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T37537 FROM Paphos' isle, so fam'd of old, I come, / to raise Recruits with merry Fife and Drum; Where Captain Cupid bears the sole Command. Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 777 Cupid's Recruiting Serjeant. Cupid's Recruiting Serjeant. Cupid's Recruiting Sergeant. ?-?

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RECEPATIVE. FROM Paphos isle, so famd of old, I come, to raise Recruits with merry Fife and Drum; The Queen of Beauty here, by me, invites Each Nymph and swain to taste the sweet Delights: Obey the call, and seek the happy Land, Where Captain Cupid bears the sole Command. AIR.
Ye Nymphs and ye Swains, who are youthful and gay, Attend to the Call, and be blest while you may; Lads and Lassies hither come to the sound of the Drum, I have Treasure in Store which you never have seen; Then haste, let us rove to the Island of Love, Where Cupid is Captain, and Venus the Queen. Each Nymph of sixteen, who would fain be a Wife, Shall soon have a Partner to bless her for Life; Then Lasses hither come to the Sound of the Drum, I have Sweethearts in Store, such as never were seen; Haste, haste, let us rove to Island of Love, Where Cupid is Captain, and Venus the Queen.
Woud a Swain but be blest with a Nymph to his Mind Let him enter my List, and his wish he shall find; I can bless him for Life with a kind loving Wife, More beautiful far than was Nymph ever seen, Then haste, let us rove to the Island of Love, Where Cupid is Captain, and Venus the Queen- In Paphos we know not of Discord or Strife, Each Nymph and each Swain may be happy for Life In Transport and Joy we each Moment employ, And taste such Delights as were never yet seen; Then haste, let us rove to the Island of Love, Where Cupid is Captain, and Venus the Queen.