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 8 With am'rous looks he calls her jewel,

And ſaid how can you be ſo cruel;

Come eaſe my mind and ſpeak. my life

And give conſent to be my wife;

For I can never love another,

Come I'll go with you to your mother

Have her conſent, hear what ſhe'll ſay,

And then we'll fix our wedding day.

Before ſhe ſpoke, ſhe look'd about,

For ſhe cou'd hold no longer out;

And when ſhe ſaw that none was nigh,

She thus broke out I do comply;

You hug, and kiſs, and ſqueeze me now,

But what will wedding make you do?

I never thought to marry any;

But; Tommy! thou haſt conquer'd Jenny;

My heart, and every thing that's mine,

From henceforth, Tommy, ſhall be thine

"I'll love, and cheriſh, and obey,

And ſtrive to pleaſe thee night and day.

He kiſs'd, ſhe leer'd and ſeem'd fain,

And roſe and bluſh'd, and kiſs'd again

"Then arm in arm, away they went,

To try old Beſſy for conſent,

For now they'd nothing more to do,

But make the mother buckle to;

Which muſt be done, or elſe the bargain

Wou'd not be worth a ſingle farthing.

They trudg'd along, got home at laſt,

And found old Goody ſmocking faſt;

Plac'd on a cracket near the fire,

Her ſpinning wheel was ſtanding by her