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 He fang her love-fongs as he fat at his work, But (he was as hard as a jew or a turk : Whene'er he fpoke, fhe wou'd flounce, and wou'd tear, Which put the poor cobler quitejnto defpair. Deny down, &c.

He took up his awl, that he had in the world. And to make away with himfelf was refolv'd; ~ He pierc'd thro' his body inftead of the fole : So the cooler he dy'd, and the bell i: did toil. Deny down, &c.

��AS YOU MEAN TO SET SAIL FOR THE LAND OF DELIGHT.

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��S you mean to fet fail for the land of delight, ind in wedlock's fofr hammock to fwmg ev'ry

night,

Jf you hope that your voyage fuccefsful mould prove, Fill your fails with affection, your cabin with love.

Let your heart, like the mainmaft, be ever upright, And the union you boaft like our tackle be tight ; Of the fhoals of indifference be fure to keep clear, And the quickfands of jealoufy never come near.

If hu (bands e'er hope to live peaceable lives,

They muft reckon themfeiv^s, ;vj die helm to their

wives,

For the evener we go, boys, the better we fail, And on (hipboard the helm is (till rul'd by the tail.

Then lift to your pilot, my boy, and be wife ; If my precepts you fcorn, and my maxims defpife, A brace of proud antlers your brows may adorn, And a hundred to one but you dou- >rn.

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