd, advancing</L>
<L>into the mid&s;t of the Hall,</L>
<L>The Fidlers &s;truck up for dancing,</L>
<L>and Ieremy led up the Brawl;</L>
<L>But Margery kept a quarter,</L>
<L>a La&s;s that is proud of her pelf,</L>
<L>'Cau&s;e Arthur had &s;tolen her garter,</L>
<L>and &s;wore he would tye it him&s;elf;</L>
<L>She &s;trugled, &s;he blu&s;h'd, and frown'd,</L>
<L>and ready with anger to cry,</L>
<L>'Cau&s;e Arthur with tying her garter,</L>
<L>had &s;lipt up his hands too high.</L>
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<L>And now for throwing the Stocking,</L>
<L>the Bride away was led,</L>
<L>The Bridegroom got drunk, was knocking,</L>
<L>for candles to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ight him to bed;</L>
<L>But Robin that found him &s;illy,</L>
<L>mo&s;t kindly took him a&s;ide,</L>
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<LG>
<L>While that his Wife with Willy</L>
<L>was playing a Whooper's Hide:</L>
<L>And now the warm Game begins,</L>
<L>the critical minute was come,</L>
<L>And chatting, and billing, and ki&s;&s;ing</L>
<L>went merrily round the room.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Pert Stephen was kind to Betty,</L>
<L>as blith as a birde in the &s;pring;</L>
<L>And Tommy was &s;o to Katy,</L>
<L>and wedded her with a ru&s;h-ring;</L>
<L>Sukey that danc'd with the Cu&s;hion,</L>
<L>an hour from the room had been gone,</L>
<L>And Barnaby knew by her blu&s;hing,</L>
<L>that &s;ome other dance had been done:</L>
<L>And thus of fifty fair Maids,</L>
<L>that went to the Wedding with Men,</L>
<L>Scarce five of the fifty was le<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">t ye,</L>
<L>that &s;o did return agen.</L>
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<L>Brisk Dolly and prity-fac'd Kate,</L>
<L>this Merriment they did adore;</L>
<L>Each La&s;s had been pleas<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">d with her Mate,</L>
<L>as they never had been before:</L>
<L>Nay, Su&s;an was plea&s;ed at heart,</L>
<L>&s;he &s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">d it, and &s;aid it again;</L>
<L>The young Men have play'd their part,</L>
<L>and no one had cau&s;e to complain.</L>
<L>The day was in merriment &s;pent,</L>
<L>the Pipers and the Fidlers they play,</L>
<L>Before all the Throng, as they went;</L>
<L>thus they made an end of the day.</L>
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<P><HI>London:</HI> Printed for <HI>J. Deacon,</HI> at the Angel in <HI>Guilt-&s;pur-&s;treet,</HI> without <HI>Newgate.</HI></P>
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