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  AN OLD WOMAN CLOTHED IN GRAY.

An old worn in clothed in gray,

had a daughter was charming & young,

But she was deluded astray

by Rogers false flattering tongue;

With whom she often had been,

abroad in the meadows end fields;

Her belly grew up to her chin

her spirit sunk down to her heels.

At length she began for to puke,

her mother possessed with fear:

She gave her a gentle rebuke,

and cry’d, Daughter's word in your ear.

I doubt you've been playing the fool,

which many call'd hey ding a ding,

Why did you not follow my rule,

and tie your two toes in a string.

O Mother! your counsel I took,

but yet I was never the noar:

He won my heart with a false look,

and his words so enchanted mine ear,

