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TREBLE.
The singing part.
〈♫〉〈♫〉 [ Verse.] WHo liueth so merry in all this land, as doth the peore widdow that selleth the sand? [ Chorus.] And euer shee singeth as I can guesse, will you buy any sand, any sand Mistris?
[Ver. 2] The Broom-man maketh his liuing most svveet,
with carrying of broomes from street to streut:
[Cho.] Who would desire a pleasanter thing,
then all the day long to doe nothing but sing
[Ver. 3] The Chimney-sweeper all the long day,
he singeth and swepeth the soote away:
[Ch.] Yet when he comes home although he be vveary,
with his sweet wife he maketh full merry.
[Ver. 4] The Cobbler he fits cobling till noone,
and cobbleth his shooes till they be done?
[Cho.] Yet doth he not feare, and so doth say,
for he knows his vvorke vvill soone decay.
[Ver. 5] The Marchant man doth saile on the seas,
and lye on the ship-board with little ease:
[Cho.] Alwayes in doubt the rocke is neare,
how can he be merry and make good cheare?
[Ver. 6] The Husband-man all day goeth to plovv,
and when he comes home he serueth his sow:
[Cho.] He moyleth and toyleth all the long yeare,
how can he be merry and make good cheare?
[Ve. 7] The Seruingman waiteth frō street to street,
with blovving his nailes and beating his feet:
[Cho.] And serueth for forty shillings a yeare,
that tis impossible to make good cheare.
8.
Who liueth so merry and maketh such sport,
as those that be of thy poorest sort?
[Cho.] The poorest sort wheresoeuer they be,
they gather together by one, two, and three.
Bis. 9
And euery man will spend his penny,
what makes such a shot among a great many?