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COme brave Boys, my Jovel Harts fo Gould, / Did ever any hear such a Fancy told, His name is Jolly, jolly Towzer. [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1 THE / Baregarding Crissening: / OR, A / New Brood of Towzers, / OR, / Jolly TOWZER Babtizd, / AT THE / Bare-Garding-Funt, &c. THE Baregarding Crissening: OR, A New Brood of Towzers, OR, Jolly TOWZER Babtizd, AT THE Bare-Garding-Funt, etc. THE Bear-garden Christening: OR, A New Brood of Towsers, OR, Jolly TOWSER Baptized, AT THE Bear-Garden Font, etc. ?-? T. Blunt

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COme brave Boys, my Jovel Harts of Gould, Did ever any hear such a Fancy told, Of a Babtiz'd Babe of the Bare-garden Fould His name is Jolly, jolly Towzer. At White Chappel-Bar's if narrowly you hunt, Oh! there you may finde out the Man has dunt, Who Crissen'd a Babe at the Bare-garding Funt, His Name is Jolly, jolly Towzer. With the Froth of the Tankerd he crossed his Face, And made him his adopted Babe of grace, From the Nose to the Ears he was Sprinkled in the place, And called Jolly, jolly Towzer. He's a Sprightful Cur, and very, very Firce, Ther's none in the Grownd so Firce as he, 'Tis a Fancy a Butcher Transformed should be, And change his name to a Towzer. With Ogelling Eyes he looks about as Quaint, His comical Actions Scornes to paint, He is there Cannoniz'd for a Bare-garding Saint, And known by Jolly, jolly Towzer. When to the Stake poor Taurus they pull, And all the whole Garding is Crowded full, He's as good as ever Run at the Nose of a Bull, Then hie for Jolly, jolly Towzer. And when the Bull is pinned to the Grond, This busy bawling Elfe runs yelping Round, Tho all the Doggs make a thundering Sound, You may hear the Echoe of Towzer. The Bull and the Bare they know him very well, And when he begins to Mouth and Yell, He makes such a Noys you'd think you was in Hell Ther's such a Yelping with Towzer. Like Mad Mallion in a Revel Rout, When he sees the Bull caught fast by the Snout. Oh! then he sets the Rabble to hollow and shout, Then hie for Jolly, jolly Towzer.
The Bare-garding game's a very pritty thing, To see Whipping Tom gallop round the Ring, With a Staff on his Shoulder as great as a King, Then hie for Jolly, jolly Towzer. Towzer, Towzer is a Bar-garding Name, And sutes to this Sporting Cock of the Game, He loves a hollow Bitt, and he'll Fight for the same, Then hie for Jolly, jolly Towzer. Women, Women, have a special care, If ever you doe see the Bull or Bare, He loves to hunt a Cuny as Hounds hunts a Hare, 'Tis Sport to Jolly, jolly Towzer. Hunts-Man. Hunts-Man, keep away your Hounds, For if they come in the Bare-garding Bounds, He'll poyson your Doggs with the juce of bloody wounds, 'Tis Sport to Jolly, jolly Towzer. Butchers, Butchers if ever you doe find, A Dog to answer this pray be so kind, You shall have a Reward when old Nick he is blind To play with Jolly, jolly Towzer, Bould Robin Hood and all his merry Men, Did Combat with three score Doggs and Ten, There's never a Masstif the Fryer had than, Could answer Jolly, jolly Towzer. Trumpeting Towzer Singing Towzers too, With Fife and Druming Towzers of the Crew, Your Summons'd to apear to the old Rendevew, To Crissen Joll, jolly Towzer. Fidling Towzer prithe come away, For We will have a joyful Crissening day, We'll hollow and shout and the Mussick shall play, To wellcome Jolly, jolly Towzer. And thus I end my Merry, Merry Song, In hopes it may never offend or wrong, Tis only a Joak of the Bare-garding throng, In the praise of Jolly, jolly Towzer.
London, Printed for T. Blunt, in White-Chappel, 169[?]