The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) by Thomas Baker
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page 78 of 111 (70%)
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am so hoarse I cou'd not sing a Line, were the whole Town to subscribe for
me. _Knap_. Take t'other Glass, _Betty_. _Bett_. T'other Glass, Fellow, by the Bishop of _Munster_, these Puppies have a Design upon me! but give it me, however, for all that know me, know I never baulk my Glass. _Shr_. But the Song, the Song, _Betty_. [_She Sings_ SONG. I. _How happy are we, Who from Virtue are free, That curbing Disease of the Mind, Can indulge ev'ry Taste, Love where we like best, Not by dull Reputation confin'd_. II. _When were Young, fit to toy, Gay Delights we enjoy, And have Crouds of new Lovers wooing; When were old and decay'd, We procure for the Trade, Still in ev'ry Age we are doing_. |
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