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 The Play-house Saint; Or, Phillis unmasked.

A New Ballad.

NEar famous Covent-Garden A Dome there stands on high; With a fa, la, la, la, &c. Where Kings are represented, And Queens in Metre dye; With a fa, la, la, la, &c. The Beaus and Men of Business Diversions hither bring, To hear the wanton Doxies prate, And see 'em dance and sing; With a fa, la, la, la, &c.

Here Phillis is a Darling, As she her self gives out, For a fa, la, la, la, As tight a Lass as ever Did use a Double Clout, On her fa, la, la, la, &c. She's brisk and gay, and cunning, And wants a Wedlock Yoke, Her Mother was before her As good as ever strook For a fa, la, la, la, &c.

Young Suitors she had many, From 'Squire, up to the Lord, For her fa, la, la, la, &c. And daily she refus'd 'em, For Vertue was the Word; With her fa, la, la, la, &c. A Saint she would be thought, And dissembled all she could, But jolly Rakes all knew she was Of Play-house Flesh and Blood, And her fa, la, la, la, &c.