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EASTER MONDAY.
A Cobler I am, and my name is Dick Awl,
I'm a bit of a beast, 'for I live in a stall,
With an ugly old wife and a tortoise-shell cat,
I mend boots and shoes with a rat a tat tat.
I'm a bit of a beast, 'for I live in a stall,
With an ugly old wife and a tortoise-shell cat,
I mend boots and shoes with a rat a tat tat.
This morning at breakfast on bacon and spinage,
Says I my wife, I'm going to Greenwich,
Says she "Dicky Awl ay and I will go too",
Says I, "Mrs. Awl, I'll be d—d if you do.
Says I my wife, I'm going to Greenwich,
Says she "Dicky Awl ay and I will go too",
Says I, "Mrs. Awl, I'll be d—d if you do.
One word bred another O shocking mishap!
She gave me the lie, and I gave her the strap,
To tarry at home then I thought it a sin,
So I soon bolted out but I bolted her in,
She gave me the lie, and I gave her the strap,
To tarry at home then I thought it a sin,
So I soon bolted out but I bolted her in,
To Greenwich by water I merrilly sped,
And saw them all rolling it heels over head,
The sun was so bright and so high the wind blew,
I spied what I don't wish to mention to you.
And saw them all rolling it heels over head,
The sun was so bright and so high the wind blew,
I spied what I don't wish to mention to you.
But when I got home, (it is true on my life)
Billy Button the tailor was of with my wife:
Though old Mrs. Awl has no fancy to bolts,
She has but one tooth but that tooth is a colts
Billy Button the tailor was of with my wife:
Though old Mrs. Awl has no fancy to bolts,
She has but one tooth but that tooth is a colts
Ah! Sally my love, 'twas a very bad plan,
To cut me, and choose the ninth part of a man,
She thought in eloping so funny and tricky,
With poor Dicky Awl it would soon be all Dicky
To cut me, and choose the ninth part of a man,
She thought in eloping so funny and tricky,
With poor Dicky Awl it would soon be all Dicky
If Bill and my rib should get into a fray,
He may sell her by auction the next market day,
If nobody bids for the sweet pretty elf,
Knock her down my dear Billy and keep her yourself.
He may sell her by auction the next market day,
If nobody bids for the sweet pretty elf,
Knock her down my dear Billy and keep her yourself.
