There was a very pretty song, called "Shepherds, I have lost my love, Have you seen my Anna?"—and this was parodied as follows—the music being the same as the original song:—
SHEPHERDS, I HAVE LOST MY WAIST.
Shep-herds, I have lost my waist, Have you seen my bo - - dy?
Sac - ri - ficed to mo-dern taste, I'm quite a hod - dy dod - - dy.
For fashion I that part for - sook Where sages place the bel - - - ly;
'Tis gone, and I have not a nook For cheesecake, tart, or jel - ly.
"Never shall I see it more,
Till, common sense returning,
My body to my legs restore,
Then I shall cease from mourning,
Folly and fashion do prevail
To such extremes among the fair,
A woman's only top and tail,
The body's banish'd God knows where!'
A Scarecrow—1793.
Shepherds! I have lost my waist.—1794.
