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R170328 I Am a brisk Batchelor, a[i]ry and young, / who courts the young Maids with a flatt'ring tongue, And vow I will Marry, but I know not when. [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1 An ANSWER to / Unconstant WILLIAM, / OR, / The Young-man's Resolution to pay the young Lasses in their own Coin. An ANSWER to Unconstant WILLIAM, OR, The Young-man’s Resolution to pay the young Lasses in their own Coin. An ANSWER to Unconstant WILLIAM, OR, The Young man's Resolution to pay the young Lasses in their own Coin. ?-? C. Bates

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I Am a brisk Batchelor, airy and young, who courts the young Maids with a flattring tongue, I kiss and I squeeze them agen and agen, And vow I will Marry, but I know not when. Theres Bridget, nay Susan, young Nancy and Nell, To each of these Lasses fine Stories I tell; Soft Kisses I give them, a hundred and ten, And vow I will Marry, but I know not when. Sometimes to the Tavern with Betty I go, And like a true Lover much kindness I show; I Kiss, nay I hugg and I cuddle her then, And vow I will Marry, but I know not when. Sometimes a young Widow I happen to meet, I tell her with smiles that her joys ile compleat; If she has much Treasure ile honour her then, And vow Ill be Marryd, but I know not when.
So long as she lines me with Silver and G[o]ld, A thousand sweet Charms in her Eyes I behold; I Kiss, and I hugg, and make much of her then, And vow I will Marry, but I know not when. So soon as her Treasure begins to decay, I think it high time to be packing away, Now if she calls after me, I answer then, That we will be Marryd, but I know not when. Last Week I did walk to the Royal Exchange, And there amongst Ladies my fancy did range, I singld out one, and I promisd her then, That we should be Marryd, but I know not when. Lacd Cravats and Ruffles as Presents she gave, To d[e]ck her young Lover both gallant and brave, With large protestations I promisd her then, That we woud be marryd, but I know not when.
She came to my Chamber one night, and no more, I taught her a Dance which she ner knew before; Now this being ended, I promisd her then, That we would be marryd, but I know not when. I scorn the lewd Harlots that Trade up and down, To pi[c]k up a Living all over the Town; I have pritty Lasses full threescore and ten, To whom I vowd marriage, but I know not when. To sixteen young Chamber-maids love I express, Who goes in their Towers, that delicate dress; Love-Letters and Sonnets to them I do Pen, And swear I will marry, but I know not when. Theres twenty young Nursery Maids in the Strand, Who every minute are at my command; But here I live merrily, telling um then, That I will be marryd, but I know not when. Each pritty facd Creature, its very well known, Will think herself blest to have one of her own; At which I salutingly answerd um then, That we will be marryd, but I know not when. Sometimes from the City of London I ride, Through many fair Counties to seek me a Bride; The Country pritty Girls I cuddle then, And swear I will marry, but I know not when. If any one has a desire to know What may be the reason I baffle them so, Young Women are seven times falser than Men, Therefore I will marry, but I know not when. I once lovd a Damsel as dear as my life, I Wood her, and thought to have made her my Wife; But she provd a Wanton to all sorts of Men, Therefore I will marry, but I know not when.
FINIS. Printed for C. Bates, next door to the Crown-Tavern in West-Smithfield.