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 With gold and silver spangles

she was so drest all round,

The noise of such a fortune,

of so many thousand pound.

The old man call’d his son aside,

and thus to him did say,

Take my advice and marry her,

my child this very day;

That morning they were marry’d,

and dinner being done.

The old man being mellow,

the story thus began.

Said he, My dearest Son,

I’ll tell you what is true,

A poor blinking Cobler,

has married year sweetheart Sue.

This young man stept aside,

as here I now confess,

And in a very little time

put on his Cobler’s dress;

And taking Susan by the hand,

he fell upon his knee,

Saying, Pardon us dear father,

Sir, pardon if you please;