Modern Beau/Dear Little Cottage Maiden

DEAR LITTLE COTTAGE MAIDEN.

FROM place to place I travers'd long,
devoid of care or sorrow;
With lightsome heart, and merry song,
I thought not of to-morrow
But when Priscilla caught my eye,
with every charm a ray'd in,
I sigh'd and sung, I knew not why,
dear little Cottage Maiden.

And wou'd the charmer be but mine,
sweet nymph, I so reverse thee,
I’d gladly share my fate with thine,
and evermore be near thee:
Tho gold may please the proud & great,
my heart with love is laden.
Then let us join in wedlock’s state,
dear little Cottage Maiden.

O'er me and mine, come mistress prove,
and then what ill can harm us?
Kind Hymen will each fear remove,
and spread each sweet to charm us,
Together we will live content
and nought but love will trade in;
So sweetly shall our lives be spent,
dear litt'e Cottage Maiden,