Beds of roses/Tea and brandy
TEA and BRANDY.
YOU young men all both far and near,
Listen a while and you shall hear,
Take care you ben't drawn in a snare,
By the girls that love Brandy.Fal lal, &c.
Tittle-tattle, now goes about,
When the first joram is drunk out,
The landlord nimbly jumps about,
And in both hands brings Brandy.Fal lal, &c.
The table laid, the cloth is spread,
Says yellow Moll as I'm a maid,
Fain would I kiss, but I'm afraid,
My spark shall smell the Brandy. Fal lal, Ecc,
The landlord he makes this reply,
'Tis on your backs.you girls must ly,
Pray which of these will you deny,
A dish of Tea or Brandy. Fal lal, &c.
The girls spoke up with a hearty voice,
To have them both it is our choice,
'Twill make a fair maid's hcart rejoice,
To drink both Tea and Brandy. Fal lal, &c.
If there's an ale-house in the town,
We'll pawn our smock also our gown,
And ten times more we will lay down,
But we'll have Tea and Brandy. Fal lal, &c.
And when that wc have drunk our fill,
Then we'll go home with good free will,
The devil take the spinning wheel,
For we love Tea and Brandy.Fal lal, &c.
Then in comes smirkling, smiling Peg,
Come play me up the other jig,
My apron's short, my belly's big,
By drinking Tea and Brandy. Fal lal, &c.
Now to conclude and make an end,
Of these few lines which I have penn'd,
I hope they will not want a friend,
To give them Tea and Brandy. Fal lal, &c.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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