| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | Women’s Delight | | Anonymous |
| | (From Merry Drollery, 1691)
THERE dwelt a maid in the Cunny-gate, | |
| And she was wondrous fair, | |
| And she would have an old man | |
| Was overgrown with hair; | |
| And ever she cry’d, O turn, | 5 |
| O turn thee unto me, | |
| Thou hast the thing I have not, | |
| A little above the knee. | |
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| He bought her a Gown of green, | |
| Became her wondrous well: | 10 |
| And she bought him a long sword | |
To hang down by his heel;
And ever she cry’d, etc. | |
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| He bought her a Pair of sheers | |
| To hang by her side: | |
| And she bought him a winding-sheet | 15 |
Against the day he died;
And ever she cry’d, etc. | |
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| He bought her a Gown, a Gown, | |
| Embroidered all with gold: | |
| And she gave him a night-cap | |
To keep him from the cold,
And ever she cry’d, etc. | 20 |
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| He bought her a Gown, a Gown, | |
| Embroidered all with red: | |
| And she gave him a pair of horns | |
| To wear upon his head; | |
| And ever she cry’d, [O] turn, | 25 |
| O turn thee unto me, | |
| Thou hast the thing I have not | |
| A little above the knee. | | | | |
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