| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | Song: “He that will court a Wench that is coy” | | Anonymous |
| | (Printed in 1670)
HE that will court a Wench that is coy, | |
| That is proud, that is peevish and antic, | |
| Let him be careless to sport and toy, | |
| And as peevish as she is frantic: | |
| Laugh at her and slight her, | 5 |
| Flatter her, spight her, | |
| Rail and commend her again. | |
| It is the way to woo her, | |
| If that you mean to come close to her, | |
| Such Girls will love such men. | 10 |
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| He that will court a Wench that is mild, | |
| That is soft and kind of behaviour; | |
| Let him kindly woo her, | |
| Nor roughly come to her, | |
| ’Tis the way to win her favour. | 15 |
| Give her kisses plenty: | |
| She’ll take them were they twenty, | |
| Stroke her and kiss her again, | |
| It is the way to woo her, | |
| If that you mean to come close to her, | 20 |
| Such Girls do love soft men. | |
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| He that will court a Wench that is mad, | |
| That will squeak and cry out if you handle her, | |
| Let him kick and fling, | |
| Till he make the house ring, | 25 |
| ’Tis the only way to tame her: | |
| Take her up and touze her, | |
| Salute her and rouze her | |
| Then kiss her, and please her again: | |
| It is the way to woo her | 30 |
| If that you mean to come close to her, | |
| Mad Girls do love mad men. | | | | |
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