A merry new Song of a rich Widdowes wooing,
That married a young man to her owne vndooing.
To the tune of, Stand thy ground old Harry.
I Am so sicke for loue,
as like was neuer no man,
Which makes me cry,
With a loue-sicke eye,
Haue at thy coat old woman:
Haue at thy coat old woman,
Heere and there, and euery where,
Haue at thy coat old woman.
I may haue maidens young,
and lusty gallants plenty:
Yet will I be
As true to thée,
as if thou wert but twenty.
Haue at thy coat old woman,
Haue at thy coat old woman:
Here and there, and euery where,
Haue at thy coat old woman.
Ile till thy pasture ground,
and mow thy pleasant meddow:
My mother me told,
I must be bold
in wooing of a Widdow.
Haue at thy coat old woman,
Haue at thy coat old woman:
Here and there, and euery where,
Haue at thy coat old woman.
Ile giue thée all those ioyes
a young man may afford thée:
And ride each day
With thée any way,
and brauely will maintaine thée,
[...]ue at thy coat, &c.
This pleas'd the widdow well,
and her old bloud reuiued,
To heare his noate,
Still haue at thy coat,
'twould make at old wench long-liued.
Haue at thy coat old woman,
Haue at thy coat old woman:
Here and there, and euery where,
Haue at thy coat old woman.
Old Rat she lou'd good chéese,
and thereupon would nibble,
And dance a round
To heare the sound
and musicke of his fiddle.
Haue at thy coat old woman,
Haue at thy coat old woman:
Here and there, and euery where,
Haue at thy coat old woman.
To an old womans heart
no greater comfort may be,
Then to liue in delight,
And marry a Knight,
and to be made a Lady.
Haue at thy coat old woman,
Haue at thy coat old woman:
Here and there, and euery where,
Haue at thy coat old woman.
The Moone scarce changed thrice,
ere this old Lasse did marry:
But all her sport
Was quicke and short,
and did full soone miscarry.
Haue at thy coat, &c.
The Second part.
To the same Tune.
IN Gold and Siluer-lace,
and pipes of smoaking Fogus,
Then euery day
He spent her away
in gold a braue Iacobus.
Haue at thy coat old woman,
Haue at thy coat old woman:
Here and there, and euery where,
Haue at thy coat old woman.
He made her Reddockes flye,
and her old bags to ratlte:
It was charge to kéepe
So many shéepe,
and heards of horned Cattle.
Haue at thy coat old woman,
Haue at thy coat old woman:
Here and there, and euery where,
Haue at thy coat old woman.
An hundred of good Oakes
he sold to buy a Hobby,
Abroad for to ride
In pompe and pride,
while she sate like a noddy.
Haue at thy coat, &c.
Her comply coat of woollen,
he chang'd into fine Satten:
Yet in a wéeke
She was to séeke,
and beg her bread by Patten.
Haue at thy coat, &c.
Her house most richly stored
whereof he made not dainty:
But in a day
He consum'd away
what she had got in twenty.
Haue at thy coat, &c.
He cherisht her mumbling gums,
with food as they had néede on:
For want of her téeth,
He gaue her Bull-béefe,
but once a wéeke to féede on.
Haue at thy coat, &c.
When she had liued two moneths,
this lusty youngmans purchase,
With kindnesse thus kild,
Her coffin he fild
with her consumed carkasse.
Haue at thy coat old woman,
Haue at thy coat old woman:
Heere and there, and euery where,
Haue at thy coat old woman.
¶Old women take good héede,
and trust your selues with no man:
For as you doe heare,
She hath paid full deare,
for Haue at thy coat old woman.
Haue at thy coat old woman,
Haue at thy coat old woman:
Here and there, and euery where,
Haue at thy coat old woman.
FINIS.
Printed at London for T. Langley.