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1. Come all you young lovers and listen to me

First Line:: Come all you young lovers and listen to me
Last Line:: Will meet you half way with her smock in her teeth
DMI number:: 44440

2. Diogenes was merry in his tub

First Line:: Diogenes was merry in his tub
Last Line:: For the more we laugh the more we may
Author:: John Playford (Absolute)
DMI number:: 44193

3. Good sir what makes you strut I pray whence come ye

First Line:: Good sir what makes you strut I pray whence come ye
Last Line:: That wisdom dwells not with conceitedness
DMI number:: 44402

4. Hast thou at last that mother church too quitted

First Line:: Hast thou at last that mother church too quitted
Last Line:: And have no hope of heaven but his word
DMI number:: 44337

5. Hast thou no friend so kind to let thee know

First Line:: Hast thou no friend so kind to let thee know
Last Line:: I'd wipe --- with his works piss on their author
DMI number:: 44338

6. Here Hobson the merry Londoner does lie

First Line:: Here Hobson the merry Londoner does lie
Last Line:: He thereupon took pet and so did die
DMI number:: 43783

7. Here lies the first and last edition

First Line:: Here lies the first and last edition
Last Line:: That he was hanged at Charing-Cross
DMI number:: 43782

8. How weak is man that would himself persuade

First Line:: How weak is man that would himself persuade
Last Line:: Which Israel's wisest prince describes of old
DMI number:: 43273

9. Mysus and Mopsa hardly can agree

First Line:: Mysus and Mopsa hardly can agree
Last Line:: Could not be ended till both were one wife
DMI number:: 43771

10. Poor fool you now are made a harlot's prize

First Line:: Poor fool you now are made a harlot's prize
Last Line:: And bravely revel in the spoils of fools
DMI number:: 44358