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Poem
August 11, 1768
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
A parody of an old song in which a man expresses his desire to marry a girl who is beautiful, tender, at ease, and sensible, while rejecting prudes, immodest women, flirts, talkers, forward girls, fashionable rakes, dull souls, and those with fickle affections.
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PARODY upon an old SONG.
I'm a man that would marry, O! could I but find
(I care not for riches) the girl to my mind.
Not the prude whose religion and virtue are prides,
Not her whose immodesty nothing can hide,
Not the belle of the city, with flattery blind;
Neither this, that, nor t'other, is the girl to my mind.
Not a Sappho devoted to writing and snuff.
Not the prattler who thinks he can ne'er talk enough,
Not the girl that's too forward, or lavishly kind;
Neither this, that, nor t'other, is the girl to my mind.
Not the Lady of fashion, a gameter, a rake,
Not the dull sleepy soul that no pleasure can wake,
Not her whose affections could vary like wind;
Neither this, that, nor t'other, is the girl to my mind.
But the girl who has beauty sufficient to please,
Whose passions are tender, whose heart is at ease,
Who has sense to correct all the faults she may find;
She, she, and no other, is the girl to my mind.
I'm a man that would marry, O! could I but find
(I care not for riches) the girl to my mind.
Not the prude whose religion and virtue are prides,
Not her whose immodesty nothing can hide,
Not the belle of the city, with flattery blind;
Neither this, that, nor t'other, is the girl to my mind.
Not a Sappho devoted to writing and snuff.
Not the prattler who thinks he can ne'er talk enough,
Not the girl that's too forward, or lavishly kind;
Neither this, that, nor t'other, is the girl to my mind.
Not the Lady of fashion, a gameter, a rake,
Not the dull sleepy soul that no pleasure can wake,
Not her whose affections could vary like wind;
Neither this, that, nor t'other, is the girl to my mind.
But the girl who has beauty sufficient to please,
Whose passions are tender, whose heart is at ease,
Who has sense to correct all the faults she may find;
She, she, and no other, is the girl to my mind.
What sub-type of article is it?
Satire
Song
What themes does it cover?
Love Courtship
Satire Society
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Parody Song
Marriage
Ideal Woman
Satire Women
Courtship Virtues
Poem Details
Title
Parody Upon An Old Song.
Subject
Parody On Finding The Ideal Wife
Form / Style
Rhymed Stanzas With Refrain
Key Lines
I'm A Man That Would Marry, O! Could I But Find (I Care Not For Riches) The Girl To My Mind.
She, She, And No Other, Is The Girl To My Mind.