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A NEW SONG.

The Sorrowful Hufband;

Ye bold fons of Mars who‘ye been jaded in
and fubject to many commanders, (war
That fought at the Nile and fiege of Belifle
where cannons did battle in Flanders. Its a far better life than tied to a wife,
what fignifies all thefe alarms,
The lofs was to me for I had a long fpree,
and ne'er got a ceffiation of arms.


I've been foolifly&young & ftill in the wrong
the tempers of woman difturb me,
The world may wag for I‘ve got the bag,
and thoufands have got it before me.


I ve been foolifh and young took my own
and wifom to me was a ftranger, (wi
I began to court and I married for fport,
I was not aware of the danger. At length to my woe I match‘d with a do(illegible text)
the early began to the brawling,
Thirteen long years fhe has rung in my earf
and befides other words a good mailing