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 My feet, they haul me Round the House,
 They hoist me up the Stairs;
  I only have read more 
 My feet, they haul me Round the House,
 They hoist me up the Stairs;
  I only have to steer them, and
   They Ride me Everywheres. 
 Her pretty feet
 Like snails did creep
  A little out, and then,
   As if read more 
 Her pretty feet
 Like snails did creep
  A little out, and then,
   As if they played at bo-peep
    Did soon draw in agen. 
 There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip;
 Nay, her foot speaks.  
 There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip;
 Nay, her foot speaks. 
 And the prettiest foot! Oh, if a man could but fasten his eyes 
to her feet, as they steal read more 
 And the prettiest foot! Oh, if a man could but fasten his eyes 
to her feet, as they steal in and out, and play at bo-peep under 
her petticoats! 
 O happy earth,
 Whereon thy innocent feet doe ever tread!  
 O happy earth,
 Whereon thy innocent feet doe ever tread! 
 'Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure, 
we call a Foot, a Chancellor's read more 
 'Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure, 
we call a Foot, a Chancellor's Foot; what an uncertain Measure 
would this be! one Chancellor has a long Foot, another a short 
Foot, a Third an indifferent foot. 'Tis the same thing in the 
Chancellor's Conscience. 
Feet that run on willing errands!
Feet that run on willing errands!
 Better a bare foote then none.
 [Better a barefoot than none.]  
 Better a bare foote then none.
 [Better a barefoot than none.] 
 Her feet beneath her petticoat,
 Like little mice, stole in and out,
  As if they feared the read more 
 Her feet beneath her petticoat,
 Like little mice, stole in and out,
  As if they feared the light:
   But oh! she dances such a way!
    No sun upon an Easter day
     Is half so fine a sight.