The Ballads and Songs of Yorkshire / Transcribed from Private Manuscripts, Rare Broadsides, and Scarce Publications; with Notes and a Glossary

by Unknown

'Tis mention'd with surprize.

XXX.

"Of precious time 'twould be a loss,

Should I make long preambles

Of pavements, lamps, and butter-cross,

And of our butchers' shambles.

XXXI.

"But here the new-built gaol, I own,[179]

Ought not to be forgotten,

A sweeter place in all the town