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Thread #35677   Message #4221695
Posted By: Jack Horntip
27-Apr-25 - 05:11 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
Song 175.

I Went to the Alehouse as an honest woman shoo'd,
And a Knave follow'd after, as you know Knaves woo'd
Knaves will be Kanves in every degree
I'le tell you by and by, who this Knave serv'd me.
I call'd for my pot as a honest woman shoo'd,
And the Knave drank it up, as you know Kaves woo'd,
        Knaves will be Knaves, &c.
I went into my bed as an honest woman shoo'd,
And the Knave crept into't, as you Knaves woo'd,
        Knaves will be Knaves, &c.
I prov'd with Childe as an honest woman shoo'd,
And the Knave rany away, as you know Knaves woo'd,
Knaves will be Knaves in every degree,
And thus have I told you how this Knave serv'd me.

1671. The New Academy of Complements.


See here: https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_the-new-academy-of-compl_1671/page/271/mode/1up?q=knave