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By | By Mr Garrick & Knapp on their dissappointment | ||
Some | at a visit to Ld Warwic | ||
Some strollers invited by Warwricks kind Lord | |||
To his castle magnificent came | To his castle magnificent came | ||
Prepar'd to admire both the owner & house | |||
and to give them due honour and fame. | and to give them due honour and fame. | ||
This | This Stables, his Cellar, his kitchen they crow'd | ||
But alas! they soon found to their | But alas! they soon found to their cost, | ||
That if they expected to dine with my Lord | That if they expected to dine with my Lord | ||
They | They reckon'd witht their great host. | ||
He show'd them | He show'd them Guy's pot | ||
But he gave them no soup | But he gave them no soup | ||
no meat could his Lordship allow | no meat could his Lordship allow | ||
Unless they could pick the blade bone of the boar | |||
Or the nib of the famous deer Cow | |||
But since | But since you're my friends said their complaisant Peer | ||
I'll show you a printed book | I'll show you a new printed book | ||
Which may to your taste some amusement afford | Which may to your taste some amusement afford | ||
The | The hist'ry of Greville & Brooke | ||
Since your Lordship is so civil, well bred and polite | Since your Lordship is so civil, well bred and polite | ||
You'l pardon one curse from a sinner | You'l pardon one curse from a sinner | ||
For your [crossed out] | For your [crossed out: breakfast] bookfast we thank you, my very good Lord | ||
But a plague take your family dinner | But a plague take your family dinner | ||
Latest revision as of 18:00, 12 August 2017
By Mr Garrick & Knapp on their dissappointment at a visit to Ld Warwic
Some strollers invited by Warwricks kind Lord To his castle magnificent came Prepar'd to admire both the owner & house and to give them due honour and fame. This Stables, his Cellar, his kitchen they crow'd But alas! they soon found to their cost, That if they expected to dine with my Lord They reckon'd witht their great host. He show'd them Guy's pot But he gave them no soup no meat could his Lordship allow Unless they could pick the blade bone of the boar Or the nib of the famous deer Cow But since you're my friends said their complaisant Peer I'll show you a new printed book Which may to your taste some amusement afford The hist'ry of Greville & Brooke Since your Lordship is so civil, well bred and polite You'l pardon one curse from a sinner For your [crossed out: breakfast] bookfast we thank you, my very good Lord But a plague take your family dinner