THE
Merchant's SON;
AND THE
BEGGAR-WENCH of HULL.

YOU gallants all I pray draw near,
And you a pleasant Jeft shall hear,
How a Beggar Wench of Hull,
A Merchant's Son of York did gull,
Fa. Ia. &c.

One morning on a certainday,
He cloath'd himself in rich array,
And took with him as it was told,
The sum of fixty pounds in Gold,
Fa. Ia. &c.

So mounting on a prancing fleet,
He towards Hull did ride with speed;
Where in his way he chanc'd to see,
A Beggar Wench of mean degree.

She asked him for some relief,
And faid with tears of feeming grief,
That she had neither houſe nor home,
But for her living was forſd to roam.

He feemed to lament her cafe,
And faid Thou haſt a pretty face,
If thou wilt lodge with me he cry'd,
With gold thou haſt be ſatisfy'd.

Her filene ſeem'd to give confent,
So to a little houſe they went;
The Landlord laugh'd to fee him kifs,
The Beggar Wench a ragged Mifs.

He needs muſt have a dinner dreſt,
And call'd for liquor of the beſt,
And there they toſt off bumpers free,
The Jolly Beggar Wench and He.

A Dofe ſhe gave him as 'tis thought,
Which by the landlady was bought;
For all the night he lay in bed,
Secure as if he had been dead.

Then ſhe put on all his cloaths,
His coat, his breeches, and his hoſe;

His hat, his porriwig, likewife,
And ſi'd upon his golden prize,
Her greaſy pettitoat and gown,
In which ſhe rambled up and down,
She left the Merchant's Son in lieu,
Her bag of bread and bottle too.

Down ſtairslike any (park) ſhe goes,
Five guineas to the hoſt ſhe throws,
And smiling then ſhe went away,
And ne'er was heard of to this day.

When he had took his long repofe,
He look'd about and miſt his cloaths;
And ſaw her Rags lie in the room,
How he did ſtorm, nay ſret and ſume.

Yet wanting cloaths and friends in tow
Her greaſy petticoat and gown
He did put on, and mounted ſtrait,
Bemoaning his unhappy fate.

You would have laugh'd to fee the drefs,
Which he was in, yet ne'ertheleſs,
He homewards rode, and often ſwore,
He'd never kifs a Beggar more.

Printed and Sold in Aldermary Churchyard, London.