The New Corant;
Or the merry wooing of Jonney and Jenny .
Young Men and Maids if here be any,
You'l say this ballet is worth a penny
You shall it hear if you will stay.
You know the price, buy them away.
To a new Tune call'd Up goes aly aly.
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H Ere is a new fine ditty
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If you will but draw near,
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You'l say it is wondrous pretty
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As ever you chanc'd to hear,
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Then prithee be kind sweet JENNY ,
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and do not me deny,
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My love it shall still continue
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Until the day I dye,
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Then up goes aly aly
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up goes Mary & Nan
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Johnney was courting of Jenny
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and so they went merrily on.
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I have a little money
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my Father did give to me,
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Then prithy come hither my Honey
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and so let us bath agree,
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Then slight me not sweet JENNY ,
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thou dost not know my mind;
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My love it shall still continue
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Then prethee be loving and kind,
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Then up goes, etc.,
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Besides I have a Cow
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which grazeth on the Plain,
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Sweet JENNY can'st love me now
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or else with grief i'm slain,
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'Tis all for Love of thee
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that I do here remain,
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Then Jenny sit down by me,
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and kiss me once again.
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Then up goes aly, etc.
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My mother did promise me
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when ever she did dye,
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She'd give me the Pottage pot
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between my wife and I.
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My Aunt she hath a Cradle
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which rock't my cousin Tom
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Sister Mary will give me a Ladle
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Thus Goods come in ding dong.
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Then up goes aly aly
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up goes Mary & Nan,
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Jonney was courting of Jenney ,
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and so they went merrily on.
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Besides I have a yow
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which cost me but five shilling
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And Bellows I have to blow
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If Jenny thou art but willing
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and other things I have
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Which to me doth belong
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We shall live fine and brave
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For our Goods come in ding dong.
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Then up with aly aly
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up goes Mary and Nan
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Jonney was courting of Jenney
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and so they went merrily on.
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Then Jenny give me thy hand
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and do not me deny
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Ile be at thy command
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until the day I dye.
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Ile work both night & day
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my Jenny for to maintain
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then cast me not away
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But shew some Love again.
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then up, etc.
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The Maids answer.
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Your words are very rare
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which you propound to me
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But some men will speak fair
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and yet deceitful be
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There is many maids have tryd
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what truth is in young men
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And constant some do prove
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but tis not one in ten.
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then up, etc.
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Yet this I do confess,
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thou art a handsome man:
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But you do run to Bess
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& then to me agen
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Thus I do plainly see
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you waver like the wind
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You go to two or three
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then how can you prove kind
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then up with aly aly
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up goes Mary and Nan
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Jonney was courting of Jenney
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and so they went merrily on.
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The Mans Answer
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Fower and twenty Maids
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as they went over the Lee
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And all of them were mow'd
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except 'twere two or three.
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Some had hose and shoes
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and some had none to wear
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And some were naked boarn
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'tis the fashion to go in their hair.
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the up with aly aly, etc.
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Some lay at the head
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and some lay at the feet
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And some lay in the middle
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and they got all the sheet.
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Tis not the love of dross
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or Gold shall put me by
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There shall no Love be lost
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between my wife and I,
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then up with aly aly etc.
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Come now lets poynt a day
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when we shall married be
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Town piper he shall play
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and I will dance with thee,
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So thus we'l spend the day
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in merryment and joy
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At night we'l go to bed
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and try to git a boy,
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then up with aly aly etc .
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And so for to conclude
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I do young men advise
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chuse not a maid to rude
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But one of a handsome size,
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And so come let us kiss
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and make no more delay
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this Ballets a penny a peice
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So buy them all away
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then up with aly aly
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then up with Mary and Nan ,
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Now Johnney doth lye with Jenney
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and so the World began.
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