%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Jolly Gentleman's FROLICK; / OR, THE / City Ramble. / Being an Account of a Gentleman who wager'd to pass by the / Watch, and give no Answer, but was stop'd by a Constable, and / sent to the Counter, and next Day clear'd before my Lord Mayor, / by the Intercession of his Daughter. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1736-1736 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/04/2011 31121

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T29168 GIVE Ear to a Frolicksome Ditty, / Of one that a Wager would lay, But, Doll Ra Roll, &c. | The Humour, &c. Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 430 3: 431 The Jolly Gentleman's FROLICK; / OR, THE / City Ramble. / Being an Account of a Gentleman who wager'd to pass by the / Watch, and give no Answer, but was stop'd by a Constable, and / sent to the Counter, and next Day clear'd before my Lord Mayor, / by the Intercession of his Daughter. The Jolly Gentleman’s FROLICK; OR, THE City Ramble. Being an Account of a Gentleman who wager’d to pass by the Watch, and give no Answer, but was stop’d by a Constable, and sent to the Counter, and next Day clear’d before my Lord Mayor, by the Intercession of his Daughter. The Jolly Gentleman’s Frolic; OR, THE City Ramble. Being an Account of a Gentleman who wagered to pass by the Watch, and give no Answer, but was stopped by a Constable, and sent to the Counter, and next Day cleared before my Lord Mayor, by the Intercession of his Daughter. 1736-1736

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GIVE Ear to a Frolicksome Ditty, Of one that a Wager would lay, Hed pass eery Watch in the City, and never a Word he would say, But, Doll Ra Roll, etc. The Constable spoke to his Watch-men, brave Boys, it is my Delight, And Orders I have to catch Men who ramble too late in the Night, The Humour, etc.
The Streets do ecchoe we hear, Boys with Mad-men coming along; My Staff is ready, neer fear Boys, well make them alter their Song. The Humour, etc. Stand, stand, said the Watch-man, the Constable now come before, And if a just Story youll tell Man, Ill light you home to your own Door. The Humour, etc.
This is a very late Season, which surely no honest Men keep, And therefore it is but just Reason that you in the Counter should sleep, The Humour, etc. Take away this same Fellow, and him to the Counter convey: Although his Frolick is mellow, he something To-morrow will say. The Humour, etc. Open the Gate, make no Scorning, take Charge of the Prisoner there; And we will soon in the Morning appear before my Lord-Mayor. The Humour, etc. A Bottle of Claret Ill fill, Sir, some Pipes of Tobacco beside; And if that it now be your Will, Sir, a Bed for you soon well provide. The Humour, etc. The Frolick soon ecchod the Prison, the Debtors his Garnish would have, Without demanding the Reason, whateer they requird he gave. The Humour, etc. The Constable soon the next Day, Sir, this comical Matter to clear; The Gentleman hurries straitways, Sir, before my Lord-Mayor to appear. The Humour, etc. My Lord, give Ear to my Story, while I the Truth do relate, The Gentleman who stands before ye, was seizd by me at Cripplegate. The Humour, etc. I nothing could hear but his Singing, wherefore in the Counter he lay, And therefore this Morning I bring him, to hear what your Lordship would say. The Humour, etc.
Come, Friend, the Case does appear now, that You was in a mad Fit: I hope that you may be clear now, since Sleep has restored your Wit. The Humour etc. This Gentleman sure is distracted, he has over-heated his Brain; Since he in this manner has acted, to the Counter Ill send him again. The Humour, etc. A Prison sure it will tame him, and bring him soon to his Sense; Theres nothing else can reclaim him, from this his notorious Offence. The Humour, etc. O then bespoke my Lords Daughter, and thus for him did interceed, Dear Father, Youll hear that hereafter this was but a Wager indeed. The Humour, etc. Therefore be pleased kind Father, to hear one Word more of me, And shew to me so much Favour, this Gentleman may be set free. The Humour, etc. Well, Daughter, I grant the Petition, the Gentleman Home may repair; But then tis upon this Condition, of paying my Officers there. The Humour, etc. Come, Sir, your Fees we require, you now are freed by the Court, And all that we do desire, youll find out some other new Sport. The Humour, etc. Thus seeing he might be released, if he his Fees did but pay; He then was very well pleased, and so he went singing away. The Humour, etc.
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