 Farewell rewards and fairies, Good housewives now may say, For now foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they. And though they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to do, Yet who of late, for cleanliness, Finds sixpence in her shoe ? Lament,...  Letters on demonology and witchcraft - Page 170by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1831Full view - About this book
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...FAIRIES' FAREWELL, OR GOD-A-MERCY WILL. BY DR. CORBET.* To be sung or whistled to the tune of ' The Meddow Brow,' by the learned ; by the unlearned, to the tune...of late for cleanliness Finds six-pence in her shoe ? * [Dr. Percy observes that this humorous old song fell from the hand of the witty bishop of Norwich,... | |
 | England - 1827 - 798 pages
...Corbet, " Farewell, rewards and fairies ! Good housewives now may say, For now foule aluta in dairies Doe fare as well as they : And though they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to doe, Yet who, of late, for cleanliness, Finds sixpence in her shoe ? " At morning and at evening both,... | |
 | Washington Irving - American fiction - 1822 - 416 pages
...N POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS. Farewell rewards and fairies, Good housewives now may say ; For now fowle sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they : And though they sweepe then- hearths no lesse Than maids were wont to doc, Yet who of late for cleanlinesse Finds sixpence... | |
 | Richard Gooch - College verse - 1823 - 310 pages
...OR, OOD-A-MBRCY WILL. BY DR. CORBET. Formerly of Emanuel College, Cambridge, and Bishop of Norwich. To be sung or whistled to the tune of " The Meadow...foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they ; And tho' they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to do, Yet who of late for cleanliness Finds... | |
 | Cambridge tart - English poetry - 1823 - 318 pages
...OR, GOD-A-MERCY WILL. BY DR. CORBET. Formerly of Emanuel College, Cambridge, and Bishop of Norwich. To be sung or whistled to the tune of " The Meadow...foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they ; And tho' they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to do, Yet who of late for cleanliness Lament,... | |
 | Scotland - 1827 - 808 pages
...Corbet, " Farewell, rewards and fairies! Good housewives now may say, For now foule sluts in dairies Doe fare as well as they : And though they sweep their hearths no less Than maids were wont to doe, Yet who, of late, for cleanliness, Finds sixpence in her shoe ? " At morning and at evening both,... | |
 | Poor Humphrey's calendar - 1828 - 60 pages
...in the outset of A proper New Ballad, entitled^ THE FAIRIES FAREWELL. Farewell Rewards and Fairies I Good housewives now may say ; For now foul sluts in...late, for cleanliness, Finds sixpence in her shoe ? The cheerful Prelate afterwards says, in praise of the Good People, And whoso kept not secretly Their... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - England - 1834 - 432 pages
...old political ballad : " Farewell rewards and fairies, Good house wives now may say, For now fowle sluts in dairies, Do fare as well as they : And though they sweepe their hearths no lesse Than maides were wont to doe, Yet who of late for cleaulinesse, Findes... | |
 | 320 pages
...old political ballad : " Farewell rewards and fairies, Good house wives now may say, For now fowle sluts in dairies, Do fare as well as they : , . And though they sweepe their hearths no lesse Than mnides were wont to doe, Vet who of late for cleanlinesse, Findes... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1835 - 276 pages
...wines. POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS. Farewell rewards and fairies, Good housewives now may say; For now fowle sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they; And though they sweepe their hearths no !e*s< Than maids were wont to doo, Yet who of late for cleanlinesse Finds sixpence... | |
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