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 Besides provisions they are high,

and trading is so low,

And if the season should be dear,

and would continue so;

There is many a brave mechanic

must go as well as I.

To serve the King and face his foe

where cannon-balls do fly.

My dear you little know as yet,

what fortune may devise,

Provisions they may get a fall,

and trading it may rise;

Oh ! that’s live horse and you’ll get grass ;

but that won’t do for me,

I wou’d sooner go and fight for bread,

than live in poverty.

Now since our gallant heroes has

no prospect of relief,

Dry up your tears dear Nancy,

and moderate your grief;

I’ll ne’er retract, till death I'll act

with courage bold and free,

So now adieu, my love to you.

my wife and children three.

}} beauty, men descry,

the distant shore, and long to prove,

(Still richer in variety,)

the treasure of the land of love.