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3.138 R182357 1 General Monks March General Monk's March OH! fye upon care/ Why should we despair, For I am a Lady of pleasure. [with variations; not final stanza] HE wears gallant Cloaths/ And studies new Oaths Date published from imprint Pepys 3.138 Wing ?R255A; Rollins (2) 2238 (March 1, 1675, ii, 499). 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: 138 The ranting Whores resolution;/ Wherein you find that her only Treasure/ Consisteth in being a Lady of Pleasure. The ranting Whores resolution; Wherein you find that her only Treasure Consisteth in being a Lady of Pleasure. The Ranting Whore's Resolution; Wherein You Find That Her Only Treasure Consists in Being a Lady of Pleasure. The second Part, The second Part, The Second Part, 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 303 cropped and torn top edge, creased, damaged surface cast fleurons 1672 London, Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and J. Wright, 1672. F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright Weinstein: imprint

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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 8/21/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant 08/21/2007 Checker Patrick Ludolph fixed imprint 08/21/2007 Checker Patrick Ludolph transcription and metadata checked, xml 07/24/2006 Transcriber Pavneet Aulakh Original Transcription 08/24/2004 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
<seg n="1" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">The ranting Whores resolution;</hi> </seg> <lb/> <seg n="2" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">Wherein you find that her only Treasure</hi> </seg> <seg n="3" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">Consisteth in being a Lady of Pleasure.</hi> </seg> <lb/> <seg n="4" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">To the Tune of, <hi rend="bold">General Monks March</hi> .</hi> </seg>
O H! fye upon care Why should we despair, Give me the Lad that will frollick, There is no disease, But musick will please, If it were the stone or the cholick. The Lords that drinks Wine, Shall only be mine, He that calls for a Cup of Canary, That will tipple and sing, Kiss, caper, and spring, And calls for his Mab, and his Mary. Such Sinners as these My pallat will please, For this is a Lad that will knock it, Provided he be Not Niggard to me, But carry good gilt in his pocket;
I care not from whence He gets his expence, Nor how he comes by his treasure, So I have the sweets When he and I meets, For I am a Lady of pleasure. I love a young Heir, Whose fortune is fair, And frollick in Fishstreet -dinners, Who boldly doth call, And in private payes all, These Boyes are the noble beginners, For what the old Father In long time did gather, He toaps it away without measure, Hee'l lye in my lap, Like a Bird in a trap, And call me his Lady of pleasure.
<seg n="1" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">The second Part. To the same Tune.</hi> </seg>
H E wears gallant Cloaths And studies new Oaths And gets pretty words from the players, He swaggers and Roars, He calls the next Oars, And cryes here's a peece for your fair, Thus we in delight From morning till night, Do study to cast away treasure, At night in my arms I secure him from harms, For I am a Lady of pleasure. When this Gallant's broke, I've another be spoke, And he hath my protection, I call him my Love, My Jewel, my Dove, And swear by my reputation, That I never did know, What Love was till now, Though I have had men beyond measure With such tricks as these All Coxcombs I please, For I am a Lady of pleasure. When they are in Jayle, They wretchedly rail And at me they cast all their curses, Let them laugh that win, I care not a pin, When I have confounded their purses, While they have disgraces, I know not their faces, When Warriers of Woodstreet make seizure But when they'r whole men I'le know them agen, For I am a Lady of pleasure.
I live by the quick And not by the sick, Or such whose estate lies a bleeding, My wast must be bound; By men that are sound, For I am a Lass of high feeding, If once they grow poor, No Money, no Whore, And yet they shall wait on my leisure, I only fulfill, My fancy and will, Which shews me a Lady of pleasure. I laugh when they tell My stories of Hell I think there is no such Cavrn, If Heaven there be (As some will tell me) I am sure it must be in the Tavern, Where there is no wine, There is nothing devine; We think of a grave at more leisure, Boy fill th'other glass For I am Lass That will be a Lady of pleasure. In freedom and joyes I'le spend all my dayes, For there is no greater blessing, Than musick and meat Good wine and the feat, And nothing to pay for the dressing, Let Sisters precise Go turn up their eyes, And speak words by line and by leisure, If death comes at last, And take me in haste, Then there lies a Lady of pleasure.
London , Printed for F. Coles , T. Vere , and J. Wright , 1672.