Drinking-songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient balladsF. C. and J. Rivington, 1813 |
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Side 16
... thought fit to attend her Though now she be pleasant , And sweet to the sense , Will be damnable mouldy An hundred years hence . The usurer , that In the hundred takes twenty , Who wants in his wealth , And pines in his plenty ; Lays up ...
... thought fit to attend her Though now she be pleasant , And sweet to the sense , Will be damnable mouldy An hundred years hence . The usurer , that In the hundred takes twenty , Who wants in his wealth , And pines in his plenty ; Lays up ...
Side 25
... thought better on't , and , instead of his brine , Would have fill'd the vast ocean with generous wine . What trafficking then would have been on the main For the sake of good liquor , as well as for gain ! No fear then of tempest , or ...
... thought better on't , and , instead of his brine , Would have fill'd the vast ocean with generous wine . What trafficking then would have been on the main For the sake of good liquor , as well as for gain ! No fear then of tempest , or ...
Side 38
... thought the rich Croesus a slave , Though a king , to his coffers of gold ; He delighted in plentiful bowls ; But , drinking , much talk would decline , Because ' twas the custom of fools To prattle much over their wine . ] [ Old ...
... thought the rich Croesus a slave , Though a king , to his coffers of gold ; He delighted in plentiful bowls ; But , drinking , much talk would decline , Because ' twas the custom of fools To prattle much over their wine . ] [ Old ...
Side 39
... thought a dumb guest at a feast , But a dull philosophical ass . ] [ Anaxarchus , more patient than Job , By pestles was pounded to death , Yet scorn'd that a groan or a sob Should waste the remains of his breath : But sure he was free ...
... thought a dumb guest at a feast , But a dull philosophical ass . ] [ Anaxarchus , more patient than Job , By pestles was pounded to death , Yet scorn'd that a groan or a sob Should waste the remains of his breath : But sure he was free ...
Side 51
... thought Aristotle an ass for his pain ; His sorrows he us'd in full bumpers to drown , And when he was drunk , then the world was his own . . This world is a tavern , with liquor well stor'd , And into't I came to be drunk as a lord ...
... thought Aristotle an ass for his pain ; His sorrows he us'd in full bumpers to drown , And when he was drunk , then the world was his own . . This world is a tavern , with liquor well stor'd , And into't I came to be drunk as a lord ...
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ANACREON babes Bacchus BALLAD BATTLE OF EVESHAM beauty blessings bold bowl boys brave bring bumper call'd cheer claret Comus crown Cumberland Three dame dear death delight Derry doth dragon drank drink Earl Percy eyes fair fear fight friendship gallant give glass gold grace grave grief hand happy Harry Carey hast hath head heart Henry Here's honest honour JAMES PLUMPTRE Johny Armstrong joys king knight lady Lancelot land little Musgrave live lord lowly lies maid merry mind mirth ne'er never noble o'er old cap peace Percy pleasure poor pray prince queen quoth R. B. SHERIDAN rich rose round sing slain SONG sorrow soul squire stormy winds Sweet William tears tell thee thing thou art thou shalt Tis wine true Twill unto vicar of Bray wanton wife winds do blow wise