“ And now I am welcome to kiss her for life.
⁠Come all you young damsels take warning by this,
Take care how too freely you part with a kiss,
Conceal for a time all the favours you can,
For that's the best way to make sure of your man. ”

“ In the midst of troubles I am left forlorn,
there is none to counsel nor pity me.
None but the small birds to be my comrades,
they're most indulgent to grant relief,
With their mournful concerts, they yield me comfort,
and sympathize with me in grief. ”

“ With one golden pippens for those that will buy;
But when the warm season of summer comes round,
I cry my sweet cherries a penny a pound.
⁠But when my sweet cowslips, etc.
⁠I rise with the lark and to market repair,
And the choicest of fruit in my barrow I bear;
With full honest weight, & they're all round & sound,
I cry my sweet cherries a penny a pound. ”