He’d still been in Drury Lane.
From “Harlequin Sheppard.” Acted at Drury Lane Theatre, 1724.
The Canter’s Serenade.
(Sung early in the morning, at the Barn doors where their Doxies have reposed during the night.)
Ye Morts and ye Dells[207]
Come out of your Cells,
And charm all the Palliards[208] about ye;
Here birds of all feathers,
Through deep roads and all weathers,
Are gathered together to toute[209] ye.