%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The DAIRY-MAIDS Mirth and Pastime/ ON/ MAY-DAY./ The Young-Men they, with Damsels play, and many Sonnets Sing,/ Their Joys Compleat, with Musick sweet, to welcome in the SPRING. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1671-1702 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/06/2007 21214

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3.201 R174494 1 Over Hills and high Mountains Over Hills and High Mountains NOw the Season of Winter/ doth his power resign, Pepys 3.201 Wing D122[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: 201 The DAIRY-MAIDS Mirth and Pastime/ ON/ MAY-DAY./ The Young-Men they, with Damsels play, and many Sonnets Sing,/ Their Joys Compleat, with Musick sweet, to welcome in the SPRING. The DAIRY-MAIDS Mirth and Pastime ON MAY-DAY. The Young-Men they, with Damsels play, and many Sonnets Sing, Their Joys Compleat, with Musick sweet, to welcome in the SPRING. The Dairymaids' Mirth and Pastime on May Day. The Young Men They, with Damsels Play, and Many Sonnets Sing, Their Joys Complete, with Music Sweet, to Welcome in the Spring. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 196 x 306 cropped top and right edges, torn left and bottom edges, torn and creased surface cast fleurons 1671-1702 Printed for I. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-street, without Newgate. J. Deacon Spufford and BBTI

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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 9/6/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant entertainment holidays/seasons love rurallife 9/06/07 Checker Cat Zusky Checked transcription and metadata, created XML 12/08/06 Transcriber Pavneet Aulakh Original transcription 8/26/04 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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N Ow the Season of Winter doth his power resign, I, and Flora doth enter in her Glory and prime, To adorn the fair Bowers in her gawdy Array, With her sweet fragrant Flowers, most gallant and gay. Then the Lads and the Lasses as I well may report, In their pleasures surpasses the gay Ladys at Court;
Though indeed they are Strangers to rich Jewels and Rings, In the shades they are Rangers, where the Nightingale sings. There is Simon and Sarah , Tom the Plow-man and Kate , Honest Harry and Mary , e'ry Man had his Mate: Daniel Doewell and Dolly , all together did troule, For to Dance and be Jolly, round about the May-Pole.
There the Maids was for staying all the day till dark night, Where the Piper sat playing of the Plow-man's Delight: Bonny Nelly , with Winny , I, and Maudlin and Meg , Gillian , Joney , and Jenny , they were all for that Jigg. All the Threshers then they play, and with many men more, For the honour of May-Day , whom thousands do adore; Then they lay by their Labour, I, and with them they bring Both their Pipe and their Tabor, for to welcome the Spring. Jenny counts it her Duty, with her amorous Swain, And the Damsels of Beauty, for to tend on the Train; And a fountain of blisses, which their pleasures do Crown, With a thousand sweet Kisses, till they Laugh and lye down. They without disputation, are as happy as Earls, In the sweet Recreation with their amorous Girls;
In their pleasure no treasure or cost they will spare, But will meet them, and treat them, at each Wake and Fair. Give them Ribbons and Laces, while they follow their Suit, With a thousand Embraces, ah! and Kisses to boot; E'ry Lover is toying, but with innocent Mirth, Which declare they're enjoying all the pleasures on earth. They will carefully tustle at the Harrow and Plow, Ever eating their Morsel by the sweat of their brow; Yet when Merry together, then their hearts for a while, Is as light as a Feather, they forget all their toyl. But the Day being ended, then they trip o're the Downe, E'ry Lass is befriended with a dainty Green Gown; Thus they p[lay] with their Sweeting and in Love w[il]l remain, Till the next merry Meeting, to their Labour [?]gain.
Printed for J. Deacon , at the Angel in Guiltspur-street , without Newgate . This [may be] Printed , R. P[.]