He'd a garden so planted by nature, Then Adam he laid in a slumber, And there he lost part of his side; In transport he gazed upon her, Who thus had bestowed him a mate. She was not took out of his head, sir, But she was took out of his side, sir, Then let not the fair be despisèd By man, as she's part of himself; More than the whole globe full of wealth. Man without a woman's a beggar, Suppose the whole world he possessed; TOBACCO. [THIS song is a mere adaptation of Smoking Spiritualized; see ante, p. 39. The earliest copy of the abridgment we have been able to meet with, is published in D'Urfey's Pills to purge Melan choly, 1719; but whether we are indebted for it to the author of the original poem, or to that bright genius, Tom D'Urfey,' as Burns calls him, we are not able to determine. The song has always been popular. The tune is in Popular Music.] TOBACCO'S but an Indian weed, Grows green in the morn, cut down at eve; We are but clay; Think of this when you smoke tobacco! The pipe that is so lily white, It's broken with a touch,— Think of this when you take tobacco! The pipe that is so foul within, It shows man's soul is stained with sin; To be purged with fire; Think of this when you smoke tobacco! The dust that from the pipe doth fall, And return we must; Think of this when you smoke tobacco! The ashes that are left behind, Do serve to put us all in mind Return we must; Think of this when you take tobacco! The smoke that does so high ascend, Man's life is done; Think of this when you take tobacco! THE SPANISH LADIES. [THIS song is ancient, but we have no means of ascertaining at what period it was written. Captain Marryat, in his novel of Poor Jack, introduces it, and says it is old. It is a general favourite. The air is plaintive, and in the minor key. See Popular Music.] AREWELL, and adieu to you Spanish ladies, FAR Farewell, and adieu to you ladies of Spain! We'll rant and we'll roar* like true British heroes, Then we hove our ship to, with the wind at sou'-west, boys, We hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear; We got soundings in ninety-five fathom, and boldly Up the channel of old England our course we did steer. The first land we made it was called the Deadman, Next, Ram'shead off Plymouth, Start, Portland, and Wight; We passed by Beachy, by Fairleigh, and Dungeness, And hove our ship to, off the South Foreland light. Then a signal was made for the grand fleet to anchor All in the Downs, that night for to sleep; Then stand by your stoppers, let go your shank-painters, Haul all your clew-garnets, stick out tacks and sheets. * Corrupted in modern copies into' we'll range and we'll rove.' The reading in the text is the old reading. The phrase occurs in several old songs. So let every man toss off a full bumper, We'll drink and be jolly, and drown melancholy, HARRY THE TAILOR. (TRADITIONAL.) [THE following song was taken down some years ago from the recitation of a country curate, who said he had learned it from a very old inhabitant of Methley, near Pontefract, Yorkshire. never seen it in print.] We have WHEN Harry the tailor was twenty years old, He told his old mother he was not in jest, Then Harry next morning, before it was day, She up with the bowl, the butter-milk flew, From my back to my breeks has thy butter-milk run.' She gave him a push, he stumbled and fell Then Harry went home like a drowned rat, SIR ARTHUR AND CHARMING MOLLEE. (TRADITIONAL.) [FOR this old Northumbrian song we are indebted to Mr. Robert Chambers. It was taken down from the recitation of a lady. The Sir Arthur' is no less a personage than Sir Arthur Haslerigg, the Governor of Tynemouth Castle during the Protectorate of Cromwell.] S noble Sir Arthur one morning did ride, AS [side, With his hounds at his feet, and his sword by his He saw a fair maid sitting under a tree, He askèd her name, and she said 'twas Mollee. 'Oh, charming Mollee, you my butler shall be, To draw the red wine for yourself and for me! I'll make you a lady so high in degree, If you will but love me, my charming Mollee! 'I'll give you fine ribbons, I'll give you fine rings, I'll have none of your ribbons, and none of your rings, And I'll ne'er love a married man till his wife dee.' 'Oh, charming Mollee, lend me then your penknife, 'Oh, noble Sir Arthur, it must not be so, But I'll ne'er love a married man till his wife dee.' Now seven long years are gone and are past, |