Ladies' amusements/The ladies' amusements

This morning is so very fine,
we’ll to the meadows walk,
And when we to the town return,
with shop-men we will talk.
And a shoping we will go.

We’ll look at ribbons, laces, gloves,
and none of them we’ll buy,
But tell the haberdasher lads,
we’ll call another day.
And, &c.

Next to the mercers we will haste,
we'll teaze their silks a while.
And say we're vex’d for troubling them,
then leave them with a smile.
And, &c.

Hard ware and pretty glittering things,
how shall we them refuse;
We'll say they're for a country friend,
and therefore cannot chuse.
And, &c.

Upholsterers shall not escape,
at this our grand review
​We'll price their carpets, tables, chairs,
their printed hangings too.
And, &c.

Some brittle ware we must now see
delf, china, glass and stone;
We'll say they're crack'd, we’ll say they're dear
and of them we'll eae none.
And, &c.

Now after we are thus fatigu’d,
perfumes will give us ease;
We'll visit all the scented shops,
but nothing there shall please
And, &c.

From shop to shop we’ll range about,
till ev’ning’s darkest shades,
And when we can no longer see,
we must prepare for beds.
And, &c.