%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Diddle, Diddle. / Or, / The Kind Country Lovers. / With sly insinuations he perswades her / And by the bands of Love, along he leads her. / Relating pleasant stories for to bind her / And all to make her unto him prove kinder. / And so in Love at last they live together / With pleasant dayes enjoying one another. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1675 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/29/2007 21023

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3.28 R228199 1 Lavender Green Lavender Green Lavender Green LAvenders green, didle, didle / Lavenders blue no estc id available Pepys 3.28 Wing D1414[a]A 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. 3: 28 Diddle, Diddle. / Or, / The Kind Country Lovers. / With sly insinuations he perswades her / And by the bands of Love, along he leads her. / Relating pleasant stories for to bind her / And all to make her unto him prove kinder. / And so in Love at last they live together / With pleasant dayes enjoying one another. Diddle, Diddle. Or, The Kind Country Lovers. With sly insinuations he perswades her And by the bands of Love, along he leads her. Relating pleasant stories for to bind her And all to make her unto him prove kinder. And so in Love at last they live together With pleasant dayes enjoying one another. The Kind Country Lovers. With Sly Insinuations He Persuades Her and by the Bands of Love, Along He Leads Her. Relating Pleasant Stories for to Bind Her and All to Make Her Unto Him Prove Kinder. And So in Love at Last They Live Together With Pleasant Days Enjoying One Another. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?210 x 244 cropped top edge, torn, damaged surface, uneven inking, manuscript ink blot shows through cast fleurons 1675 London, Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. Clark. F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke. Simpson

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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 8/29/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant love marriage rurallife sex/sexuality 08/29/2006 Checker Patrick Ludolph transcription and metadata checked, xml created 08/14/2006 Checker Kris McAbee Transcription Checked 08/12/2006 Transcriber Summer Star Original Transcription 08/19/2004 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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LAvenders green, didle, didle Lavenders blue, you must love me, diddle, diddle cause I love you. I heard one say, diddle, didle, since I came hither That you & I diddle, diddle, must lie together,
My Hostesse maid, diddle, diddle her name was Nell, She was a Lass, diddle, diddle that I loved well. But if she dye Diddle, diddle, by some mishap, Then she shall lye, Diddle, diddle under the Tap.
That she may drink Diddle, diddle, when she's a dry, Because she lov'd Diddle, diddle my Dog & I. Call up your Maids Diddle, diddle set them to work, Some to make Hay, Diddle, diddle some to the Kork. Some to make Hay, Diddle, diddle, some to the Corn Whilst you and I Diddle, diddle, keep the bed warm. Let the birds sing, Diddle, diddle and the lambs play; We shall be safe Diddle, diddle out of harms way. James at the George, Diddle, diddle Sue and the Swan, He loves his maid Diddle diddle, she loves her man. But if they chance Diddle, diddle for to be found, Catch them i'th Corn Diddle diddle put them ith pound. I heard a bird Diddle, diddle sing in my Ear Maids will be scarce Diddle, diddle, the next New year. For young men are Diddle diddle so wanton grown That they ne'r mind Diddle, didle, which is their own.
Down in the Vale Diddle diddle where flowers do grow, And the Trees bud Diddle diddle all on a row. A brisk young man Diddle diddle met with a Maid, And laid her down, Diddle diddle under the shade. Where they did play Diddle, diddle & Kiss & Court, Like Lambs in May Diddle diddle making fine sport. There lives a Lass Diddle didle over the Green, She sells good Ale Diddle diddle think what I mean. Oft have I been Diddle diddle with her I'th dark And yet I nere Diddle diddle shot at the mark. But now my Dear Diddle diddle have at thy bumm For I do swear Diddle diddle now I am come. I will be kind Diddle diddle until I dye, Then pretheee love Diddle didle my Dog & I. For thee & I Diddle diddle now are all one, And we will lye Diddle diddle no more alone.
London, Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. Clark.