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 11 And drunk and ſober get no reſt.

Now all the country lads around,

Who get their living under ground,

For to prepare themſelves are told

When T'ommy's wedding day will hold.

The maids have warning, friends beſide,

Muſt all be there to meet the bride';

At Benwell' at her mother's houſe,

For Tommy gave the bride her chooſe

The wedding dinner muſt be there,

Provided with the greateſt care:

Now joy in every face is ſeen,

The lads are pleas'd the laſses keen;

Old men and wives they do declare,

They'll come to taſte the bridegroom's fare.

The farmer waits not with more pain,

For former nor for latter rain;

Nor does the miſer more deſire

His coffers full, or int'reſt higher;

Or landlords with the quarter-day,

When tenants are prepared to pay;

Nor thoſe that in ſuſpenſe do wait,

More anxious for the birth of fate;

Or longing mother's paſſion more,

For child, or joy unfelt before;

Than are our Lovers for the day,

To ſport it, and the night away;

Their breaſts are fir'd with equal flame,

They wiſh for what they bluſh to name;

They long the balmy joys to reap,

And kiſs each other in their ſleep;

But O! alas, this does no good,