The man in the moon drinks claret, as it was lately sung at the Curtain Holy wel to the same tune.

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The man in the moon drinks claret, as it was lately sung at the Curtain Holy wel to the same tune.
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[London] :: Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and VV Gilbertson,
[between 1658 and 1664]
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Ballads, English -- 17th century.
Broadsides -- England -- 17th century.
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"The man in the moon drinks claret, as it was lately sung at the Curtain Holy wel to the same tune." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B04453.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2025.

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The Man in the Moon drinks Claret, As it was lately sung at the Curtain Holy wel to the same tune.

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BAcchus the Father of drunken Nowles, Full Mazers Beakers Glasses bowles Greasie Flapdragons flemish Vpsie fréeze With healths stab'd in arms upon naked knées Of all his wines he makes you tasters, So you tipple like Bumbasters. Drink till you réel a welcome he doth give, O how the boon Claret makes you live, Not a painter purer Colour shows, then whats laid on by Claret Pearl and ruby both set oot the nose when thin small béer doth mar it. Rich wine is good, It heats the blood, It makes an old man lusty, The young to brawl. And Drawers up call, Before being too much musty, Whether you drink all or little, Pot it so your selves you whitle, Then thought twelve A clock it e Yet all the way go roaring, If the hand, Of bills cry stand. Sweats that you must a whor— Such Gambols, such tricks, such Fgaries, We fetch though we touch no Canaryes, French wine till the welkin roares, And cry out a pox of your scores.
In wine we call for bawdy Iiggs, Catzoes, Rumbiloes, Whirligigs, Crambo got in the huff-cap vain. The Divell in the places you wot where raign Brave wine it is thus tickles our héels, Mull'd well in wine none sorrow feels. Our Moon man and his Powder béef mad crew thus caper through the liquor swéet turnep drew Round about over tables and joyn'd stools, lets dance with naked Rapiers. Cut the fidle strings and then like fools, kick out the fum fum scrapers, There is no sound, The cares can wound As lids of wine pots clinking Theres no such sport When all amort Man cry lets fall to drinking, O tis nappy géer, would each belly was fil'd here Herrings pickel'd Must be tickel'd, Down to draw the liquor, The salt Sammon And fat Gammon, Makes your wine drink quicker, Our man in the Moon drinks Claret, With Powder béef turnep and Carret, If he doth so why should not you Drink wine untill the Sky looks blew,
Hey for a turn thus above ground hey, O my noddle too heavy doth way, Metheglin Perry Syder nor strong Ale, Are half so heavy be they nere so stale Wine in our guts can never ruuthle, Down now and than though it make us stumble Yet scambling up a drunkard féels no pain But cryes sirra boy tother pottle again, We can drink no more unlesse we have full pipes of Trinidado, Give us the best it kéeps our brains more warm then can frézado. It makes us sing, And cry hey jing, And laugh when Pipes lye broken For which to pay At going away, We scorn a Mustard Token. Never curse the sawcy score Out swear the bar you'l pay no more. In these dayes He is no Gallant, That cannot puff and swagger Though he dare not kill a shéep, Yet out must flye his Dagger. If then you do love my Oast Claret, Fat Powder béef turnep and Carret, Come agen and agen And still welcome Gentlemen.
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