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<NAME>Emma Leeson Huber</NAME>
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<HEAD>THE Young Mans Coun&s;ellour, OR, The mo&s;t de&s;erved prai&s;e of tho&s;e &s;weet Complexioned Damo&s;els of the Black and Brown.</HEAD>
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<L>The plea&s;ant Blacks and mode&s;t Browns,</L>
<L>their loving Husbands plea&s;e;</L>
<L>Now if I had ten thou&s;and pounds,</L>
<L>I'd marry one of the&s;e.</L>
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<OPENER>Tune of <HI>All Trades.</HI></OPENER>
<P>Licen&s;ed according to Order.</P>
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<LG>
<L>ALl thoughts of confu&s;ion forbear;</L>
<L>there's none but meer Ni&s;eys that frets,</L>
<L>And ca&s;t away Sorrow and Care,</L>
<L>which never was known to pay Debts:</L>
<L>And if you a Wooing will goe,</L>
<L>and would with a good Wife be Ble&s;t.</L>
<L>Come hither, and here I will &s;how</L>
<L>what Colour is counted the be&s;t.</L>
<L><HI>As for the Black and the Brown,</HI></L>
<L><HI>they are the cream of the Town;</HI></L>
<L><HI>For loe, here behold, they never can &s;cold,</HI></L>
<L><HI>not give you &s;o much as a Frown.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>Beware of a La&s;s that's too kind,</L>
<L>who&s;e Vi&s;age is Swarthy and Pale;</L>
<L>For mo&s;t of that &s;ort you will find</L>
<L>are &s;ubject to play with their Tale,</L>
<L>And count it a very &s;mall Crime</L>
<L>to dally with every Mate;</L>
<L>Then Young-men take warning in time,</L>
<L>for fear you repent it too late:</L>
<L><HI>But as for the Black, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now &s;he that is freckl'd and fair,</L>
<L>&s;he'll baffle thy money in pride;</L>
<L>Black Patches and powdered Hair,</L>
<L>nay, wanton and lazy be&s;ide;</L>
<L>She'll plunder and pillage thy Pur&s;e;</L>
<L>all this by experience I know,</L>
<L>Whoever is plagu'd with this Cur&s;e,</L>
<L>he needs no more &s;orrow I trow.</L>
<L><HI>But as for the Black and the Brown,</HI></L>
<L><HI>they are the cream of the Town;</HI></L>
<L><HI>For loe, here behold, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<L>Beware of thin Lips, and &s;harp No&s;e,</L>
<L>who&s;e Hair is the colour of Gold;</L>
<L>If ever you marry with tho&s;e,</L>
<L>you're fitted I faith with a Scold.</L>
<L>Whenever &s;he wants of her will</L>
<L>then down flows her Crockadiles Tears;</L>
<L>But when her Top Tippit is up,</L>
<L>&s;he'll Ring you a Peal in your Ears;</L>
<L><HI>But as for the Black, and the Brown,</HI></L>
<L><HI>they are the cream of the Town;</HI></L>
<L><HI>For loe, here behold, they never can &s;cold,</HI></L>
<L><HI>nor give you &s;o much as a frown.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>Now as for the Locks which are Gray,</L>
<L>&s;uch Women are both old and tuff;</L>
<L>They'll hold a brisk young&s;ter in play,</L>
<L>and think they have never enough;</L>
<L>For if with a Damo&s;el you je&s;t,</L>
<L>and tho' but in innocent mirth.</L>
<L>Streight jealou&s;ie Reigns in her Brea&s;t:</L>
<L>now this is a Hell upon Earth.</L>
<L><HI>But as for the Black, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Flaxen hath no good Report,</L>
<L>tho' many may fancy the &s;ame;</L>
<L>I know that mo&s;t of that &s;ort,</L>
<L>are notable Girls of the Game:</L>
<L>They'll Go&s;&s;ip and Iunket about;</L>
<L>nay, tipple Wine, Brandy and Beer,</L>
<L>Spend more in a day without doubt,</L>
<L>then ever they earn in a year.</L>
<L><HI>But as for the Black, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>The Sandy and Swarthy I'll &s;wear,</L>
<L>&s;he has the good name of a Slut;</L>
<L>And you mu&s;t take very good Care,</L>
<L>or el&s;e &s;he will poy&s;on your Gut:</L>
<L>Her Beauty will never for&s;ake you;</L>
<L>you may have it always in &s;ight;</L>
<L>There's no man a Cuckold will make you,</L>
<L>except he does do it for &s;pight;</L>
<L><HI>But as for the Black, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>The Yellow is none of the be&s;t,</L>
<L>they are for Contention and Strife;</L>
<L>That poor man is happily ble&s;t,</L>
<L>that hath &s;uch a one to his Wife.</L>
<L>At night when he comes to his home,</L>
<L>&s;he'll call him both Cuckold and Fool,</L>
<L>And proffer his Noddle to comb</L>
<L>&s;ometimes with a three legged Stool:</L>
<L><HI>But as for the Black, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>The Foggy I'd have you forbear,</L>
<L>I'd never chu&s;e &s;uch for a Bride,</L>
<L>If there was no other, I'll &s;wear,</L>
<L>in all the whole Nation be&s;ide.</L>
<L>In Bed &s;he'll near plea&s;e thee that's flat,</L>
<L>for there &s;he lies all of a heap;</L>
<L>And &s;he that is Foggy and Fat,</L>
<L>is &s;ubject to fart in her &s;leep.</L>
<L><HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ut as for the Black, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Carrots I'd like to forgot,</L>
<L>which is the wor&s;t colour of all;</L>
<L>If &s;uch a one fall to thy Lot,</L>
<L>thy Ble&s;&s;ing and comfort is &s;mall.</L>
<L>All Ble&s;&s;ings will bid thee farewell,</L>
<L>the very fir&s;t night you are Wed,</L>
<L>Her Carrots will ca&s;t &s;uch a &s;mell,</L>
<L>you'll never endure her in Bed.</L>
<L><HI>But as for the Black, &amp;c.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>You Young-men that hear me this day,</L>
<L>and would with a loving Wife &s;peed,</L>
<L>Remember this Coun&s;el I pray,</L>
<L>and then you're happy indeed:</L>
<L>If you mean to marry with any,</L>
<L>pray buy this New Song, without doubt,</L>
<L>You'll find it to be the be&s;t Penny</L>
<L>that e'er you was known to lay out.</L>
<L><HI>As for the Black and the Brown,</HI></L>
<L><HI>they are the cream of the Town;</HI></L>
<L><HI>For loe, here behold, they never can &s;cold,</HI></L>
<L><HI>nor give you &s;o much as a frown.</HI></L>
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<P><HI>Printed for</HI> I. Deacon <HI>at the Angel in</HI> Gilt-&s;pur-&s;treet.</P>
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