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1.268-269 S124586 1 A dainty new note, or, the Mother beguiles the Daughter, Stingo; Oil of Barley; Cold and Raw A Dainty New Note, or, The Mother beguiles the Daughter ALthough I am a Countrey Lasse, / a lofty mind I beare a, Downe, downe, derry, derry downe, / hey downe a downe a downe a, / A derry, dery, dery, dery, downe, / heigh downe a downe a derry. AT Christmas time in mirth and glee, / I dance with young men neatly Downe, downe, derry, derry downe, / hey downe a downe a downe a, / A derry, dery, dery, dery, downe, / heigh downe a downe a derry. Pepys 1.268-269 STC 19224.3 [G. Purslowe c.1628] Woodblock 1: first 1/2 sheet, over column 1 : A lady stands facing towards her right. In her right hand, she holds a large feather fan (or a branch?). The lady wears a large stiff ruff and a necklace or chain. Her full skirt (supported by a french farthingale?) and the front of her dress is decorated with a row of large flowers. : 78 x 54 Woodblock 2: first 1/2 sheet, over column 2: Two shepherds face each other, holding shepherd's crooks. Both wear wide brimmed hats, short breeches and low boots. The man to the left of the cut wears a v-necked short tunic. The man to the right of the cut has a beard. He wears a buttoned cape and is drawing a pipe or flute from his pocket. In the background, hills and a city are visible. A flag flies above the city.: 68 x 72 Woodblock 3: second 1/2 sheet, over columns 3 & 4: Two aristocratic women in dark dresses move towards each other on uneven terrain. Both women wear dark decorated dresses with large ruffs and dangling oversleeves. They wear dark hats with feathers and brims.: 83 x 124 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: 268 1: 269 The Countrey Lasse. The Countrey Lasse. The Country Lass. The second part. The second part. The Second Part. Parker, Martin 1/2 sheet folio, originally left part, 247 x 144 1/2 sheet folio, originally right part, 250 x 148 creased, uneven inking creased, uneven inking cast fleurons cast fleurons 1628 {imprint cropped?} 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 5/18/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant class gender love 5/18/2008 Checker Charlotte Becker Transcription Checked, Metadata Updated, XML 7/17/2007 Checker Eugene Hart Ballad Checked - ESTC S124586 2006 Transcriber Stephanie Durich Ballad Transcribed 7/20/2004 Bibliographer Liberty Stanavage Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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ALthough I am a Countrey Lasse, a lofty mind I beare a, I thinke my selfe as good as those, that gay apparell weare a: My coate is made of homely gray, yet is my skin as soft a, As those that with the chiefest wines doe bath their bodies oft a. Downe, downe, derry, derry downe, hey downe a downe a downe a, A derry, dery dery, dery, downe, heigh downe a downe a derry. What though I keepe my fathers sheepe, a thing that must be done a, A Garland of the fairest flowers, shall shrowd me from the Sun a, And when I see they feeding be, where grasse and flowers spring a, Close by a chrystall fountaine side, I sit me downe and sing a, Downe downe etc: Dame Nature crownes us with delight, surpassing Court or City, Wee pleasures take from morne to night, in sport and pastimes pretty: Your Courtly Dames in Coaches ride abroad for recreation; We Countrey Lasses hate their pride, and keepe the Countrey fashion : Downe, downe, etc.
Your City Wives lead wanton lives, and if they come i'th Countrey, They are so proud, that each one strives, for to out-brave our Gentry: We Countrey Lasses homely be, for seate nor wall we strive not, We are content with our degree, our debtors we deprive not: Downe, downe, etc. I care not for a fanne nor Maske, when [T]ytans heate reflecteth, A homely Hat is all I aske, which well my face protecteth, Yet am I in my Countrey guise esteemed a Lasse as pretty, As those that every day devise new shapes in Court and City: Downe, etc. In every season on the yeere, I undergoe my labour, Nor showre nor wind at all I feare, my limmes I doe not favour: If Summers heate my beauty staine, it makes me nere the sicker, Sith I can wash it off againe with a cup of Christmas liquor: Downe, downe derry derry downe, heigh downe a downe a downe a, A derry derry, derry derry downe, heigh downe a downe a derry.
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AT Christmas time in mirth and glee, I dance with young men neatly And who i'th City like to me, shall pleasure tast compleatly, No sport but pride and luxury i'th City can be found then, But bounteous hospitality, i'th Countrey doth abound then, Downe, downe, etc. I'th Spring my labour yeelds delight, to walke i'th merry morning, When Flora is to please my sight, the ground with Flowers adorning, With merry Lads to make the Hay, I goe and doe not grumble, My worke doth seeme to me but play, when with young men I tumble. Downe, etc. The Larke & Thrush from bryar to bush doe leape and skip and sing a, And all is then to welcome in the long and lookt-for Sping a: We feare not Cupids arrowes keene, Dame Venus we desire a, Diana is our honoured Queene, and her wee magnifie a. Downe, etc. That which your City Damsells scorne, we hold our chiefest Jewell, Without, to worke at Hay and corne, within, to bake and brew well: To keepe the Dayry decently, and all things cleane and neatly,
Your city Minions doe defie, their scorne we weigh not greatly: Downe, etc. When we together a milking goe, with payles upon our heads a, And walking over woods and fields, where grasse and flowers spreds a, In honest pleasure we delight, which makes our labour sweet a, And mirth exceeds on every side, when Lads and Lasses meet a: Downe, etc. Then doe not scorne a countrey Lasse, though shee be plaine and meanely: Who takes the countrey Wench to wife (that goeth neate and cleanely) Is better sped, then if hee wed a fine one from the city, For there they are so nicely bred, they must not worke for pitty. Downe, etc. I speake not this to that intent, (as some may well conjecture) As though to wooing I were bent, no I nere learn'd Loves Lecture: But what I sing is in defence of all plaine countrey Lasses, Whose modest, honest innocence, all city Girles surpasses, Downe, downe, derry derry downe, heigh downe a downe a downe a, A derry derry derry derry downe, heigh downe a downe a derry.
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