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In a flowery mead, when each lovely maid
 Was by her true love set.
Dick took the glass, and drank to his lass,
And Jamie’s health around did pass;
Huzza! they cried; Huzza! they all replied,
 God bless our noble King.

To the Queen, quothiwell; Drink it off, says Nell,
 They say she is wondrous pretty;
And the prince, says Hugh; That's right, says Sue;
 God send him home, says Katy;
May the powers above this tribe remove,
And send us back the man we love.
Huzza! they cried; Huzza! they all replied,
 God bless our noble King.

The liquor spent, they to dancing went,
 Each gamester took his mate;
Ralph bow’d to Moll, and Hodge to Doll,
 Hal took out black-eyed Kate.
Name your dance, quoth John; Bid him, says Anne,
Play, The King shall enjoy his own again.
Huzza! they cried; Huzza! they all replied,
 God bless our noble King.

 

The End.

John Childs and Son, Printers.