%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> An excellent Ditty, both merry and witty, / Expressing the loue of the Youthes of the City, / Who take delight, as my Song doth say, / Betimes in the morning to fetch home May. Morgan, Llewellyn University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1627 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/05/2008 20111

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1.242-243 S124578 1 The two lovely lovers The Two Lovely Lovers AWake my owne deare sweeting, / why dost thou sleepe so long; the merry moneth of May. [with variations] THere's Randall with his Sara, / marching hand in hand the merry moneth of May, [with variations] Pepys 1.242-243 Rollins (1) II:244-248; STC 18104.5 for J. Grismund [c.1627] (ent. to J. Wright and the ballad partners, 16 jy. 1634). Woodblock 1: below title, above first column: A well-dressed man stands on some type of tiled floor with his weight on his left leg. He wears a plumed hat or helmet and possibly has a mustache or beard. He wears an ornate waistcoat and breeches, and has some sort of collar or ruff around his neck. A ribbon is tied across his chest and he wears a heavy cape. A sword swings from his waist and points in the direction of the man's left. Another object appears to be attached to his waist on the right side. His left hand holds his waist and his right hand is extended to his side.: 77 x 60 Woodblock 2: below title, above second column: An old woman stands facing forward, her right arm extended and in her right hand she holds an object. She wears a full-skirted, ornate dress and a cord with tassles falls from her waist. She wears ornate, puffed sleeves and her bodice is elaborately embroidered. Her hair is pulled back into a bun or bonnet.: 80 x 40 Woodblock 3: below title and cast fleuron, above first column and cast fleuron: An ornately dressed man stands looking to his right with his weight on his left leg. He wears ornately decorated slops, a jerkin or doublet, and a sash extends across his chest from his right shoulder to his left hip. He has curly hair and wears a broad-brimmed hat. His elbows are held in at his waist but he raises his hands in front of him.: 80 x 72 Woodblock 4: below title and cast fleuron, above second column: A man stands looking to his right with his feet shoulder width apart. He wears an ornately embroidered jerkin and slops. His left hand is on his left hip and he holds his right hand out to the side. His sword is attached to his left hip and the tip of the sword points off to the right behind him. He wears a flat hat and a mustache.: 75 x 40 Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 242 1: 243 An excellent Ditty, both merry and witty, / Expressing the loue of the Youthes of the City, / Who take delight, as my Song doth say, / Betimes in the morning to fetch home May. An excellent Ditty, both merry and witty, Expressing the love of the Youthes of the City, Who take delight, as my Song doth say, Betimes in the morning to fetch home May. An Excellent Ditty, Both Merry and Witty, Expressing the Love of the Youths of the City, Who Take Delight, As My Song Doth Say, Betimes in the Morning to Fetch Home May. The second part. The second part. The Second Part. Morgan, Llewellyn 1/2 sheet folio, originally left part, 260 x 133 1/2 sheet folio, originally right part, 263 x 137 uneven inking uneven inking cast fleurons cast fleurons Printer 1627 Printed at London for Iohn Grismand. Iohn Grismand Weinstein: STC

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 Taxonomy used by Pepys to Organize Ballads in Albums A Small Promiscuous Supplement Devotion & Morality Drinking & Good Fellowship History - True & Fabulous Humour, Frollicks &c Love Pleasant Love Pleasant and Unfortunate Love Unfortunate Marriage Sea State & Times Tragedy Various Subjects Early Modern Center Ballad Project Keyword Taxonomy advice affliction/health alcohol animals/nature appearance Bible/biblical figures buildings/architecture catastrophe children class clothing/fashion country/nation crime death economics/trade entertainment family/procreation folklore gender historical figures & events holidays/seasons infidelity law London love maritime marriage military/war monstrosity mythology/Classical world news nobility/court politics/government punishment religious concepts religious figures religious types & sects royalty rural life servitude sex/sexuality supernatural/magic The New World travel trickery/deceit urban life vice violence virtue vulgarities/crass humor Library of Congress Subject Heading Taxonomy 4/5/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant gender holidays/seasons love sex/sexuality 4/5/2008 Checker Charlotte Becker transcription checked, metadata updated 7/10/2007 Checker Eugene Hart Ballad checked - ESTC S124578 8/1/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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AWake my owne deare sweeting, why dost thou sleepe so long; The Sun is neere up rising, doe not thy selfe such wrong, Upon this pleasing morning, swiftly let's take our way With joy to welcome in, the merry moneth of May. I see the day starre twinckling, rising in the East, Which tels us that Aurora, hath left her sluggish rest, Then rise up my owne Honey, and let us take our way, With joy to welcome in, the merry moneth of May. The Flowers are neat and dainty, which doe us all invite, To walke into the Meddowes, to give our hearts delight: Under the rare greene shadowes, we may sport and play, With joy to welcome in, the merry moneth of May. The birds are sweetly singing, upon the greene-wood trees, Downe in the Medowes may we, walke up to the knees, In Primrose and sweet Dazies, with Cowslips neat and gay, Then come my onely sweeting, let us goe gather May.
The Nightingale most pleasing, chants forth her merry straine, Then who would stay at home, that might such pleasure gaine. The youthes of this faire City, trimm'd in their best array. Are marching forth this morning, with joy to gather May. With Drums, with Fifes,and trum-pets, they are bravely grac'd, With Muskets in the forefront, which they have rarely plac'd, They all went on in pleasure; attyred neat and gay, And every yong man had his Love, that goes to gather May. Roger with his Susan, and Robert his faire Jane, Richard with his sweet heart, to be lag doe disdaine, Sweet William and faire Nancy, in their apparell gay, Is early gone this morning, abroad to gather May. John Jinkin with his Gilian, Tom with Penelope, And Humphrey with sweet Prudence why then sweet may not we, As well as all these Lovers, in our apparell gay. Upon this merry morning, walke forth to fetch home May.
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THere's Randall with his Sara, marching hand in hand, Rowland and sweet Maudlin, that yeelds to his demaund, There's Arthur and sweet Margaret, which does her Love obey, Is early gone this morning, abroad to gather May. Nicholas with his Betty, and Francis with faire Mary, Martin with Rebecca, and Dorothy with Harry, Elis with his Katherine, were gone ere breake of day, In their apparell neatly, to fetch home gentle May. Edward with sweet Jone, and Lucres with Valentine, James with his sweetheart Alce, they must have Creame and Wine These Lovers march in order, Whilst Musicke sweet doth play; With songs and pleasant Ditties, about to gather May. This is the moneth of pleasure, and Aprils watry showers, Hath falne in comely measure, to encrease the pleasing flowers, That Lovers gather early, to make them Posies gay, Compos'd of sundry colours within the moneth of May.
Margery my sweeting, thy Silvester doth call, I faine would be this morning, the formost of them all. I see Apollo's splendor, darts from the East most gay, To grace these comely Lovers, to fetch home lovely May. The Blackbird sings most sweetly, so doth the Nightingale, The Fawnes play in the high woods, the Hare runs ore the Dales, The bleating Lambes most sweetly, delight to sport and play, The small birds sweetly warble, to welcome pleasant May. Sweet Sillibubs wee'l have Love, with Cakes and Pudding-pyes, With Creame bestrew'd with Sugar if that my Madge will rise. To heare the Cuckoo sing sweet, and see her feathers gray, Who with her notes most kindly, doth welcome in sweet May. Strike up thy Pipe good Piper, I see my Love doth come, Much like the Queene of beauty, her splendor lights the roome, Come, come, my gentle sweeting, with all the speed we may, Lets walke to the greene Meddowes to gather pleasant May.
Printed at London for John Grismand. FINIS. L.M.