Billy Taylor

Sung by Mr. Emery, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.

Billy Taylor was a gay young fellow,
Full of mirth, and full of glee ;
And his heart he did diskiver
To a lady fair and free.
Fol lol, etc.

Four-and-twenty stout young fellows,
Clad they were in blue array,
Came and press'd young Billy Taylor,
And forthwith sent him to sea.
Fol lol, etc.

Soon his true love followed arter,
Under the name of Richard Carr ;
And her lily white hands she daub'd all over
With the nasty pitch and tar.
Fol lol, etc.

When they came to the first engagement,
Bold she fit amongst the rest,
Until a cannon-ball cut her jacket open,
And diskivered her lily white breast.
Fol lol, etc.

When the captain com'd for to hear on't,
Says he, ' Vat vind has blown you here ?'
Says she ' I come to seek for my true love,
Whom you pressed, and I love so dear.'
Fol lol, etc.

'If you come to seek for your true love,
Tell unto me his name, I pray ? '
'His name, kind sir, is Billy Taylor,
Whom you press'd, and sent to sea.'
Fol lol, etc.

'If his name is Billy Taylor,
He's both cruel and severe;
For rise up early in the morning,
And you'll see him with a lady fair.'
Fol lol, etc.

With that she ros'd up in the morning,
Early as by break of day;
And she met her Billy Taylor
Walking with a lady gay.
Fol lol, etc.

Forthwith she call'd for sword and pistol,
Which did come at her command,
And she shot her Billy Taylor,
With his fair one in his hand.
Fol lol, etc,

When the captain com'd for to hear on't,
He werry much applauded her for what she had done
And quickly he made her the first lieutenant
Of the gallant Thunder Bomb.
Fol lol, etc.