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<DATE>2008-04-05</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080310.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
<PB REF="1"><!-- PDF PAGE 13 -->
<HEAD>A True CHARACTER OF <HI>Sundry Trades and Callings:</HI> OR, <HI>A New ditty of Innocent Mirth.</HI></HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>This Song is New, and perfect True,</L>
<L>there's none can this deny;</L>
<L>For I am known, Friend, to be one</L>
<L>that &s;corns to tell a Lye.</L>
</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Old <HI>Simon</HI> the KING.</HI></OPENER>
<P><TEXT>
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<DIV1 TYPE="license">
<P>This may be Printed,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>R. P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
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</TEXT></P>
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<LG>
<L>Now Gentlemen &s;it you all merry,</L>
<L>I'll &s;ing you a Song of <HI>a Want,</HI></L>
<L>Til make you as merry as may be,</L>
<L>though Monies begin to grow &s;cant:</L>
<L>A Woman without e're a Tongue,</L>
<L>&s;he never can &s;cold very fond;</L>
<L>'Tis ju&s;t &s;uch another great Want,</L>
<L>when the Fidler wants his Crowd:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Good People I tell unto you,</HI></L>
<L><HI>the&s;e Lines they are ab&s;olute new,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For I hate and di&s;pi&s;e the telling of Lies,</HI></L>
<L><HI>this Ditty is merry and true.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A Ship that's without e're a Sail,</L>
<L>may be driven the Lord knows whither;</L>
<L>'Tis ju&s;t &s;uch another &s;ad Want,</L>
<L>as the Shoe-maker wants his Leather:</L>
<L>A Man that has got but one Legg,</L>
<L>will make but a pittiful Runner,</L>
<L>And he that has no Eyes in his Head,</L>
<L>will make but a &s;orowful Gunner:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Good People I tell unto you,</HI></L>
<L><HI>the&s;e Lines they are ab&s;olute new,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For I hate and di&s;pi&s;e the telling of Lies,</HI></L>
<L><HI>this Ditty is merry and true.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A Doctor without any Stomach,</L>
<L>will make but a pittyful Dinner,</L>
<L>And he that has got no Victuals to eat,</L>
<L>will quickly look thinner and thinner:</L>
<L>A Bell without tever a Clapper,</L>
<L>will make but &s;orrowful Sound,</L>
<L>And he that has no Land of his own,</L>
<L>may work on another Man's Ground:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Good People I tell unto you,</HI></L>
<L><HI>the&s;e lines they are ab&s;olute new,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For I hate and de&s;pi&s;e the telling of Lies,</HI></L>
<L><HI>this Ditty is merry and true.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A Black-&s;mith without his Bellows,</L>
<L>he need not to ri&s;e very &s;oon,</L>
<L>And he that has no Cloaths to put on,</L>
<L>may lye in his Bed till noon:</L>
<L>An Inn-keeper without any Cu&s;tom,</L>
<L>will never get &s;tore of Wealth,</L>
<L>And if he has ne'r a Sign to hang up,</L>
<L>he may e'ne go hang up him&s;elf:</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Good people, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A Miller without any Stones,</L>
<L>he is but a &s;orrowful Soul,</L>
<L>And if that he has no Corn to grind,</L>
<L>he need not &s;tand taking of Toll:</L>
<L>The Taylor we know he is loath</L>
<L>to take any Cabbidge at all,</L>
<L>If he has no Silk, Stuff or Cloath,</L>
<L>to do that good Office withal.</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Good People, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A Woman without e're a Fault,</L>
<L>&s;he like a bright Star will appear;</L>
<L>But a Brewer without any Mault,</L>
<L>will make but pittiful Beer:</L>
<L>A Man that has got but one Shirt,</L>
<L>when e're it is wa&s;ht for his hide,</L>
<L>I hope it can't be no great hurt,</L>
<L>to lye in his Bed till 'tis dry'd,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Good People, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A Mountebank without his Fools,</L>
<L>and a Skip-kennel turn'd out of Place,</L>
<L>A Tinker without any Tools,</L>
<L>they are all in a &s;orrowful ca&s;e:</L>
<L>You know that a Di&s;h of good Meat,</L>
<L>it is the true Stay of Man's Life,</L>
<L>But he that has nothing to eat,</L>
<L>he need not to draw out his Knife.</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Good People, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A Pedler without e're a Stock,</L>
<L>it makes him look pittiful blew;</L>
<L>A Shepherd without e'er a Flock;</L>
<L>has little or nothing to do:</L>
<L>A Farmer without any Corn,</L>
<L>he neither can give, &s;ell or lend;</L>
<L>A Hunt&s;man without e'er a Horn,</L>
<L>his Wife &s;he mu&s;t &s;tand his good Friend,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Good People, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A Plow-man that has ne'er a Plow,</L>
<L>I think may live at his ea&s;e;</L>
<L>A Dairy without e're a Cow,</L>
<L>will make but had Butter and Chee&s;e&punc;</L>
<L>A Man that is pittiful poor,</L>
<L>has little or nothing to loo&s;e;</L>
<L>And he that has never a Foot,</L>
<L>it &s;aves him the buying of Shooes.</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Good People, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A Warren without e'er a Coney,</L>
<L>is barren, and &s;o much the wor&s;e;</L>
<L>And he that is qute without Money,</L>
<L>can have no great need of a Pur&s;e.</L>
<L>I hope there is none is this place,</L>
<L>that now is di&s;paleas'd with his Song,</L>
<L>Come buy up my Ballads apace,</L>
<L>and i'll pack up my awls and be gone.</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Good People I tell unto you,</HI></L>
<L><HI>the&s;e Lines they are ab&s;olute new,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For I hate and di&s;pi&s;e the telling of Lies,</HI></L>
<L><HI>this Ditty is merry and true.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<P>Printed for <HI>P. Brooksby,</HI> at the Golden Ball in <HI>Pye-Corner.</HI></P>
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