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<DATE>2009-04-03</DATE>
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<NAME>Pip Willcox</NAME>
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<VID>181831</VID>
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<HEAD>The Down-ight VVOOING of Hone&s;t JOHN &amp; BETTY.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Cold and Raw.</HI></OPENER>
<DIV2 TYPE="permission to print">
<P>This may be Printed,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>R. P.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of a man with staff and money purse</FIGDESC>
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<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of a man and a woman</FIGDESC>
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<LG>
<L>VVEll met my pritty <HI>Betty</HI></L>
<L>happy be our Meeting,</L>
<L>I prethee on me take pitty,</L>
<L>and thus he fell a Greeting:</L>
<L>Thou art &s;he whom I love &s;o dear,</L>
<L>above all worldly Trea&s;ure,</L>
<L>There's no Love with mine can compare,</L>
<L>I love thee beyond all mea&s;ure.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<HEAD><HI>Bettys <HI>Reply to</HI> John.</HI></HEAD>
<L>I wonder <HI>John,</HI> how it came about,</L>
<L>that you &s;hould love &s;o dearly,</L>
<L>I fear you do but jeer and flout,</L>
<L>I prethee don't come near me;</L>
<L>And don't &s;tand prating at this rate,</L>
<L>but I prethee now be going,</L>
<L>Or with my Ladle i'le break thy Pate,</L>
<L>for I like no deceitful Wooing.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I prethee <HI>Betty</HI> be not Coy,</L>
<L>but let's enjoy the Ble&s;&s;ing,</L>
<L>I'le tell thee what thou&s;t enjoy,</L>
<L>of Goods I have po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing:</L>
<L>I have got a Yow and Lamb</L>
<L>with a Cow and Calf together,</L>
<L>have that will bravely &s;tand,</L>
<L>will make thee a glad Mother,</L>
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<FIGDESC>depiction of a man, hat in hand, and a woman with fan</FIGDESC>
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<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of musicians playing on a balcony above people sitting at table, with more people standing in an adjoining room</FIGDESC>
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<LG>
<L>I have a Cupboard and three Chairs,</L>
<L>with Di&s;hes and a Ladle,</L>
<L>Be&s;ide a Barrel to hold good Beer,</L>
<L>al&s;o a Nur&s;ing Cradle:</L>
<L>I have Spindles, Whirls and Reels,</L>
<L>with Feather-Bed and Bedding,</L>
<L>And a new Spinning-Wheel,</L>
<L>which thou &s;halt have at our Wedding.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I have a little Dog to Bark,</L>
<L>if any come to fright thee,</L>
<L>My Hou&s;e is as &s;afe as <HI>Noahs</HI> Ark,</L>
<L>in which I will delight thee:</L>
<L>The pritty Crickets they do &s;ing,</L>
<L>whil&s;t I am in the Barn a Thra&s;hing,</L>
<L>They'l be Plea&s;ing when thou do&s;t Spin,</L>
<L>or Bake, Brew, or Wa&s;hing.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My Mother left me twenty hives of Bees</L>
<L>which will yield good &s;tore of Honey,</L>
<L>We'l gather up all and none we'l lee&s;e,</L>
<L>it will bring us good &s;tore of Money:</L>
<L>I have eight Pigs and a Sow,</L>
<L>with Hens and Chickens plenty,</L>
<L>I have be&s;ide all this, I vow,</L>
<L>two Brood-Gee&s;e and Go&s;&s;ins twenty.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I have got a gay Gold Ring,</L>
<L>for my pritty <HI>Betty,</HI></L>
<L>And i'le plea&s;e thee in every thing,</L>
<L>then I prethee on me take pitty:</L>
<L>A black Scarf &s;pick and &s;pan New,</L>
<L>Gloves and Ribbons, newe&s;t Fa&s;hion,</L>
<L>If thou wilt have me tell me now,</L>
<L>and don't put me into a pa&s;&s;ion.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Maid began of &s;mile at this,</L>
<L>and was pleas'd at his Fancy,</L>
<L>The Bargain &s;he Seal&punc;d with a Ki&s;s,</L>
<L>and &s;aid, <HI>John's</HI> the Man I &s;ancy</L>
<L>Thou &s;halt be my hearts delight,</L>
<L>and I will be thy Honey,</L>
<L>We'l work together day and night,</L>
<L>and I hope we &s;hall ne'r want Money.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The day appointed was with &s;peed,</L>
<L>when they was to be Marry'd,</L>
<L>Their Friends likewi&s;e did agree,</L>
<L>that nothing &s;hould be mi&s;carry'd:</L>
<L>There was both Wine, Ale and Beer,</L>
<L>all &s;orts of Provi&s;ion plenty,</L>
<L>A Noi&s;e of Mu&s;ick their hearts to chear,</L>
<L>Strawberries and Cream mo&s;t dainty.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then they to Dancing went,</L>
<L>each Lad then with their La&s;&s;es,</L>
<L>They ki&s;s'd each La&s;s with their con&s;ent,</L>
<L>&s;o the time away they pa&s;&s;es:</L>
<L>The Fidler &s;ung them a Merry Song,</L>
<L>which cau&s;ed much Laughter,</L>
<L>And <HI>John</HI> began for to think long,</L>
<L>for the Pa&s;time he &s;hould have after.</L>
</LG>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>By <HI>E. W.</HI></HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Printed for <HI>J. Deacon,</HI> at the <HI>Angel</HI> in <HI>Guilt&s;pur-Street.</HI></HI></P>
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