A Jolly Company OF Jovial Blades Who laugh and are as merry as the Maids They sing and roar and freely spend their Chink And to each other in full Bowls they drink They scorn such puny pinch-guts as are saving They think good Sack is only worth the having And being fully bend to spend their store They drink their Liquor off and call for more Thus while they freely tope off Sack by quarts They drive away all sorrows from their hearts To the Tune of General Monk hath advanced himself since he came from the Tower IT was of late my happy fate to meet with a jovial crew Of merry Blades and lively Lads who drank till the Sky looked blue Being void of care no money they spare but all with free consent Drank Wine good store and then called for more so merrily they were bend Hang sorrow quoth one why should we make moan so long as our money doth last Away with this sadness 't is folly and madness to think upon what is past Let 's drink and bouse and bravely carouse and lest that the time should seem long Give ear unto me my task it shall be to sing you a gallant new Song Be merry my hearts and call for your quarts and let no liquor be lacking We have money good store and intend for to roar until we have set all a packing Come Drawer make haste let not the time waste let every man have his due For to save shoes and trouble Bring in a quart double for he that made one made two Come take off your drink and speak what you think strong liquor will make you speak truly For certainly we no drunkards can be so long as we are not unruly Then drink and be civil intending no evil and be not offended with me For what I had before I 'll have one quart more for he that made two made three The Second Part to the same Tune THe greedy Curmudgin sits all the day grudging at home with his bread and small beer For to holdup base pelf he starveth himself scarce eats a good meal through the year But we 'll not do so how e'er the world go so long as we have any store I think we 'll not lack go fill us more Sack for h● that made three made four Why sit you so sadly since I call so madly I scorn to leave you in the lurch The reckoning I 'll pay ere I go away ●lse hang me as high as the Church Yet some men will say that is not the way he must pinch that intends for to thrive 't is no matter for that let 's laugh and be fat for he that made four made five Such love I intent to my dearest Friend that I cannot tell how to express it When with them I meet their company 's so sweet That I would not willingly miss it I scorn such a slave as his money will save or any that use such base tricks Come on my brave Blades be as merry as the Maids for he that made five made six Now whilst I am here I 'll call for my Beer and truly my money I 'll spend Let no man take care for paying his share If need be I 'll pay for my friend Pluck up a good heart let sorrow depart with the Drawer I will make even So with merry content our time shall be spent For he that made six made seven Drink off your cups round let sorrows be drowned in this same full cup off good sherry I cannot endure to sit thus demure for hither we came to be merry Then be of good cheer the reckoning I 'll clear and eke with the Drawer make straight For now I 'm set a madding I needs must be adding and he that made seven made eight Yet at home I confess with my honest Bess I practise good husbandry well To maintain my calling and keep me from falling as all my neighbours can tell They plead me at large for maintaining my charge though sometimes to drink I incline Yet I scorn for to shrink go fill us more drink for he that made eight made nine Here 's a health to my friend that hath a song penned in praise of good Liquor that 's old Drink off your cups round whilst Music doth sound in hope it will keep you from cold And now to conclude my verses so rude you are all welcome Gentlemen Ye● e'er we depart I 'll give you a quart for he that made nine made ten This being said the reckoning they paid and in friendly manner departed There 's none of them had any cause to be sad but all went away merry hearted And when they do meet again in the street then unto the Tavern they 'll hie And there they intent their money to spend which no body can deny FINIS