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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B090012.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<STC T="W">r1656</STC>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>The merry Hoa&s;te&s;s:</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>OR,</L>
<L>A pretty new Ditty, compos'd by an Hoa&s;te&s;s that lives in the City:</L>
<L>To wrong &s;uch and Hoa&s;te&s;s it were a great pitty,</L>
<L>By rea&s;on &s;he cau&s;ed this pretty new Ditty.</L>
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<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Buff Coat has no Fellow.</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>COme all that loves good company,</L>
<L>and hearken to my Ditty;</L>
<L>'Tis of a lovely Hoa&s;te&s;s fine,</L>
<L>that lives in <HI>London City:</HI></L>
<L>Which &s;ells good Ale, nappe and &s;tale,</L>
<L>and alwayes thus &s;ings &s;he,</L>
<L><HI>My Ale was tunn'd when I was young,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and a little above my knee.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Her Ale is lively &s;trong and &s;tout,</L>
<L>if you plea&s;e but to ta&s;te;</L>
<L>It is well brew'd you n&eacute;ed not fear,</L>
<L>but I pray you make no wa&s;te:</L>
<L>It is lovely brown, the be&s;t in Town,</L>
<L>and alwayes thus &s;ings &s;he,</L>
<L><HI>My Ale was tunn'd when I was young,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and a little above my knee.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The gaye&s;t Lady with her Fan,</L>
<L>doth love &s;uch nappy Ale;</L>
<L>Both City Maids, and Countrey Girles</L>
<L>that carries the milking Pail:</L>
<L>Will take a touch, and not think much,</L>
<L>to &s;ing &s;o merrily,</L>
<L><HI>My Ale was tunn'd when I was young,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and a little above my knee.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Both Lord and E&s;quire hath a de&s;ire</L>
<L>unto it night and day;</L>
<L>For a quart or two, be it old or new,</L>
<L>and for it they will pay:</L>
<L>With Pipe in hand they may her command</L>
<L>to &s;ing mo&s;t merrily,</L>
<L><HI>My Ale was tunn'd when I was young,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and a little above my knee.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>You'r welcome all brave Gentlemen,</L>
<L>if you plea&s;e to come in;</L>
<L>To take a cup I do intend,</L>
<L>and a health for to begin:</L>
<L>To all the merry joval Blades,</L>
<L>that will &s;ing for company,</L>
<L><HI>My Ale was tunn'd when I was young,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and a little above my knee.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Here's a Health to all brave Engli&s;h men</L>
<L>that loves this cup of Ale;</L>
<L>Let every man fill up his Can,</L>
<L>and &s;&eacute;e that none do fail,</L>
<L>'Tis very good to nouri&s;h the blood,</L>
<L>and make you &s;ing with me,</L>
<L><HI>My Ale was tunn'd when I was young,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and a little above my knee.</HI></L>
</LG>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
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<HEAD>The &s;econd Part,</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame Tune.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>THe bonny Scot will lay a plot,</L>
<L>to get a hand&s;om tutch</L>
<L>Of this my Ale &s;o good and &s;tale;</L>
<L>&s;o will the cunning Dutch:</L>
<L>They will take a part with all their heart,</L>
<L>to &s;ing this tune with me,</L>
<L><HI>My Ale was tunn'd when I was young,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and a little above my knee.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>It will make the Iri&s;h cry <HI>a hone,</HI></L>
<L>If they but take their fill;</L>
<L>And put them all quite out of tune,</L>
<L>let them u&s;e their chiefe&s;t skill:</L>
<L>So &s;trong and &s;tout it will hold out</L>
<L>in any company:</L>
<L><HI>For my Ale was tunn'd when I was young,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and a little above my knee.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Welche-man on Saint <HI>Davids</HI> Day</L>
<L>will cry, <HI>Cots Plutter a nail,</HI></L>
<L>Hur will hur ferry quite away,</L>
<L>from off that nappy Ale:</L>
<L>It makes hur foes with hur red No&s;e,</L>
<L>hur &s;eldom can agr&eacute;e.</L>
<L><HI>But my Ale was tunn'd when I was young,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and a little above my knee.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Spaniard &s;tout will have about,</L>
<L>'cau&s;e he hath &s;tore of gold;</L>
<L>Till at the la&s;t he is laid fa&s;t,</L>
<L>my Ale doth him &s;o hold:</L>
<L>His Ponyard &s;trong is laid along,</L>
<L>yet he is good company.</L>
<L><HI>For my Ale was tunn'd when I was young,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and a little above my knee.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There's never a Trade&s;man in <HI>England,</HI></L>
<L>that can my Ale deny;</L>
<L>The Weaver, Taylor, and Glover,</L>
<L>delights it for to buy:</L>
<L>Small money they do take away,</L>
<L>if that they drink with me.</L>
<L><HI>For my Ale was tunn'd when I was young,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and a little above my knee.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>There is Smug the hone&s;t Black&s;mith,</L>
<L>he &s;eldom can pa&s;s by;</L>
<L>Becau&s;e a &s;park lies in his throat,</L>
<L>which makes him very dry:</L>
<L>But my old Ale tells him his tale,</L>
<L>&s;o finely we agr&eacute;e.</L>
<L><HI>For my Ale was tunn'd when I was young,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and a little above my knee.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Brewer, Baker, and Butcher,</L>
<L>as well as all the re&s;t,</L>
<L>Both night and day will watch where they</L>
<L>may finde Ale of the be&s;t:</L>
<L>And the Gentle Craft will come full oft</L>
<L>to drink a cup with me.</L>
<L><HI>For my Ale was tunn'd when I was young,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and a little above my knee.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>So to conclude, good Fellows all,</L>
<L>I bid you all adieu;</L>
<L>If that you love a cup of Ale,</L>
<L>take rather old then new:</L>
<L>For if you come where I do dwell,</L>
<L>and chance to drink with me:</L>
<L><HI>My Ale was tunn'd when I was young,</HI></L>
<L><HI>and a little above my knee.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<BYLINE>T. R.</BYLINE>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>John Andrews,</HI> at the White Lion near <HI>Pye-Corner.</HI></P>
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