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(5) Next morning the light thro' the curtain did peep,

The nobleman wak'd out of his drowſy ſleep,

He thought that his charmer did ly at his back,

And turn'd to embrace her, and found her a Black.

Then in a ſurprize, he like thunder did roar,

He jump'd out of bed and ran ſtraight to the door,

So naked he ran to the ſtreet in a fright,

Crying, I've been kiſſing the devil all night.

The Blackamoor put on her coat and her gown,

And ſnatch'd up the reſt of her things & ran down,

She ſaid, You had pleaſure of me as you lack’d,

Sir, I am no devil although I'm a black.

He ſaid, I lov'd beauty, methinks I am fitted,

For the butcher's daughter has me outwitted,

I do her commend with all my whole heart,

And for the joke's ſake I'll ne'er kiſs in the dark.

The people did laugh to hear him ſay ſo,

And ſtraight the Black to the beauty did go,

She told her the ſtory ſhe laught heartily,

Saying, I will hear further of this by and by.

Then for the beauty, this noble Lord ſent,

With ſome of her friends unto him ſhe went,

He told them the ſtory, they laughed indeed,

And both to be wedded they quickly agreed, Fal, &c.





Ith my long quarter pumps and ſilken hoſe,

And ſhoes all buckled down to my toes,

Singing and dancing was all my delight,

And kiſſing the laſſes has ruin'd me quite.

Fal de ral, &c.

For firſt when I a roving went,

I brought my parents to great diſcontent,

Sorrow and trouble upon them I wrought,

When firſt to the New Goal I was brought.