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Besides provisions they are high,
and trading is so low,
And if the season should be dear,
and would continue so;
There is many a brave mechanic
must go as well as I.
To serve the King and face his foe
where cannon-balls do fly.
My dear you little know as yet,
what fortune may devise,
Provisions they may get a fall,
and trading it may rise;
Oh ! that’s live horse and you’ll get grass ;
but that won’t do for me,
I wou’d sooner go and fight for bread,
than live in poverty.
Now since our gallant heroes has
no prospect of relief,
Dry up your tears dear Nancy,
and moderate your grief;
I’ll ne’er retract, till death I'll act
with courage bold and free,
So now adieu, my love to you.
my wife and children three.
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NATURE’S RICHEST MINE.
PURSUING}} beauty, men descry,
the distant shore, and long to prove,
(Still richer in variety,)
the treasure of the land of love.
