Below is the raw OCR of The Frisky Songster ca.1800. If
you wish to verify the text below, please download the
PDF of the
scanned pages.
+ J_
+
THE'-
■ . ■ . -' ■ '
-.- "
I1 rillW OOIlgl tei»
*
- ■ -
-
'BEING A'-
■F
^
*
J - - 5
Choke Cplkdion ■ of ^ tjie jfe$#:
b *u i\t l-U p$ ,
4.
.■ ,S't£ N G -Lai^ard tie iaft SS A-SQ Ma • ■
8Cte Skew.of Eublii> SritertmnpiGSfc
* - * . r
\
^
■
* **
S. Theiri&MAr^. - ' -'■-J'"
3Y,. Tlie Cobler of C?iUebnm
vfi, ii N M A, r. Favourite In/ti..Sorig4
r -
1
J
\
•i> • . ■-■- -■";
-^ ; - - - \.'-»'V v ■ - ■
The h\fi$M AID,-
you young fellows "that follows the
\I raking trade, * ■ " ■
I w©'uld' have you beware of ,a bonny black Irifh
maid. ,-■-._'.:_ . ■ - -
With.a Van Du Aroon. Se Ron du.
There's ■Erfncbj"'" and there's ScoteL -there's
..Englifhand Germany9
A::fewt«an-'compare, tf/ith"bonny black Iriiii'
,.:/ :raaid*) . , With a-. Yan0 .Du.' -
'My love's 'like an angcL when Hie9 in her
morning drefs0 ' .
,■ 1 clofe her fweoilips ana cer boisarl ofen prcfs, •
-•-: "With "a .Van3 Dfi/Src.
' '-'- jou talk of'her beauty., end her fo much do
% praife,
. Soa^e fere Mr. Van DuD and tell me where htr
beauty lays.'
-- • Aran., Du Ayal,.Du &c.
■ lier lips * are-like correlj her cheeks is like the
damafk rofc5 ,.'.'■':'-
*. ' ' Hcr'teethis-lik'e'Ivory, and .her eyes-as.black
.1 ' ■ 'asfloUi) : "-■■Whha'Van'Du,. &e:-
My bonny black Irifti riaid, few .with .Her can
.compare, • • '. ' / A
With "her.rofy cheeks and bonny black Irifh hair.
: '■■ 1/fotha-VanDn, &e, - - - - r
. ■ ■
- -
-
\
' ■ ■ ' l-.Ke've t&vfei'd'-to Dublii23 ;aml ir&ia Dublin to • '
1
( 3 ) \ . ■-
Cork and King-Sail, .,.'■;.'
And in all my roving,-■my..hobby.did'nra;rFaii£'
Witha!VanDu. 5ccr • .. ■.'.:.'
^
■
•'t
Was I bin in Dublin. anio-'ng the green cocks of
hay, ■ '■:..""■;
1 would pue tv/o flo-nes over her; to keep the-
wind from blowing her away. - ' -• ■' '
With a Va,fl Du, &c, .^.. .. ■ .
+ ^
Come all you young Tailors that follows the rak~
in^ftrain; ..' '
Pray fail over to Dublin and have her new fteel'd
again? :
With a Van Du0 a Roon^ ■ ■
A yal Du my bonny black Irilh maid.." :
So there's an end to jny bonny black'- Irifh raaidp
C U PI D the Pretty Plough; BOY/-.
A S 1 walk'd out one May morning? . .
jDa Whm May was ali iij .bloom* ■
I went into the meadows fiveer9 .' • ~ ,.
To take the fweet perfume, / ■
1 went into a flov/'ry field., ■ ; ' "'
1 turned f.av h-ad a-vvhile, - •
.Where I faw Cupid the plough boyj
Who did my heart beguile. ' ■
As this young' man was ploughing;.'
Bis furvows-deep r/nd lowj . ■ .
Breaking his clods tc nieces,
■Some fearjey for to fcw? '.
