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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.
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.
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.
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
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.