Herring in Sa't with the Answer/The Ladies' Amusement
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THE LADIES AMUSEMENT.
This morning is so very fine,we'll to the meadows walk,And when we to the town return;with shop-men we will talk.And a shoping we will go.
We'll look at ribbons, laces, gloves,and none of them we'll buy,But tell the Haberdasher lads,we'll call another day. And &c.
Next to the Mercers we will haste,we'll tease their silks a while,And say, we're vex'd for troubling them:then leave them with a smile. And &c.
Hard ware and pretty glitt'ring things,How shall we them refuse?We'll say they're for a country friend,and therefore cannot chose. And &c.
Upholsterers shall not escape,at this our grand review;We'll price their carpets, tables, chairs,their printed hangings too. And &c.
Some brittle wares, we must now see,delft, china, glass and stone; We'll say they're crack'd, we'll say they're dear,and of them we'll have none. And &c.
Now, after we are thus fatigu'd,perfumes will give us ease:We'll visit all the scented shops,but nothing there shall please. And &c.
From shop to shop we'll range about,till ev'ning's darkest shades,And when we cannot longer see,we must prepare for beds. And &c.