. Whims and oddities : in prose and verse. o the lines of Tasso. With the water-men, it went naturally to Vauxhall:—and, over land, toSadlers Wells. The Guards, not the mail coach, but the 42 SALLY BROWN, AND BEN THE CARPENTER. Life Guards,—picked it out from a fluttering hundred ofothers—all going to one air—against the dead wall atKnightsbridge. Cheap Printers of Shoe Lane, and Cow-cross, (all pirates!) disputed about the Copyright, and pub-lished their own editions, — and, in the meantime, theAuthors, to have made bread of their song, (it was poor oldHomers hard ancient case!) must have sun
. Whims and oddities : in prose and verse. o the lines of Tasso. With the water-men, it went naturally to Vauxhall:—and, over land, toSadlers Wells. The Guards, not the mail coach, but the 42 SALLY BROWN, AND BEN THE CARPENTER. Life Guards,—picked it out from a fluttering hundred ofothers—all going to one air—against the dead wall atKnightsbridge. Cheap Printers of Shoe Lane, and Cow-cross, (all pirates!) disputed about the Copyright, and pub-lished their own editions, — and, in the meantime, theAuthors, to have made bread of their song, (it was poor oldHomers hard ancient case!) must have sung it about thestreet. Such is the lot of Literature! the profits of SallyBrown were divided by the Ballad Mongers:—it has cost,but has never brought me, a half-penny, FAITHLESS SALLY BROWN. Young Ben he was a nice young man, A carpenter by trade -tAnd he fell in love with Sally Brown, That was a ladys maid. But as they fetchd a walk one day, They met a press-gang crew;And Sally she did faint away, Whilst Ben he was brought CHRISTMAS PANTOMJME, SALLY BROWN, AND BEN THE CARPENTER. 45 The Boatswain swore with wicked words, Enough to shock ar saint,That though she did seem in a fit, Twas nothing but a feint. Come, girl, said he, hold up your head, Hell be as good as me ;For when your swain is in our boat, A boatswain he will be. So when theyd made their game of her, And taken off her elf,She rousd, and found she only was A coming to herself. And is he gone, and is he gone ? She cried, and wept outright: u Then I will to the water side,And see him out of sight. A waterman came up to her, Now, young woman, said he, If you weep on so, you will makeEye-water in the sea. 46 SALLY BROWN, AND BEN THE CARPENTER. Alas! theyve taken my beau Ben To sail with old Benbow ;And her woe began to run afresh, As if shed said, Gee woe! Says he, theyve only taken him To the Tender ship, you see ; n The Tender ship, cried Sally Brown, What a hard-ship that must be ! O ! would I were a
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