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SONG, FR. BONDUCA by JOHN FLETCHER

First Line: JACK, THOU'RT A TOPER, LET'S HAVE T'OTHER QUART
Last Line: BOLDLY, THOUGH WATCHMEN CRY 'PAST TWO O'CLOCK.'
Subject(s): HEARTS; PEACE; SILENCE;

JACK, thou'rt a toper, let's have t'other quart:
Ring, ring, we're so sober, 't were a shame to part.
None but a drunkard, bullied by his wife
For coming late, fears a domestic strife.
I'm free, and so are you to call and knock
Boldly, though watchmen cry 'Past Two o'clock.'



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