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THE OLD WOMAN’S WISH
When I was in my Blooming Youth, My vigorous Love was Hot;Now in my Age I dare Engage, A fancy I still have got:  Then give to me those Joys, &c.
You shall miss of a Reward, If Readily you comply;Then do not Blush but touch my flesh, This minute before I die:  O let me tast those Joys, &c.
I Forty Shillings would freely give, ’Tis all the Mony I have;Which I full long have begged for, To carry me to my Grave:  This I would give to have the Bliss, &c.
I had a Husband in my Youth, As very well ’tis known,The truth to tell he pleased me well, But now I am left alone;  And long to tast the good Old Game, &c.
If Forty Shillings will not do, My Petticoat and my Gown;Nay Smock also shall freely go, To make up the other Crown;  Then Sir, pray Grant that kind Request, &c.
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