The Hackney coachman; or, the way to get a good fare

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- This Day are PUBLISHED,

THE HACKNEY COACHMAN; OR, The Way to get a good Fare.

I.

I AM a bold Coachman and drive a good Hack,

With a coat of five capes that quite covers my back;

And my wife keeps a sausage-shop not many miles

From the narrowest alley in all Broad St. Giles.

Tho' poor we are honest and very content,

We pay as we go for meat, drink, and for rent;

To work all the week I am able and willing,

I never get drunk, and I waste not a shilling.

III.

What tho' at a tavern my gentleman tarries,

Why the coachman grows richer than he whom he carries;

And I'd rather (say I) since it saves me from sin,

Be the Driver without than the Toper within.

IV.

For the dram-shop I hate and the dram-drinking friend,

Yet I'm not quite so good but I wish I may mend;

I repent of my sins since we all are deprav'd,

For a Coachman, I hold, has a soul to be sav'd.

V.

When a riotous multitude fills up a street,

And the greater part know not, boys, wherefore they meet;

If I see there is mischief I never go there,

Let others get tipsy, so I get my fare.

VI.

Now to church if I take some good lady to pray,

It grieves me full sore to be kept quite away;

So I step thro' the door-way, for here 'tis the sin,

To loiter without when one might enter in.

VII.

Then my glasses are whole, and my coach is so neat,

I am always the first to be call'd in the street;

And I'm known by the name ('tis a name rather rare)

Of the Coachman that never asks more than his fare.

VIII.

Tho' my beasts should be dull yet I don't use them ill;

Tho' they stumble I swear not, nor cut them up hill;

For I firmly believe there's no charm in an oath

That can make a Nag trot when to walk he is loth.

IX.

And tho' I'm a Coachman, I'll freely confess,

I beg of my Maker my labors to bless;

I praise him each morning, and pray every night,

And 'tis this makes my heart feel so cheerful and light.

X.

When I drive to a Fun'ral I care not for drink,

That is not the moment to guzzle, but think;

And I wish I cou'd add both of Coachman and Master,

That both of us strove to amend a bit faster.

Z.

THE END.

CHEAP REPOSITORY. THE HACKNEY COACHMAN; OR, The Way to get a good Fare. To the Tune of "I wish I was a Fisherman," &c.

Sold by J. MARSHALL, (Printer to the CHEAP REPOSITORY for Religious and Moral Tracts) No. 17, Queen-Street, Cheapside, and No. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard, and R. WHITE, Piccadilly, LONDON.

By S. HAZARD, at Bath, and by all Booksellers, Newsmen, and Hawkers, in Town and Country. Great Allowance will be made to Shopkeepers and Hawkers.

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This Day are PUBLISHED,

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- Tom White the Postillion, Part I.

- The Two Shoemakers, Part I.

- Shepherd of Salisbury Plain, Part I.

- The Two Soldiers.

- Life of Wm. Baker, with his Funeral Sermon, by the Rev. Mr. Gilpin.

- History of the Plague in London, with suitable Thoughts,

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- The Carpenter; or, the Danger of Evil Company.

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- The Roguish Miller, or nothing got by Cheating, a True Ballad.

- Indentures; or, Apprentice's Monitor.

- The Gin-Shop, or a Peep at a Prison, in Verse.

- Fable of the Old Man and the Bundle of Sticks.

- The Horse Race.

- Wonderful Escapes from Shipwreck.

- Husbandry Moralized, or Pleasant Sunday Reading, for a Farmer's Kitchen, Part I.

- True Stories of Two Good Negroes.

- Providential Detections of Murders, by H. Fielding, Esq.

- Advantages of Religion.

On the 1st of June, 1795, was published,

- The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain, Part II.

- —The Beggarly Boy.

- —Wild Robert, a Ballad.

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- Daniel in the Den of Lions.

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- The Parable of the Vineyard.

- —The Two Farmers, Part II.

- —The Sorrows of Yamba, a Ballad.

On the 1st of December,

- The Troubles of Life.

- —Sorrowful Sam.

- —Merry Christmas, a Carol.

On the 1st of January, 1796.

- New Thoughts on the New Year.

- —The History of Mary Wood, the Housemaid.

- —Robert and Richard, a Ballad.

On the 1st of February,

- The Touchstone; or, the Way to know a good Christian.

- —The Apprentice turned Master; or, the Two Shoemakers, Part II.

- —The Story of Sinful Sally. Told by herself, a Ballad.

On the 1st of March,

- Onesimus; or, the Run-away Servant converted.

- —Idle Jack Brown; or, the Two Shoemakers, Part III.

- —Shopkeeper, Part I.

On the 1st of April,

- Conversion of St. Paul.

- —Jack Brown in Prison; or, the Two Shoemakers. Part IV.

- —Shopkeeper, Part II.

On the 1st of May,

- The General Resurrection, Part I.

- —The History of Charles Jones the Footman, written by Himself.

- —The Hackney Coachman; or, the Way to get a Good Fare, a Ballad.

On the 1st of June,

- Carrying Religion into the Common Business of Life.

- —The Cheapside Apprentice.

- —The Election Song, a Ballad.

On the 1st of July,

- Look at Home; or, the Accusers Accused.

- —The Gamester.

- —Turn the Carpet; or, the Two Weavers, a Ballad.

And other Pieces on a similar Plan, on the 1st of every Month.

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The Hackney coachman; or, the way to get a good fare

More, Hannah, 1745-1833.

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1106009851

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9781106009852

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— The Hackney coachman; or, the way to get a good fare, More, Hannah, 1745-1833.. 6,[2]p. ; 12⁰. [London] :: Sold by J. Marshall, and R. White, London. By S. Hazard, at Bath, and by all booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers in town and country,. [1796]. [Signed: Z = Hannah More.] [Verse.] [At head of titlepage: "Cheap repository".] [Also issued as part of: "Cheap repository tracts, published during the year 1796. Forming volume II." London, [1797].] [With a final advertisement leaf.] [In this edition the rule beneath "Cheap repository" measures 4.5cms.] [Reproduction of original from the British Library.] [English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT35941.] [Electronic data. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Page image (PNG). Digitized image of the microfilm version produced in Woodbridge, CT by Research Publications, 1982-2002 (later known as Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of the Gale Group).]

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