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 A NEW SONG.

The Sorrowful Hufband;

Ye bold fons of Mars who‘ye been jaded in

and fubject to many commanders, (war

That fought at the Nile and fiege of Belifle

where cannons did battle in Flanders. Its a far better life than tied to a wife,

what fignifies all thefe alarms,

The lofs was to me for I had a long fpree,

and ne'er got a ceffiation of arms.

I've been foolifly&young & ftill in the wrong

the tempers of woman difturb me,

The world may wag for I‘ve got the bag,

and thoufands have got it before me.

I ve been foolifh and young took my own

and wifom to me was a ftranger,        (wi

I began to court and I married for fport,

I was not aware of the danger. At length to my woe I match‘d with a do

the early began to the brawling,

Thirteen long years fhe has rung in my earf

and befides other words a good mailing