The Chimney-Sweepers: A Town Eclogue
Dingy:
Last May-day as I skipp'd the garland round,
Cheer'd by the merry hurdy-gurdy's sound,
I look'd, methought, with an unusual grace,
For Moll herself had wash'd and chalk'd my face.
Sooty-dun:
That happy day I never shall forget
The jack-ass that I rode did so curvet,
He brayed for joy - say cou'd the beast do less?
The knots on his rump were tied by Bess.
-1773 (Anon.)
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