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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.