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[ 8 ] No patch and paint our beauty want,

we live in simple nature.

Drink away, lets be gay, &c.

No cholic, spleen, or vapours,

at morn, or ev’ning teaze us;

We drink no tea, nor ratifia,

when sick, a dram can ease us.

Drink away, let's be gay, &c.

What Ladies act in private,

by Nature’s soft compliance;

We think no crime, when in our prime,

to kiss without a licence.

Drink away, let’s be gay, &c.

We know no shame or scandal,

the beggar law befriend us;

We all agree in liberty,

and poverty defends us.

Drink away, let’s be gay, &c.

Like jolly beggar wenches,

thus, thus we drown all sorrow;

We live to-day, and ne’er delay

our pleasure till to-morrow.

Drink away, let’s be gay, &c.