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CHEAP REPOSITORY. THE HACKNEY COACHMAN; OR, The Way to get a good Fare. To the Tune of "I wiſh I was a Fiſherman," &c.

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By S. HAZARD, at Bath, and by all Bookſellers, Newſmen, and Hawkers, in Town and Country. Great Allowance will be made to Shopkeepers and Hawkers.

PRICE ONE HALFPENNY. Or, 2s. 3d. per 100—1s. 3d. for 50.—9d. for 25. [Entered at Stationers' Hall.]

THE HACKNEY COACHMAN; OR, The Way to get a good Fare.

[3]
I.
I AM a bold Coachman and drive a good Hack,
With a coat of five capes that quite covers my back;
And my wife keeps a ſauſage-ſhop not many miles
From the narroweſt alley in all Broad St. Giles.
[4] Tho' poor we are honeſt and very content,
We pay as we go for meat, drink, and for rent;
To work all the week I am able and willing,
I never get drunk, and I waſte not a ſhilling.
III.
What tho' at a tavern my gentleman tarries,
Why the coachman grows richer than he whom he carries;
And I'd rather (ſay I) ſince it ſaves me from ſin,
Be the Driver without than the Toper within.
IV.
For the dram-ſhop I hate and the dram-drinking friend,
Yet I'm not quite ſo good but I wiſh I may mend;
I repent of my ſins ſince we all are deprav'd,
For a Coachman, I hold, has a ſoul to be ſav'd.
V.
When a riotous multitude fills up a ſtreet,
And the greater part know not, boys, wherefore they meet;
[5] If I ſee there is miſchief I never go there,
Let others get tipſy, ſo I get my fare.
VI.
Now to church if I take ſome good lady to pray,
It grieves me full ſore to be kept quite away;
So I ſtep thro' the door-way, for here 'tis the ſin,
To loiter without when one might enter in.
VII.
Then my glaſſes are whole, and my coach is ſo neat,
I am always the firſt to be call'd in the ſtreet;
And I'm known by the name ('tis a name rather rare)
Of the Coachman that never aſks more than his fare.
VIII.
Tho' my beaſts ſhould be dull yet I don't uſe them ill;
Tho' they ſtumble I ſwear not, nor cut them up hill;
For I firmly believe there's no charm in an oath
That can make a Nag trot when to walk he is loth.
[6]IX.
And tho' I'm a Coachman, I'll freely confeſs,
I beg of my Maker my labors to bleſs;
I praiſe him each morning, and pray every night,
And 'tis this makes my heart feel ſo cheerful and light.
X.
When I drive to a Fun'ral I care not for drink,
That is not the moment to guzzle, but think;
And I wiſh I cou'd add both of Coachman and Maſter,
That both of us ſtrove to amend a bit faſter.

Z.

THE END.

Appendix A This Day are PUBLISHED,

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  • Price 1d. ½ each, or 6s. 9d. per 100—50 for 3s. 9d. 25 for 2s. 3d,
  • Watts's Hymns for Children, complete, with Prayers.
PRICE ONE PENNY each.
  • 4s. 6d. per 100—50 for 2s. 6d.—25 for 1s. 6d.
  • Tom White the Poſtillion, Part I.
  • The Two Shoemakers, Part I.
  • Shepherd of Saliſbury Plain, Part I.
  • The Two Soldiers.
  • Life of Wm. Baker, with his Funeral Sermon, by the Rev. Mr. Gilpin.
  • Hiſtory of the Plague in London, with ſuitable Thoughts,
  • The Lancaſhire Collier Girl.
PRICE an HALFPENNY each,
  • 2s. 3d. per 100.—50 for 1s. 3d. 25 for 9d.
  • The Carpenter; or, the Danger of Evil Company.
  • A New Hiſtory of a True Book, in Verſe.
  • The Market Woman, a True Tale, in Verſe.
  • The Roguiſh Miller, or nothing got by Cheating, a True Ballad.
  • Indentures; or, Apprentice's Monitor.
  • The Gin-Shop, or a Peep at a Priſon, in Verſe.
  • Fable of the Old Man and the Bundle of Sticks.
  • The Horſe Race.
  • Wonderful Eſcapes from Shipwreck.
  • Huſbandry Moralized, or Pleaſant Sunday Reading, for a Far⯑mer's Kitchen, Part I.
  • True Stories of Two Good Negroes.
  • Providential Detections of Murders, by H. Fielding, Eſq.
  • Advantages of Religion.
On the 1ſt of June, 1795, was publiſhed,
  • The Shepherd of Saliſbury Plain, Part II.
  • —The Beggarly Boy.
  • —Wild Robert, a Ballad.
On the 1ſt of July,
  • Daniel in the Den of Lions.
  • —The Good Mother's Legacy.
  • —Patient Joe, a Ballad.
On the 1ſt of Auguſt.
  • Hints to all Ranks of People.
  • —The Happy Waterman.
  • —The Riot, a Ballad.
  • —The Plowboy's Dream, a Ballad.
On the 1ſt of September,
  • Tom White, Part II.
  • —Noah's Flood.
  • —Dame Andrews, a Ballad.
On the 1ſt of October,
  • Harveſt Home.
  • —Two Farmers, Part I.
  • —The Honeſt Miller, a Ballad.
On the 1ſt of November,
  • The Parable of the Vineyard.
  • —The Two Farmers, Part II.
  • —The Sorrows of Yamba, a Ballad.
On the 1ſt of December,
  • The Troubles of Life.
  • —Sorrowful Sam.
  • —Merry Chriſt⯑mas, a Carol.
On the 1ſt of January, 1796.
  • New Thoughts on the New Year.
  • —The Hiſtory of Mary Wood, the Houſemaid.
  • —Robert and Richard, a Ballad.
On the 1ſt of February,
  • The Touchſtone; or, the Way to know a good Chriſtian.
  • —The Apprentice turned Maſter; or, the Two Shoe⯑makers, Part II.
  • —The Story of Sinful Sally. Told by herſelf, a Ballad.
On the 1ſt of March,
  • Oneſimus; or, the Run-away Servant converted.
  • —Idle Jack Brown; or, the Two Shoemakers, Part III.
  • —Shop⯑keeper, Part I.
On the 1ſt of April,
  • Converſion of St. Paul.
  • —Jack Brown in Priſon; or, the Two Shoemakers. Part IV.
  • —Shopkeeper, Part II.
On the 1ſt of May,
  • The General Reſurrection, Part I.
  • —The Hiſtory of Charles Jones the Footman, written by Himſelf.
  • —The Hackney Coachman; or, the Way to get a Good Fare, a Ballad.
On the 1ſt of June,
  • Carrying Religion into the Common Buſineſs of Life.
  • —The Cheapſide Apprentice.
  • —The Election Song, a Ballad.
On the 1ſt of July,
  • Look at Home; or, the Accuſers Accuſed.
  • —The Gameſter.
  • —Turn the Carpet; or, the Two Weavers, a Ballad.

And other Pieces on a ſimilar Plan, on the 1ſt of every Month.

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