The MILKMAIDS Resolution.
Let Young men prate of what they please
Cause young men have been kind,
Theyl find no more such Fools as these
To please each Apish mind.
Tune, Cupids Trappan.
OF late I did hear a young man domineer,
Plow and vapour of what he could do
But I think he knew how for so manage the
far better then maidens to woe brave boys
far better &c.
And he surely doth think that we maidens are mad
for to mind ev'ry Clown we do sée
Should his Love be exprest, with a vow & protest
i'de believe no such boobies as he brave
ide &c.
Though his bottles of Ale & other fine things
he bestows on me ev'ry day
It is my intent when his money is spent
to bid him begone & away brave boys
to bid, &c.
Ile give him good words while his money doth last
and tell him I dearly do love him
When his cash is all gone, ile tell him my man
John
ther's others I fancy above him brave
And that which is worse, when once they do find
a maidens poor heart it is won
They'l laugh & they'l jeer, they'l giggle & sneer
that they this poor maid hath undone brave
that &c.
Some men they love for what they can get
& tis certain ther's many a Lubbard
Will sigh & will pant, seeming ready to faint
& all for the love of the Cubbard, brave boys
& all &c.
And others so long as they think a poor maid
has been careful and saved some money
This maiden will find he will prove very kind
& call her his joy & his honey brave boys
and &c.
Yea if this poor soul will be such a fooll
to hearken to this fellows tale
Shee'l to poverty fall, he'l beguile her of all
she hath got by the merry milk pail brave boys
And she that doth carry the merry milk pall
and delights for to milk the brown Cow
May sure be as good, be it well understood
as the Looby that follows the Plow brave
as the &c.
Yet each pittiful clown will boast up & down
of the maidens that he hath betrayd
If all were like me, such things should not be
nor ever hereafter be said, brave boys
nor &c.
Keep but at a distance, and then they will be
like men quite bereaved of sence
Then the best of them all into passion will fall
& be ready to dye for a wench brave boys
and &c.
Tho some of them now, do say they know how
to make any mayden to yield
But I would defie any man that should try
in the midst of the merry Broom field brave
in &c.
For my modesty shall defend me from all
that say tis so easy to win
The poor virgins sort, of which they make sport
& delight in this treacherous sin brave boys
and &c.
Then maidens beware, of such villains take care
whose delight is your absolute ruine
If they conquer with ease & gain what they please
theyl soon be
[...] weary of wooing brave boys
But if you stand off and at them do scoff
youl find they will burn like a fire
When you make them to bow, let your reason know how
to grant then the thing they desire brave
to grant &c.
Then take my advice you maids that are free
ile assure you I speak not in jest,
Ne'r play with the dart till you yoyson your heart
for a single life it is the best brave
for &c.
Thers some that are married before they had wit
that with sorrows are sorely apprest
Then think it not strange, I am not for a change
for a single life it is the best brave boys
for &c.
Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden Ball