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( 6 ) The ’squire arose and took home his sweet bride,

And now she has servants to run by her side,

The ’squire adores her and calls her his dear,

And is willing to father the child as we hear.



PLUMBER. Plumber I am, and I work for my bread,

Not asham’d of my craft tho’ a dealer in lead,

And men of my calling, tho’ that they’ll not own,

May always be found from the cot to the throne.

The lawyer so grave, with a twang in his nose,

With his hums and his ha’s, and his ekes and also’s;

With each knotty point he is scratching his head,

He’ll find that like me he’s a dealer in lead.

The captain perhaps may despise a poor glazier,

Because his bluff countenance comes from the brazier,

Though he struts in his lace, and swaggers in red,

Yet his brains like his bullets are nothing but lead.

Let no lovely damsel a plumber despise,

For his lead soon will melt at the beam of her eyes,

And be brisk as quicksilver when she finds him in bed,

Though all the day long he’s a dealer in lead.

And be, &c.



JACK TAR'S DRUNKEN FROLIC in WAPPING.

Ack Tar from a cruize, and had ta’en a rich prize,

Come rolling down wapping d—n limbs & eyes,

Ran foul of a frigate snug rigg’d, tight and trim,

First turning his quid, nod his head with a grin.

Jack thought this first broadside would bring her to,

Then talk’d about boarding, but all would not do,

He shew’d her his purse, said, dear jewel behold,

Don’t refuse to engage, see my freight it is gold.