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Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 2

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From Samuel Eliot

24 December 1762

From James Putnam

8 January 1763
Enclosure
The Queen's Ass

A new humorous allegorical Song by H. Haward. To the Tune of Stick a pin there.

Ye Bucks & ye Tommies who amble the park Whose Hearts & whose Heads are lightsome as Cork Thro: Buckingham Gate as to Chelsea you pass Without Fee or Reward you may see the Queen's A—. See the &c: A Sight such as this sure never was seen Who: the Duce would not gaze on the A— of a Queen O what is so charming, O! what can surpass The delicate Sight of her Majesty's A— The squeamish old prudes with Invective & Spleen May turn up their Noses & censure the Queen Crying out its a Shame her Queenship alass, Should take such a pride in exposing her A— Let them rail if they will, yet I'll bet ten to one There's not a prude of them all, but would alter her Provided that Fortune so kind to each Lass 241 Had bestow'd such an A— as her Majesty's A— The prudes they cry out its a Sin & a Shame To suffer a Sight with so filthy a Name Let them rail if they will, let each peep thro' his Glass For who would not peep at her Majesty's A— From M—g S—z:1a place of Renown This good natured princess came here for a Crown And now in Return to the Folks as they pass She kindly repays them by showing her A— Ye Gods I with pleasure, could gaze Day & Night At so charming, so curious, so pretty a Sight For Truth I must own I swear by the Mass I could kiss (if no Treason) her Majesty's A— But this for a Subject tho loyal I fear Would be lookd on by some Folks as comming too near Then with prudance my passion I'll stifle alass Content but to gaze on her Majesty's A— Resign'd to my Fate thus to gaze & no more In vain for possession I sigh & implore But Scripture informs us that all Flesh is Grass And such I presume is her Majestys A— But since there is no mighty Difference between The A— of a Subject & that of a Queen Let each Lad full of Glee, take his Bottle & Glass And drink the Queens Health not forgetting her A—

London, to be sold by the Author at the Union Coffee House opposite Temple Bar & By all the printers & pamphlet

Sellers—Price 6d.

RC ; addressed: "To Mr. Robert Treat Paine Attorney at Taunton P Fav. of—-;" endorsed.

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Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818) had married King George III in 1761 (DNB).