T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
The Amorous Girl
Anonymous(From Westminster Drolleries, 1671–2) |
THERE’S none so pretty, | |
As my sweet Betty, | |
She bears away the Bell; | |
For sweetness and neatness, | |
And all completeness, | 5 |
All other Girls doth excel. | |
When ever we meet, | |
She’ll lovingly greet | |
Me still with a how dee’ do; | |
Well I thank you, quoth I, | 10 |
Then she will reply, | |
So am I, Sir, the better for you. | |
I asked her how, | |
She told me, not now, | |
For walls had ears and eyes; | 15 |
Nay she bid me take heed, | |
What ever I did, | |
For ’tis good to be merry and wise. | |
Then I took her by the hand, | |
Which she did not understand, | 20 |
And I gave her a smirking kiss; | |
She gave me another | |
Just like the t’other; | |
Quoth I, what a comfort is this? | |
This put me in heart | 25 |
To play o’er my part | |
That I had intended before; | |
But she bid me to hold, | |
And not be too bold, | |
Until she had fastened the door. | 30 |
Then she went to the Hatch, | |
To see that the Latch | |
And crannies were all cocksure, | |
And when she had done, | |
She bid me come on, | 35 |
For now we were both secure. | |
And what we did there, | |
I dare not declare, | |
But think that silence is best; | |
And if you will know, | 40 |
Why I kissed her, or so, | |
But I’ll leave you to guess at the rest. | |