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 He says my dear, Where shall I run?

She said, I'll hide you if I can,

My husband he will curse and ban,

But first he'll have you taken';

So run into the cupboard fast,

And do not let a moment pass,

I dare not stay, he calls in haste,

His noise will keep you 'wake love.

O then she run unto the door,

You're welcome husband o'er and o'er,

The only man I do adore,

My joy and only honey;

Since it fell out and happened so,

That 'gainst my perſuasions you did go,

You're welcomer to my heart you know,

Than either gold or money.

Well, go and call your neighbour down,

I do not care if I spend a crown,

On the best liquor in the town,

To drive away all sorrow.

My dear, your neighbour's not at home.

If he be'nt himself, his wife must come,

There's nothing here that can be done,

Unless we lend and borrow.

He sent his wife out for some ale,

He to the trade of kissing fell,

He to the trade of kissing fell,

You'd laugh'd had you been there boys:

He brought her to the cupboard door,

There he kissed her o'er and o'er,