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Thread #35677   Message #4221693
Posted By: Jack Horntip
27-Apr-25 - 04:43 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Gob is a Slob, Wherever He May Be
A Dainty: Ducke.

[Page 487 of MS.]

A: dainy ducke I Chanced to meete;
shee wondered what I wold doe,
& curteouslye shee did mee greete
as an honest woman shold doe.

I asked her if shee wold drinke;
shee wondred &c.
shee answered me with a sober winke,
as an honest &c.

I tooke . . . . . .


c1640. Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs. Fragment only.


See here: https://archive.org/details/bishoppercysfoli00perc/page/108/mode/1up?q=ducke