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When I was in my Blooming Youth,
 My vigorous Love was Hot;
Now in my Age I dare Engage,
 A fancy I still have got:
  Then give to me those Joys, &c.

You shall miss of a Reward,
 If Readily you comply;
Then do not Blush but touch my flesh,
 This minute before I die:
  O let me tast those Joys, &c.

I Forty Shillings would freely give,
 ’Tis all the Mony I have;
Which I full long have begged for,
 To carry me to my Grave:
  This I would give to have the Bliss, &c.

I had a Husband in my Youth,
 As very well ’tis known,
The truth to tell he pleased me well,
 But now I am left alone;
  And long to tast the good Old Game, &c.

If Forty Shillings will not do,
 My Petticoat and my Gown;
Nay Smock also shall freely go,
 To make up the other Crown;
  Then Sir, pray Grant that kind Request, &c.