I ivilh this pp'gtey plough bby& ,, - •
My eyes had never fcen, ! •
jTwas Cupid th?om:rf ploughfco^: ■ -'* '■'-'<•"' ' ,
fcWi£h*his arrqv? iharp'and keen.' "\
*
\
h
{ 4 )
If I fhould write a letter9 ; r
■ My mind ro him unfold '. ~ \
Brhapshe'S talce iefcofhfui, ■" '
And fay I am full bbkL
J;wiih be'd-rpfove much kindei> ".'':>; ■
And return my heart again9 '■ - ^ -
*T\$ Cupid: the pretty plough "boy. '
With his arrows fharp and'keen*
rA worthy rich youiig gentleman?
'-, AtoOrt ingl to'me ca'riie,l,; '
And becaufe I would not fnarry Ki&jJ-:
■ Myp^Tenb'didme'blaifib/'*- : ^ " "• '
Adieu young man for ever, \ \;
' Farewell, for ever adieu5
; lXis Cupid.the pretty plough BoyP-
/Has cdufed'jny heart to ru&' ■ : ' ' ' .
TheipfoaghLoy Rearing the lady?
Moftfadly to complain, ,l '
Cried, my deareftjewels
v I will eafe you of .your pain*
• If you will wed a plough hoy*, - ■-.:.•
' For ever I will be true, ' ■". *. ./ ■ i *
*Tis you my heart have wounded,-
And I love none but yo\ia \
The lady foon confeiited5 •.
To be his lawful bri'dfe^ '■' ■ ; :': ■''. -'-
Md then they wentintB Eh'^chtirSte.'\'."■ .;:.!.\ ...
And there the'knot was tied; r' "'' "-' '' 'f! ; -
So bow they live In pleafbiV' ':;'" ' ' : '- ' -
\. For. they hkye gold iri ixo?z$ "
■ 1 ." ' Theiady and the plough bdfp
'■ E&ehotki do'adb^T- "■-'"• - ■ •'. . -
h
.■
■.
h
( 5 )
The Englishman's W I S H.
IX;TOW ■■Eneland it feens does with troubles
A t3. ' abound,
While falfe France and proud Spains -feign
would rujvagrbund«,'
Rous eeash loving Briton, yourvalour now (how
Yes fhew them old England was ever their foe3
And we'll conquer thofs blufterers with<eafe.
i
This American w.ar, to us fatal has beer?;7
' §ut jet us hope time will fettle: thofe matters again
.Then our vengeance we'll'hurl on thefe frag eat*
en foes,
Till their Illlles does homage to the Enelilh roie,
They've furely forgot.how we beat them laft war
Or thcy^d been fo fond with old England to jar5
But our thunder Ihall foon bring .they're gallic
pride down, ■
For the infults Chey gave to IQng George and his
u ! Crown, . .
Let them think how Wolfcdy'd fo;r his couhtryfe - -
fake-;-
Bofcawin and Hawks in atclikvments were great
pyrbn9 HowandKeppel, that's now on fchemaii^
' The glory pf old-'England will ever riia'ntain.
Who the dev:.l could think iky'o ever us io^ade,
When in Camp Ou^bra^e folders fo nobly parade
■EscepE'tv^s'tatafl-ecf ourgoodEiigli-ilicheer^ '
©or roaft bc^f and pliirhb puddfcip. -lincbilrhtai- '
uiing ftrbi:r> Lee;'/' ■ * '" .
;Thq9 therms many in /intend Pve heard £o-&r0
4 my re glaci to their ^am W3~7c Joif ^rccr^' ■ \
i
w
(6)
-And for old Englands ruin-they a-Ioul would cr%y
Butfuch rebellious.dogs ought.at Tyburn to die.'
Now piifh round the bumper and to the King, .
©vera fall flowing bow] the chorus let's ling-, ■"
" T©alhfoldiersand failors that "ventured their lives
Kisd heaven preferve here their children'and
wives.
