Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs - and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] by John S. Farmer
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[10: house] THE POTATO MAN [Notes] [1775] [from _The Ranelaugh Concert_...a choice collection of the newest songs sung at all the public places of entertainment]. I I am a saucy rolling blade, [1] I fear not wet nor dry, I keep a jack ass for my trade, And thro' the streets do cry _Chorus_. And they all rare potatoes be! And they're, etc. II A moll I keep that sells fine fruit, [2] There's no one brings more cly; [3] She has all things the seasons suit, While I my potatoes cry. _Chorus_. And they all, etc. |
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