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1.284-285 S124612 1 Stand thy ground old Harry Have at thy Coat Old Woman Stand Thy Ground Old Harry I Am so sicke for loue, / as like was neuer no man, Haue at thy coat old woman, / Haue at thy coat old woman, / Heere and there and euery where, / Haue at thy coat old woman. IN Gold and Siluer-lace, / and pipes of smoaking Fogus, Haue at thy coat old woman, / Haue at thy coat old woman, / Heere and there and euery where, / Haue at thy coat old woman. Pepys 1.284-285 Rollins (1) I:257-261; STC 22919.1 [M. Flesher] for T. Langley [c.1625]. Woodblock 1: first 1/2 sheet, over columns 1 & 2: A bearded man stands with his right hand on his hip. He is dressed in a doublet, slops, hose, boots, and wears a hat with plumes and a brim. A cloak over his left shoulder conceals his left arm and hangs behind him. His doublet has a broad collar, and projecting shoulders. He wears a sword belt and stands on uneven terrain .: 79 x 58 Woodblock 2: second 1/2 sheet, over columns 3 & 4: A woman stands framed in an archway. With her right hand she gestures back at herself. She wears a simple buttoned dress and a cloak or shawl that she grips with her left hand. Two indeterminate objects are visible at her feet.: 68 x 45 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: 284 1: 285 A merry new Song of a rich Widdowes wooing, / That married a young man to her owne vndooing. A merry new Song of a rich Widdowes wooing, That married a young man to her owne undooing. A Merry New Song of a Rich Widow's Wooing, That Married a Young Man to Her Own Undoing. The Second part. The Second part. The Second Part. 1/2 sheet folio, originally left part, 267 x 133 1/2 sheet folio, originally right part, 264 x 132 torn bottom left corner, uneven inking creased, uneven inking vertical rules and cast fleurons cast fleurons 1625 Printed at London for T. Langley T.Langley 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 5/25/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant advice marriage trickery/deceit 5/25/2008 Checker Charlotte Becker Ballad Checked - ESTC S124612 7/17/2007 Checker Eugene Hart Ballad Checked 2005 Transcriber Megan Arch Ballad Transcribed 7/21/2004 Bibliographer Liberty Stanavage Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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I Am so sicke for love, as like was never no man, Which makes me cry, With a love-sicke eye, Have at thy coat old woman: Have at thy coat old woman, Have at thy coat old woman, Heere and there, and every where, Have at thy coat old woman. I may have maidens young, and lusty gallants plenty: Yet will I be As true to thee, as if thou wert but twenty. Have at thy coat old woman, Have at thy coat old woman: Here and there, and every where, Have at thy coat old woman. Ile till thy pasture ground, and mow thy pleasant meddow: My mother me told, I must be bold in wooing of a Widdow. Have at thy coat old woman, Have at thy coat old woman: Here and there, and every where, Have at thy coat old woman. Ile give thee all those joyes a young man may afford thee: And ride each day With thee any way, and bravely will maintaine thee, [Ha]ve at thy coat, etc.
This pleas'd the widdow well, and her old bloud revived, To heare his noate, Still have at thy coat, 'twould make at old wench long-lived. Have at thy coat old woman, Have at thy coat old woman: Here and there, and every where, Have at thy coat old woman. Old Rat she lov'd good cheese, and thereupon would nibble, And dance a round To heare the sound and musicke of his fiddle. Have at thy coat old woman, Have at thy coat old woman: Here and there, and every where, Have at thy coat old woman. To an old womans heart no greater comfort may be, Then to live in delight, And marry a Knight, and so be made a Lady. Have at thy coat old woman, Have at thy coat old woman: Here and there, and every where, Have at thy coat old woman. The Moone scarce changed thrice, ere this old Lasse did marry: But all her sport Was quicke and short, and did full soone miscarry. Have at thy coat, etc.
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IN Gold and Silver-lace, and pipes of smoaking Fogus, Then every day He spent her away in gold a brave Jacobus. Have at thy coat old woman, Have at thy coat old woman: Here and there, and every where, Have at thy coat old woman. He made her Reddockes flye, and her old bags to ratlte: It was charge to keepe So many sheepe, and heards of horned Cattle. Have at thy coat old woman, Have at thy coat old woman: Here and there, and every where, Have at thy coat old woman. An hundred of good Oakes he sold to buy a Hobby, Abroad for to ride In pompe and pride, while she sate like a noddy. Have at thy coat, etc. Her comly coat of woollen, he chang'd into fine Satten: Yet in a weeke She was to seeke, and beg her bread by Patten. Have at thy coat, etc. Her house most richly stored whereof he made not dainty:
But in a day He consum'd away what she had got in twenty. Have at thy coat, etc. He cherisht her mumbling gums, with food as they had neede on For want of her teeth, He gave her Bull-beefe, but once a weeke to feede on. Have at thy coat, etc. When she had lived two months, this lusty youngmans purchase, With kindnesse thus kild, Her coffin he fild with her consumed carkasse. Have at thy coat old woman, Have at thy coat old woman: Here and there, and every where, Have at thy coat old woman. Old women take good heede, and trust your selves with no man: For as you doe heare, She hath paid full deare, for Have at thy coat old woman. Have at thy coat old woman, Have at thy coat old woman: Here and there, and every where, Have at thy coat old woman.
FINIS. Printed at London for T. Langley.