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<HEAD>The ANSVVER to The London La&s;&s;es Folly: OR, <HI>The New-found Father Di&s;coverd at the Camp.</HI></HEAD>
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<L><HI>You Maidens that are kind and free,</HI></L>
<L><HI>I plainly mu&s;t confe&s;s;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Be careful of Virginity,</HI></L>
<L><HI>'twill be your Happine&s;s,</HI></L>
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<OPENER>Tune is, <HI>The Journey-man Shooe-maker.</HI></OPENER>
<P>This may be Printed, <HI>R. L. S.</HI></P>
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<LG>
<L>YOu Maidens wild, that were beguil'd</L>
<L>come li&s;ten to my Ditty,</L>
<L>A &s;tory &s;trange I will relate,</L>
<L>was done in <HI>London</HI> City:</L>
<L>I was a Dam&s;el fair and free,</L>
<L>or a wanton Mi&s;s more rather,</L>
<L>I was beguil'd, and got with-Child,</L>
<L><HI>but could not tell the Father.</HI></L>
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<L>But when I found my Belly &s;well,</L>
<L>O what a ca&s;e was I in?</L>
<L>I then began for to provide</L>
<L>&s;ome Clouts again&s;t Down-lying:</L>
<L>It troubled me exceedingly,</L>
<L>I could by no means gather,</L>
<L>Who me beguil'd, and got the Child,</L>
<L><HI>but now I have found the Father.</HI></L>
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<L>In this &s;ad plight, both day and night,</L>
<L>my re&s;tle&s;s Brains were beating,</L>
<L>Who it &s;hould be, that flattered me,</L>
<L>and call'd me Love and Sweeting:</L>
<L>Sometimes I thought a <HI>Carpenter,</HI></L>
<L>and then a <HI>Glover</HI> rather,</L>
<L>But none of them did prove the Man,</L>
<L><HI>for now I have found the Father.</HI></L>
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<L>Neither was it a <HI>Butcher</HI> bold,</L>
<L>no <HI>Baker</HI> nor no <HI>Brewer,</HI></L>
<L>While I in this &s;ad pickle lay,</L>
<L>what pains did I endure?</L>
<L>No Serving-man I thought it was,</L>
<L>and then my mind would waver,</L>
<L>But now I find, content in mind,</L>
<L><HI>for I have, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HI></L>
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<L>So many Men I dealt withal,</L>
<L>that I could not conjecture,</L>
<L>Whether it were &s;ome Citizen,</L>
<L>or &s;ome Debauched Hector;</L>
<L>A Souldier bold, did me infold</L>
<L>in Arms fa&s;t clutcht together,</L>
<L>He, I believe, did me deceive,</L>
<L><HI>and needs mu&s;t be the Father.</HI></L>
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<L>Then to the Camp &s;traightway went I,</L>
<L>to &s;ee if I could view him,</L>
<L>But tho' he &s;tood before my eye,</L>
<L>alas! I little knew him,</L>
<L>He lookt on me, and blu&s;ht to &s;ee</L>
<L>we two &s;hould meet together,</L>
<L>My Belly great, he &s;troaked &s;traight,</L>
<L><HI>and &s;aid he was the Father.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>O then my Boy did leap for joy,</L>
<L>and I was much contented,</L>
<L>That had long time, for this my Crime,</L>
<L>been wofully tormented;</L>
<L>And in mine eyes, he joy e&s;pies,</L>
<L>that we were met together,</L>
<L>Away went I immediately,</L>
<L><HI>and married my Childs Father.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>Now let fal&s;e Man &s;ay what he can,</L>
<L>I Lawfully am Marry'd,</L>
<L>If I could not have found him tha<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>I gro&s;&s;y had mi&s;carry'd;</L>
<L>I'le &s;ay no more, that Danger's o're,</L>
<L>and we well met together</L>
<L>A&s;&s;uredly my Boy &s;hall be</L>
<L><HI>a Souldier like his Father.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>He for his King and Countrey's i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"></L>
<L>&s;hall be a Vindication,</L>
<L>And manfully again&s;t them Fight,</L>
<L>who would di&s;turb the Nation;</L>
<L>Then let us &s;ing, God ble&s;s the Kin<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>and Subjects all together,</L>
<L>I am, you &s;ee, from &s;orrow free,</L>
<L><HI>my Child has got a Father.</HI></L>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>Printed for <HI>C. Denni&s;&s;on,</HI> at the <HI>Stat<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Arms</HI> within <HI>Aldgate.</HI></P>
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