Quotes from Fair maid in bedlam, or, The deceitful Irish boy ()

Fair maid in bedlam, or, The deceitful Irish boy (1803)

“ How I have been wounded, and in love I’ve been slain
In the strong walls of bedlam I’m forc’d to remain.
When first I was courted by my love an Irish boy,
He call’d'me his jewel, his delight, and his joy;
In fair Dublin city, that place of great fame,
Where my bonny Irish-Boy first a courting to me came.
He talked of love, and he promised to wed,
But in short time after he stole my maidenhead;
Believe me, dear maidens, I could not forbear,
For the loving of my Irish-Boy I do declare.
Down in yon meadow I chanced for to walk,
O there I heard my lovely Irish-Boy for to talk ”

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Fair maid in bedlam, or, The deceitful Irish boy (1803)

“ For I never can stay till the wars are all o’er.
⁠What can be so strong in the heart as true love,
When deck'd in beauty by the powers above,
It never will flatter, dissemble, nor fly,
With my love I'll live, with my true love I'll die. ”

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Fair maid in bedlam, or, The deceitful Irish boy (1803)

“ If I was in my own country, near Newry I dwell,
But yet to misfortunes my love I was prone,
Which made many a hero go far from his home.
⁠Sir the lads of sweet Newry are all roving blades,
And take great delight in courting fair maids,
Tbey kiss them & press them, & call them their own,
And perhaps your darling lies mourning at home. ”

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Fair maid in bedlam, or, The deceitful Irish boy (1803)

“ And over the plain as we marched along,
I charmed my love by the sound of the drum.
⁠Beat up, my little drummer, the colonel reply’d,
You shall be advanc’d from a drummer this day;
The very next day a lieutenant I was made,
For to handle my pen I never was afraid.
⁠The very next day my love’s trial came on,
For missing of his duty, as you may understand,
When I begg’d his forgiveness & did him embrace,
And before the whole reg’ment I op’ned my case. ”

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Fair maid in bedlam, or, The deceitful Irish boy (1803)

“ There’s not one in twenty that you can believe.
The cuckoo’s a fine bird, she sings where she flies,
She brings us good tidings and tells us no lies,
She sucks of sweet flowers to keep her voice clear,
The more she sings cuckoo, the summer draws near. ”

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Fair maid in bedlam, or, The deceitful Irish boy (1803)

“ Come learn of me ye patriot fair,
Nor make a single man your care,
But sigh for all the nation.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”

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Fair maid in bedlam, or, The deceitful Irish boy (1803)

“ To hand, reef, & steer, & house every thing tight,
⁠full well did he know every inch,
Tho’ the toplifts of sailors the tempest should smite,
⁠Jack never was known for to flinch.
CHORUS.
Tho’ the toplifts of sailors the tempest should smite,
⁠Jack never was known for to flinch. ”

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