beware,
Your Wives are kind you see;
And he that's made for the Fidling Trade,
Must never a Merchant be.

For _Peggy_ she knew right well,
Although she was but a Woman;
That Gamesters Drink, and Fidlers Wives,
They are ever Free and Common.

_The Unconstant_ WOMAN.

[Music]

Did you not hear of a gallant Sailor,
Whose Pockets they were lin'd with Gold;
He fell in Love with a pretty Creature,
As I to you the Truth unfold:
With a kind Salute, and without Dispute,
He thought to gain her for his own,
_Unconstant Woman proves true to no Man,_
_She has gone and left me all alone._

Don't you remember my pretty _Peggy_,
The Oaths and Vows which you made to me:
All in the Chamber we were together,
That you would ne'er unconstant be:
But you prove strange Love, and from me range,
And leave me here to Sigh and Moan;
_Unconstant Woman is true to no Man,_
_She's gone and left me all alone._

As I have Gold you shall have Treasure,
Or any dainty kind of thing;
Thou may'st command all Delights and Pleasure,
And what you'd have, Love, I would you bring:
But you prove shy, and at last deny,
Him that admires you alone;
_Unconstant Woman proves true to no Man,_
_She's left me here to make my moan._

When first I saw your charming Beauty,
I stood like one all in amaze;
I study'd only how to pay Duty,
And could not speak but only gaze,
At last said I, fair Maid comply,
And ease a wretched Lover's Moan;
_Unconstant Woman proves true to no Man,_
_She's gone and left me here alone._

I made her Presents of Rings and Jewels,
With Diamond Stones I gave her too;
She took them kindly, and call'd me Jewel,
And said her Love to me was true:
But in the end she prov'd unkind,
When I thought she had been my own;
_Unconstant Woman_, &c.

For three Months time we saw each other,
And she oft said she'd be my Wife;
I had her Father's Consent and Mother,
I thought to have liv'd a happy Life:
She'd laugh and toy both Night and Day,
But at length she chang'd her Tone;
_Unconstant Woman, proves true to no Man,_
_She's left me now to make my Moan._

Many a time we have walk'd together,
Both Hand in Hand to an Arbour green;
Where Tales of Love in Sun-shiny Weather,
We did discourse and were not seen:
With a kind Salute we did dispute,
While we together were alone:
_Unconstant Woman she's true to no Man,_
_She's gone and left me here alone._

Since _Pegg