Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs - and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] by John S. Farmer
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Avast to the pad, let us bing.
[1 A pot of strong ale (or wine)] [2 London ale-house] [3 better than a cloak] [4 meat, bread, drink, or porridge] [5 steal on the country-side.] [6 lie all day] [7 night] [8 By the mass! in the woods] [9 stocks] [10 in fetters] [11 Notes] [12 addle-pate may swill strong drink] [13 Let us be off on the road.] "BING OUT, BIEN MORTS" [Notes] [1612] [From _O per se O_, by THOMAS DEKKER]. Bing out, bien Morts, and toure, and toure,[1] bing out, bien Morts, and toure;[2] For all your Duds are bingd awaste,[3] the bien coue hath the loure.[4] * * * * * |
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