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She pray'd for my prosp'rous health.
so lovingly we did agree,
At first she show'd me her wealth,
or the d—l should have had her for me.
She promis'd to make me the lord,
of every penny she had,
So lovingly as we did accord,
all people did think me mad;
Eat the end of my fingers did itch,
to handle the gold I did s(illegible text)e,
I knew very well she was rich,
or the d—l should have had her for me.
Her stumps they are rotten and black,
for teeth she has none in her head,
And with a great hump on her back,
she waddled away to be wed.
I laught at the comical sight,
to thick that she wedded must be,
For if that she had not been rich,
the should have had her for me.
keep both my hawks and hounis,
and often a (illegible text) I go,
Sometimes upon other fo'ks grounds,
(illegible text) a young canny or so,
