Sweet Williams Answer to Amorous Bettys delight
Wherein he shews his heart and mind is true,
And he will never change her for a new,
While life doth last, most faithful will I be,
'Cause amorous Betty is the Girl for me.
To the same Tune, Or; The Waterman's Delight.
By John Wade.
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OH what rare musicks this,
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that doth sound in mine ear,
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Or what greater bliss can be to kiss
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my joy and only Dear:
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How happy now am I,
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the days my own I see,
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Cause amorous Betty, none so pritty,
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will my true Love be.
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And since that it is so,
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that she will be my Love,
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Most faithfully until I dye,
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and true to her will prove:
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Though sweet-hearts i've had store,
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yet i'le love none but she,
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Cause amorous Betty, none so pritty,
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is the Girl for me.
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There's pritty simpering Sue,
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and Frances at the Bell
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For to give them both their due,
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loves me exceeding we[l]l:
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And Joan that lives i'th Strand,
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fain would my true love be.
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But amorous Betty, etc.
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And likewise smiling Kate,
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doth love my company,
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And Doll my person doth not hate,
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but fain would it injoy:
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Mary would me imbrace,
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yet i'le have none of she,
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Cause amorous Betty, etc.
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Also there is bonny Nell,
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doth love me as her Life,
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And lovely Nancy would me fancy
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if i'de make her my Wife:
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But I have forsook them all
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and for the love of thee:
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Cause amorous Betty, none so pretty,
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will my true Love be.
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WHerefore my own true Love,
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provide to be my Wife,
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My mind from thee shall ne'r Remove
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so long as I have Life:
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Wild horses shall me tear
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e're Ile prove false to thee:
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Cause amorous Betty, none so pritty
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will my true Love be.
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In Summertime we'l walk
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to hear the sweet Birds sing;
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Hand in hand we two will talk,
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to welcome in the Spring:
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The sweetest flowers that grows
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my Dear i[']le pluck for thee:
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Cause amorous Betty, etc.
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No beauty though ne[']r so bright,
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shall cause me from thee to part,
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For thou shalt know wheree're thou go
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thou hast both hand and heart:
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And both at thy command
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and service shall they be:
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Cause amorous Betty, etc.
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Search the City round about,
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and eke the Country too;
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You cannot see one like to she
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that doth so decent go:
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She wears no beauty-spots,
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and yet she's fair you see:
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So amorous Betty, etc.
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She bares no lofty mind,
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as many Maidens do,
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She is of a nature true and kind,
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as all her Neigbors know:
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She's modest and she's chast,
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and yet she'l merry be,
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So amorous Betty, etc.
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Though Hellen she was fair,
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and Diana she was bright,
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Yet none of them could compare
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unto my hearts delight:
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For flesh, blood, and for bone,
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there's none out-passed she;
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So amorous Betty, etc.
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Of all the Maids i'th Land,
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give me one that is fair:
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And so i'de have you understand
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that she's good Market-ware:
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Hang money what care I,
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it buys no Love you see:
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So amorous Betty, etc.
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Beauty out-passeth Wealth,
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he that gains them both is Rare,
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But a constant Love will ne'r Remove,
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nor fill thee full of care:
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I have gained such a one
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for ought that I do see,
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So amorous Betty, etc.
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And to her I as true will prove
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either by day or night,
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For she shall be my dearest Love
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and eke my hearts delight:
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My mind shall never change,
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but constant still i'le be:
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Cause amorous Betty, etc.
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And so farewel my dear,
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ten thousand times adieu,
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Next Holly-day I vow and swear,
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no longer we'l be two:
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Till then bear me in mind,
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and so I will have thee,
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Cause amorous Betty, none so pritty
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is the Girl for me.
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