Declaration Of War.

OH, would I resembled     The country girls fair,     Who rosy-red ribbons     And yellow hats wear!     To believe I was pretty     I thought was allow'd;     In the town I believed it     When by the youth vow'd.     Now that Spring hath return'd,     All my joys disappear;     The girls of the country     Have lured him from here.     To change dress and figure,     Was needful I found,     My bodice is longer,     My petticoat round.     My hat now is yellow.     My bodice like snow;     The clover to sickle     With others I go.     Something pretty, e'er long     Midst the troop he explores;     The eager boy signs me     To go within doors.     I bashfully go,     Who I am, he can't trace;     He pinches my cheeks,     And he looks in my face.     The town girl now threatens     You maidens with war;     Her twofold charms pledges .     Of victory are.