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The Improbability; Or, the Batchelor's

Diſlike to a Married Life.

S I was a muſing in a grove,

all by myſelf as I ſuppos'd,

My mind did oft-times me remove,

but by no means could be compos'd;

At length by chance a friend I met,

which caus'd me long time to tarry,

Of me ſhe did intreat to tell her,

when I had a mind to marry.

When ſaffron grows on every tree,

and ev'ry ſtream flows milk and honey,

When ſugar grows in carrot fields,

and uſurers refuſe money;

And countrymen for judges ſit,

and Michaelmas falls in February,

When millers do their toll forget,

O then my love and I'll be married.

When Shrove-tide falls in Eaſter-week,

and Chriſtmas in the month of July,

When lawyers plead without a fee,

and taylors they deal juſt and truly;

When all deceit is quite put down,

and truth by all men is preferred,

When indigo dyes red and brown,

O then my love and I'll be married.