THE LEGEND OF FAMOUS .. GUITAR MASTERS, CAVELIERO COMER AND DON HILL by CHARLES COTTON

YOU, that love to read the Tracts,
Of tall fellows' fights, and facts,
In this song will hear a wonder,
How two Fiddlers fell asunder,
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Comer had the first abuse,
Which admitted no excuse;
But, since Hill so ill did treat him,
Dick, in wrath, resolv'd to beat him.
Lampon, etc.

Straight a broom-staff was prepar'd,
Which Don Hill no little fear'd;
But he resolv'd if Dick did baste him,
That his patience should outlast him.
Lampon, etc.

Whilst, (good Christian) thus he meant,
To despise his punishment,
And first to appease his foe send,
Lo! in fight, was Dick's fierce nose-end
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Whom, in terror, Hill did ask,
If he durst perform his task,
Dick, in wrath, reply'd, God damn me!
To that purpose now come am I,
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And withal, with main, and might,
Up he trips this proper Knight,
And with such fury he quell'd Hill,
That to the ground he level'd Hill:
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This shews Music discord has,
Which the cause of this war was,
And, that Hill's beaten, is a token,
That their string of friendship's broken;
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Now behold! this mortal cause,
Is referr'd to Harry Laws,
And since he's beaten Hill does tell tho',
Law shall give him salve for 's elbow.
Lampon, etc.

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