■'- the-Coblerof Caftlebury."
f ^ . ■
-
-
+
^
H
h h
IT was in "a Village-' near CaftLbury,J
A Cqbler a'hd.'hiji wife did dwell/
i AM for a time no" two fo merry,
.Their happinefs no tongue could tell, • ■*-
But to this couple the neighbours tell us,
- ; Did fomething happen' which caufed ft rife,
; Butigoing to a neighbouring ale:h'oafe5 "i
'The man got diunk and beat his'Wt.e. ' '
j
Although'he treated her fo vilely, ■... -- ''
" What did his wife poor creature do, ■,
Kept fnng and found a method flily,
- . To ring his heart quite through and ihrdughj
For-Dick,.the tapfter and his m after., - ..
Both'perceiving of the.ftrife,
Were-both in hopes by this difaften, ■ •""• '/_■"_ .-
To gain the Gbbkr's pretty wire.
While all things, went: rack arid'ruih9
,And all the furniture v/as-:foJd/;
She feeriifd-to approve of what was .doing, - '
'V-And-gotfrQaveaph/a purfe of gold/ ■" ■ ; '
So now the Cobler's mnf are over,
H<e vow's to lead an altered* life,
r
To' tbind'his work not to be a rover,
-And love no other but his_^ifen , J
-
F
.■
h
■.
■u ■
,
F
The T- O A ST.
"LJERE'S to the maiden of balhful fifteen,'
.iJ, Like wife to the widow of fifty, - "'
Here's to the bold and extravagant qtoen, • '. '.
And here's to the houfe-wife; tbai/s thrifty.-"'
t et the. toaft pafs, '..
Drink to the lafs,
I warrant (he'll prove an excufc for, the.gjafs. .
Here's to the maiden whpfe djqiples we' prize,
Likewife to her th t has.none fir,- - ■'''•'
Here's to the maid with a pair- of black ej\s**
And here is to her that's but one fir, , ■ ,
Let the,' &c.
Here's to the-maid with a bofom of fhov*y. '-
And to her that's as brown as a bemr„
And 'here's to the wife with a Lc- full of woe0
And here's to the girl, that is merry.
Let the? &c
Let her be cl unify, or lei: her be ilhrJ0 ■ '•'[
.
Young or ancient I care nbt a feather, . ' - .-:-'■ [
So fill the pint bumper quire up co the htim9
And e'en let us toait them together,
Let the toaft pafs, ; .
Drink, to the kfs: ... -
I warrant fae'll prove an exenfe for the vhit
'ANN A; ?, Favoarite JriflnSong/-"' ■'"•-:
fPlHepherd I have loft my love, ' ; "'', : J
O ^ray ^aVe 70U ^een m7 Anna? "• ■ :,,
Pride of every shady prOve. '' • ' •
Upon the banks of Bannaa ' ' *
L for Env ho^e forftok^
«^
z
i ° } ■ .-•
Near yon mlfty moxmwn^
Let my-flock, my pipe,/my crook, ' ' " _ "-
" Greenwood flude and fountain.,' * ;-=
-
Never ihall 1 fee"them mores -
Untfhher* retiring, - /-!"
All the joys of life are o'er,
From ghdnefs changed to mourning- : ,
m J
H
* b
Whether is my charmer flown,
, Shepherds tell me-whither, ' v ~v: -;
Ah! woe for me, perhn.ps-file's-gone^
-For ■efrer, and for evero
Willy's Rare and'vViil^s .Fail " ' -
C\\U FITH tuneful oiperand m^ry site* - *
■ . '■ " V V' Young Willy"v/on my hear-tV , '.*".,"
A blither fwain there could never lu?r >: /" ,' :-
All beauty without are,
Willy's rare and Willy9s fair5
And Willy's wonderous bonay,"
And Willy fay's he'll- marry meD s'
Gin ere he'll marry my* ' . ;'r
How^me you by yon water '&des
^ Pnll'dyou the-rofe or lilly,
V How came you by yon meadows gree^
Oif.fa.vv you my.fweet Willy,
<f>' 'Willy's rare/&c,;v\ .':"j /;j,
. Since, now ths- trees are m'.thdr bloor^, .
Fll meet my 3?>d among-the. brq©m.D
■ 'And flowers fpread^l o'er the,greeo6 , '
ill bad him to my:.fomm5rV.icgne9
■'■■■ .-" Willy's rare*. .&c, '
F I B :I Si . ; *
X
T
J
