Village courtship — Roger's courtship

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Village Courtship.

YOUNG Roger came tapping at Dolly's window,

Thumpaty, thumpaty, thump;

He begg'd for admittance, she answer'd him, No,

Glumpaty, glumpaty, glump;

My DOLLY, my dear, your true Love is here,

Dumpaty, dumpaty, dump;

No, no, ROGER, no—as you came, you may go,

Slumpaty, slumpaty, slump.

Oh! then she recall'd, and recall'd him again,

Humpaty, humpaty, hump;

Whilst he, like a mad-man, ran over the plain,

Slumpaty, slumpaty, slump;

Oh! what is the reason, dear DOLLY, he cry'd,

Humpaty, humpaty, hump,

That thus I'm cast off, and unkindly deny'd,

Trumpaty, trumpaty, trump.

Some rival more dear, I guess has been here,

Crumpaty, crumpaty, crump;

Suppose there's been two, Sir, what's that to you, Sir,

Numpaty, Numpaty, nump.

Oh! then with a sigh his sad farewell he took,

Humpaty, humpaty, hump;

And quite in despair he leap'd into the brook,

Plumpaty, plumpaty, plump.

His courage he cool'd, he found himself fool'd,

Mumpaty, mumpaty, mump;

He swam to the shore, and saw DOLLY no more,

Rumpaty, rumpaty, rump.

Determin'd to find a damsel more kind,

Plumpaty, plumpaty, plump;

While DOLLY's afraid she must die an old maid,

Mumpaty, mumpaty, mump.

FOWLER, PRINTER, SALISBURY.

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Village courtship

Roger's courtship

Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743.

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http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4221

ID [isbn10]

1106012208

ID [isbn13]

9781106012203

ID [TCP]

K046542.000

ID [BIBNO]

CW3313823501

ID [ECLL]

0087206600

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— Village courtship, Roger's courtship, Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743.. 1 sheet ; 1/12⁰. [Salisbury] :: Fowler, printer, Salisbury,. [1785?]. [Anonymous. By Henry Carey.] [A song, usually known as 'Roger's courtship' - "Young Roger came tapping at Dolly's window,".] [Reproduction of original from the British Library.] [English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT50796.] [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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