To church, to marry, fair one, go—

Bells in belfries toll, ding dong;

If your mother did not so,

Then your mother, child, did wrong.

(The last verse is omitted, not because it is too long, but because it is too broad.)

From The British Press. March 3, 1813.

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What Women make of Man.

I heard her singing lively notes,

While on a chair I sat reclined,