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When a commoner marries, the bridegroom, poor elf! Is obliged to go thro' all the bus'ness himself. And sing, &c.

In Owyhee, the say, there's a stick broke in two, If you look in Cook's voyage, you'll find it is true, In England they never break sticks, it is said, But married folks often break each other's heads, And sing, &c. A soldier and lassie jump over a sword, A sailor and girl oft take each other's word; A Jew may espouse with his aunts and his cousins, And Turks buy their wives, like our chicken, by                             dozens. And sing, &c.

At a wedding in Ireland, they're wond'rous frisky, With black eyes, bloody noses, punch, claret, and whisky; In Scotland they've haggies, hotch potch, and sheep-head. And in Holland they smoke till they're all put to                             bed. And sing. &c.

By whatever forms we are link'd to each other, May husband and wife live like sister and brother, Be Ireland and England united for ever, Like folks that are married, to separate never. And sing, &c.

The Clown's odd Sweetheart.

A COMICAL lass I want to woo, She had a good face and a fortune too;