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 They pannell'd their dobbins, and went to the fair,

Still kiſſng and fondling until they came there;

They call'd on the Parſon, and by him were wed,

And Maggy ſhe took her dear Jockey to bed.

They ſtaid there a week as the neighbours all ſay:

And none was ſo happy and gameſome as they:

Then home.they return'd, but return'd moſt unkind,

For Jockey role on, and left Maggy behind

Surpris'd at this treatment, ſhe cry's, Gaffer Jock,

Pray what is the reaſon that Maggy you mock'd?

Quoth he, Gooſe come! why you now are my bride,

And when volk are wed, they ſet fooling aſide.

He took home his Maggy good conduct to learn,

Who bruſh'd up the houſe, while he thatch'd the old barn,

They laid in a ſtock for the caves that enſue,

And now live as man and wife uſually do.

Near a clear chryſtal ſtream, where ſweet flow'rs do

I beheld a young damſel in ſorrow & woe, (grow,

Grieving for her ſailor ſhe did ſo adore,

But she cry'd, 'tis all in vain, I ſhall ne'er ſee him more.

Chor. Dejected I wander ſo ſad and forlorn,

I almoſt rue the day that ever I was born,

Surely no one is ſo wretched as me,

My bonny young ſailor was loſt on the ſea.

When firſt he did leave me 'twas with an aching heart,

Quite loath then we were with each other to part;

T'was with brave Nelſon's fleet my love he ſet ſail,

But in that fierce engagement my ſailor was ſlain.

Dejected I wander ſo ſud and forlorn, etc.

{em}I ſhall never forget, of Auguſt the first day,

The day my love loſt his life in that dreadful fray,

He was the fineſt young lad that e'er my eyes did ſee,

But a fatal ſhot came and his life took away.

Deject'd I wander ſo ſad and forlorn, etc.