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HE that will not merry merry be,
With a generous bowl and a toast,
May he in Bridewell be shut up,
And fast bound to a post:
Let him be merry merry there,
And we’ll be merry merry here;
For who can know where we shall go,
To be merry another year?
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He that will not merry merry be,
And take his glass in course,
May he b’ oblig’d to drink small beer,
Ne’er a penny into his purse;
Let him be merry, &c.
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He that will not merry merry be,
With a comp’ny of jolly boys,
May he be plagu’d with a scolding wife,
To confound him with her noise;
Let him be merry, &c.
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He that will not merry merry be,
With his mistress in his bed,
Let him be buried in the church-yard,
And me put in his stead:
Let him be merry, &c.
