%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The old Man's Wish: / This old Man he doth wish for Wealth in vain, / But he doth not the treasure gain, / For if with Wishes he the same could have, / He would not mind nor think upon the Grave. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 03/19/2016 35520

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1 To a pleasant new Play-house Tune Old Man's Wish, The To a pleasant new Play-house Tune IF I live to grow old, / (for I find I go down) May I govern my Passion / with an absolute sway / To grow wiser and better, / as my Strength wears away, / Without Gout or Stone, / by a gentle Decay. [with variation] Houghton Library Hazlitt EC65 Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 128 1: 129 The old Man's Wish: / This old Man he doth wish for Wealth in vain, / But he doth not the treasure gain, / For if with Wishes he the same could have, / He would not mind nor think upon the Grave. The old Man’s Wish: This old Man he doth wish for Wealth in vain, But he doth not the treasure gain, For if with Wishes he the same could have, He would not mind nor think upon the Grave. The old Man's Wish: This old Man he doth wish for Wealth in vain, But he doth not the treasure gain, For if with Wishes he the same could have, He would not mind nor think upon the Grave. Printer T. Norris ?-? T. Norris

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IF I live to grow old, (for I find I go down) Let this be my Fate in a Country Town: Let me have a warm House, with a Stone at my Gate, And a cleanly young Girl to rub my bald Pate. May I govern my Passion with an absolute sway To grow wiser and better, as my Strength wears away, Without Gout or Stone, by a gentle Decay.
In a Country Town, by a murmuring Brook, The Ocean at distance on which I may look: With a spacious Plain, without Hedge or Stile, And an easy Pad nag to ride out a Mile: May I govern my Passion with an absolute sway, To grow wiser and better, as my Strength wears away, Without Gout or Stone, by a gentle Decay.
With a Pudding on Sunday, and stout humming Liquor, And Remnants of Latin to puzzle the Vicar: With a hidden Reserve of Burgundy Wine, To drink the King's Health as oft as I dine: May I govern my Passion with an absolute sway, And grow wiser and better, as my Strength wears away; Without Gout or Stone, by a gentle Decay. With Plutarch and Horace, and one or two more Of the best Wits that liv'd in the ages before; With a Dish of roast Mutton, not Venison nor Teal, And clean (tho' coarse) Linnen at every Meal: May I govern my Passion, etc. And if I should have Guest, I must add to my Wish, On Fridays a Mess of good buttered Fish; For full well I do know, and the Truth I reveal, I had better do so, than come short of a Meal: May I govern my Passion, etc. With Breeches and Jerkin of good Country Gray, And live without Working, now my Strength doth decay: With a Hogshead of Sherry,
for to drink when I please, With Friends to be merry, and to live at my ease: May I govern my Passion, etc. Without Molestation, may I spend my last Days, In sweet Recreation, and sound forth the Praise O all those that are true to the King and his Laws, Since if 't be their due, they shall have my Applause: May I govern my Passion, etc. With a Country Scribe for to write my last will, But not of the Tribe thae in choosing have Skill; For my easie Pag-nag, i'll bequeath to Don John, For he's an arch wag, and a jolly old Man; May I govern my Passion, etc. With Courage undaunted may I face my last day; And when I am dead, may the better sort say, In the morning when sober, in the Evening when mellow, He's gone, and has left not behind him his Fellow; For he govern'd hii Passion with an absolute sway, And grew wiser and better as his Stregth wore away, Without Gout or Stone, by a gentle Decay.
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