London drollery, or, The wits academy being a select collection of the newest songs, lampoons, and airs alamode : with several other most ingenious peices [sic] of railery, never before published / by W.H.
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Title
London drollery, or, The wits academy being a select collection of the newest songs, lampoons, and airs alamode : with several other most ingenious peices [sic] of railery, never before published / by W.H.
Author
Hicks, William, fl. 1671.
Publication
London :: Printed by F. Eglesfield ...,
1673.
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Subject terms
Songs, English -- Texts.
English wit and humor.
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"London drollery, or, The wits academy being a select collection of the newest songs, lampoons, and airs alamode : with several other most ingenious peices [sic] of railery, never before published / by W.H." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A43693.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
Pages
A Song.
1.
LEt Back and Sides go bare,Let Hand and Foot go cold:But O let the Belly have Ale enough,Whether it be new or old,Whether it be new or old, Boys,Whether it be new or old.But O let the Belly have Ale enough,Whether it be new or old.
2.
A Beggars a thing as good as a King,I'll tell you the reason why:For a King cannot swagger,And drink like a Beggar,No King so merry as I,No King so merry as I, Boys,No King so merry as I.
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For a King cannot swagger,And drink like a Beggar:No King so merry as I.
3.
Some call me Knave and rascally Slave,But I know how to collogue:For then I adore 'um, and call 'em o'th' Quorum,And then I'm an honest Rogue,And then I'm an honest Rogue, Boys,And then I'm an honest Rogue:For then I adore 'um, and call 'em o'th' Quorum,And then I'm an honest Rogue.
4.
If a fart flies away, where makes he his stay?Can any man think or suppose?For a fart cannot tell, when 'tis out, where to dwell,Unless it be in your Nose,Unless it be in your Nose, Boys,Unless it be in your Nose:For a fart cannot tell, when 'tis out, where to dwell,Unless it be in your Nose.
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