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THE LIGHT DRAGOON.
O It is a pretty ſtory,
a ſtory you ſhall hear,
Of a jolly light dragoon,
as plainly doth appear:
He courted a rich lady,
of honour, birth and fame,
And thought to gain her ſavour,
but it was all in vain
Her father was a noble Knight,
a man of high renown,
And for to marry a ſoldier,
twould pull our honour down:
For your birth and his birth,
they never will agree,
So pray young man take your anſwer,
and ſo begone from me.
For an anſwer it is more
than ever I would take,
For I would lay down my life,
all for the lady's ſake.
Soon as the Lady heard this,
her heart began to bleed;
Then ſtraightway the lady and dragoon
were married with ſpeed.
