Boston 24 Decemr. 1762 Sir,

I will be necessary for me (in Order to your forming a right Judgment of the inclosed song) to acquaint you that the Queen was presented with a Zebra or painted African Ass, which it was said in the papers she was so gracious as to suffer to be seen by those whose Curiosity led them to visit the newly imported Animal. The Author of this Song with those who were concerned in vending it were apprehended & brought to Trial, but, (as might have been foreseen) they were obliged to dismiss them with Impunity. Your most humble Servant,

SAM ELIOT

Allen the Taylor dyed a day or two ago.

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).