Songs and Ditty's
A Cornish Lullaby:
Hush my little ugling,
Daddy's gone a-smuggling.
He has gone to Roscoff
In the Mevagissey Maid -
A sloop of ninety tons
With ten brass carriage guns -
To teach the king's ships manners
And respect for honest trade.
Sleep my joy and sorrow,
Daddy'll come tomorrow,
Bringing 'baccy, tea and snuff,
And brandy home from France.
He'll bring the goods ashore
While the old collectors snore,
And the black dragooners gamble
In the dens of old Penzance.
Rock-a-bye my honey,
For Daddy's making money.
You shall be a gentleman
And sail with privateers,
With a silver cup in your sack,
A blue coat upon your back,
And diamonds on your fingerbones,
And gold rings in your ears.
Anon.
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