PART IV. Favorite Songs, "FROM VARIOUS GARDENS CULL'D.", SONG

I've found my fair, a true love knot, 'Tis loose by some disaster, Come then with me to yonder grot, And let us tie it faster; Or shall we to the grove repair, There is no time to dally, The church, the priest, awaits us there, Let's tie the knot my Sally.

Methinks the knot was surely laid, By Cupid's fond direction, To prove, my sweet, my charming maid, The Cement of affection: 'Tis form'd by some immortal hand, Come, let us leave the valley, And join in Hymen's silken band, Let's tie the knot, my Sally.

No hand can e'er the band untie, When once we are united: For every guardian saint is by, When lovers vows are plighted: The deed recorded is above, Then let's not shilly shally, Oh, let us haste, my charming love, And tie the knot my Sally.