The Conceited lover, or The enamoured young man

The Conceited lover, or The enamoured young man

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The Conceited Lover, OR The enamoured young man,

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The Conceited Lover, OR The enamoured young man,

His Betty is in his conceit the rarest

Just like the Crow whi [...]h thinks her own bird fairest,

He deeply is enamoured you must know,

Which makes him in her praise to overflow,

He highly doth commend her she's so pritty,

As if that none but he had [...]uch a Betty.

The Tune is prithee Love turn to me, &c.

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COme Betty why art thou so bashful

come give me a kiss for a pledge,

For why I have vow'd to be faithful

[...]y Love I will frée y ingage,

Sit down whilst the Birds are a singing

[...]hy fame I will spread to the sky,

That all ye whole world may s [...]e & behold

what a pretty sweet Betty have I.

Then do not thou bl [...]sh for the matter

Wh [...]st I do [...]hy praises set forth

[...]hy beauty [...]ee [...] no [...] t [...] fl [...]tter,

Since thou ar [...] a girl of great worth

Whatever the[?] world may imagine

The same will I say till I dye,

[...] ever he be, he plainly may see

[...]

Thy forehead is prittily raised

And thy hair[?] the Amber doth shine,

Each f [...] deserves to be praised

Thy [...]auty is almost Divine.

[...]hy sparkling eyes & thy cherry cheeks

[...] th [...] lips of a crimson Dye

Doth make me to say by night & by Day

what a, &c.

Thy bo [...]y so neat and so tender

[...]hy middle and every part,

Thy fingers so small and so slender

H [...]h stoln away my poor heart,

For a Leg & a foot, & another thing toot

Believe me I scorn for to lye

Thou [...]est ye day & I boldly may say

what a, &c.

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THer's never a Girl in the City

That can with my Betty compare,

She is so compleat and so pretty

So beautiful and so rare,

Oh how it doth ra [...]ish [...] sences

To have her still in m [...] [...]ye

It lightens my heart, and every part

to think what a Betty have I.

As thr [...]ugh the woods we are walking

Abroad in the prime of the Spring

Of love we are pleasantly talking

Whilst pritty birds sweetly sing,

And strain forth their note [...] to please[?] us

And chirp it melodiously

What pleasure it is, to take a [...],

and to say what a Betty have I.

The woods and the Groves do inv [...] us

Our pleasures abroad for to take

The flowers in the meadows delight us

Whil'st we pritty posies do make

We sport away time for a fancy,

Where no body can us espy

My hony, my dear come sit thee down here,

what a pretty sweet Betty have I.

See where little Cupid is sporting

Alone by that fair rivers side

Where Lovers are often resorting

His ar [...]o [...]ce he closely doth hide

He pluckt out a dart & he wounded my heart

Which made me aloud for to cry

Now I am in love and I plainly will prove

what a pretty sweet Betty have I.

I'le have thée[?] most richly attir'd

I [...] grén like Diana the fair

By all men thou shalt be admir'd

No N [...]mph ever séem'd so rare;

I'l deck thée sweet Posies and Garlands

[...]hich shall he most fair to the eye,

And all my [...]ight shall be in thy sight

what a pretty sweet Betty have I.

What ever my Betty requires

With speed I will quickly procure

New fashions or what thou desirest

Be it never so fine and so pure

I'l strain m [...] estate for to please thee

Believe me I hate for to lie,

So I have the bliss, for to take a sweet kiss,

and to say what a Betty have I.

Then prithe be merry and chearfull

Let sorrow be banisht away

For thou hast no cause to be fearful

Thy will I will ever obey,

If[?] fortune befriend my intentions

I care not a trip of a Dye

Thy time will draw near when I need not to fear

for to say what a Betty have I.

And so my sweet Betty I'l leave thee

Because we at present m [...]st part,

B [...] I will[?] never deceive t [...]ee

Fo [...] [...] thou enjo [...]est my heart

Th [...] [...]e will seem long till I see thee

And have thee to lye by my side

What joy and what bliss it will be for to kiss

and have Betty to be my sweet bride,

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Printed for R. Burton at the Horse-shoe in Westsmith-field.

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With Allowance.

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The Conceited lover, or The enamoured young man

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1690

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Date

2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).

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A34203

ID [STC]

Wing C5695

ID [STC]

ESTC R40859

ID [EEBO-CITATION]

19524238

ID [OCLC]

ocm 19524238

ID [VID]

108949

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— The Conceited lover, or The enamoured young man,

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1 folded sheet ([2] p.) : ill.

s.n.,. [S.l. :: 1690?]. (Caption title.) ("The tune is I prithee love turn to me, &c.") (Without music.) (Date of publication suggested by Wing.) (Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.)

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