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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD><HI>THE LONDON</HI> La&s;&s;es Lamentation:</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"><HI>OR, Her Fear &s;he &s;hould never be MARRIED.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of <HI>I marry and thank ye too.</HI></OPENER>
<HEADNOTE><P><HI>Licen&s;ed according to Order.</HI></P></HEADNOTE>
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<LG>
<L>ALas! I am in a Rage,</L>
<L>and bitterly weep and cry,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e I'm nineteen years of age,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>yet cannot be married not I.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>No Gallant regards my moan,</L>
<L>for Love I am like to dye,</L>
<L>It grieves my <HI>Heart</HI> to lye alone,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>yet cannot be married not I.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Mine, Eyes do's like Fountains flow,</L>
<L>as I on my Pillow lye,</L>
<L>There's none knows what I undergo,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>yet cannot be married not I.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There's <HI>Margery, Sue</HI> and <HI>Kate,</HI></L>
<L>has Husbands with them to lye,</L>
<L>Yet none regards my wretched &s;tate,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>yet cannot be married not I.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<LG>
<L>Young-men I mu&s;t tell ye true,</L>
<L>I &s;corn to report a Lye,</L>
<L>I am both fair and hand&s;ome too,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>yet cannot be married not I.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My Father is gray and old,</L>
<L>and &s;urely e'er long will dye,</L>
<L>And though he'll leave me all his Gold,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>I cannot,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Oh! this my Grief and Care,</L>
<L>the which I cannot pa&s;s by,</L>
<L>To think I am my Father's Heir,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>yet cannot,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I am in Di&s;traction hurl'd,</L>
<L>and do for a Husband cry,</L>
<L>It's more to me than all the VVorld,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>yet cannot,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I am a poor Love-&s;ick Girl,</L>
<L>and ready with Grief to Dye,</L>
<L>I proffer'd Iewels, Gold and Pearl,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>yet cannot,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I Silks I am &s;till array'd,</L>
<L>and e'ery new Fa&s;hion buy,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e I am loath to dye a Maid,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>yet cannot,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>As fine as the Queen of <HI>May,</HI></L>
<L>I flouri&s;h with gallantry,</L>
<L>I wear my Top-knot e'ery day,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>yet cannot,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A paint, and I powder &s;till,</L>
<L>to tempt all that I come nigh,</L>
<L>But yet let me do what I will,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>yet cannot,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There's never a La&s;s in Town,</L>
<L>for Beauty can me come nigh:</L>
<L>But Fortune &s;he has &s;ent a Frown,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>I cannot be married not I.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Gold which I have in &s;tore,</L>
<L>I value no more than Clay,</L>
<L>I'd give all, had I ten times more,</L>
</LG>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>&s;o I might be married to day.</HI></L>
</LG>
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