Poems and songs by Thomas Flatman.

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Title: Poems and songs by Thomas Flatman.
Author: Flatman, Thomas, 1637-1688.
Publication: London :: Printed for Benjamin Tooke ...,; 1686.
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Subject terms: Poetry, English.; Songs, English.
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The Second Part.

SONG.

HOw happy a thing were a Wedding
And a Bedding,
If a Man might purchase a Wife
For a twelve month and a day;
But to live with her all a man's life,
For ever and for ay,
Till she grow as gray as a Cat,
Good faith, Mr. Parson, I thank you for that.