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3.255 R174232 1 Oh Mother! Roger O Mother! Roger O Mother! Roger THere is a Lass of London City/ I must needs go kiss and woe Sweet Cupid let her be my Wife/ And I'le love her as my Life. [with variations] Pepys 3.255 Wing C5953[B] 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: 255 The Contention, between a/ Countryman & a Citizen,/ For a beauteous London Lass, who at length is married/ to the Country Man. The Contention, between a Countryman & a Citizen, For a beauteous London Lass, who at length is married to the Country Man. The Contention, Between a Countryman & a Citizen, For a Beauteous London Lass, Who at Length Is Married to the Country Man. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?210 x 328 cropped left and bottom edges, uneven inking vertcial rule and cast fleurons 1672-1696 Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden Ball in Pye-Corner. P. Brooksby 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 4/3/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant London love marriage rurallife sex/sexuality vulgarities/crasshumor 04/03/2008 Checker Patrick Ludolph metadata added, xml created 02/20/2008 Checker Patrick Ludolph transcription checked 10/29/2007 Checker Catherine Zusky transcription checked 07/24/2006 Transcriber Eric Nebeker original transcription 08/30/2004 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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Country Man. THere is a Lass of London City I must needs go and kiss and woe She is bonny, brisk and Witty, And I think won't say me No few words may I hope suffice, For she is as kind, as Wise, fair and lovely like the Skies Brighter then young Maudlins Eyes Sweet Cupid let her be my Wife And I'le love her as my Life. Citizen. Go prethee Ploughman, mind thy Ploughing, What hast thou to do with Love? Scratch thy Head, and leave of Bowing, all thy cringing will not move, Rough, and Rude as Winds thou art, prethee go and mind thy Cart From fair London Town depart, I must win this Virgins Heart. 'Tis I must have her for my Wife For She Loves a London Life.
Country-man. Tho' you do look more gay & gaudy I have Gold, and Guineys too And though I can't talk so Baudy I can kiss as well as you, Prethee mind the Park and Plays, Till thy little stock decays Pass away thy wanton Days, In the London modish ways, While I obtain her for my Wife, For she hates a London Life. Citizen. Come Prithee give thy Wooing over Mark! the bristles of thy Beard, Downie Cheeks become a Lover, Yours wou'd make a Maid afraid, But if you must have your fill, Kiss young Maudlin at the Mill, Kiss her till she does lye still And does yield to what you will: For I must have [?]his for [th?] my Wife, She does like a London Life.
Country-man. Altho' you were fine Cloath & Beaver and I but Poor Felt and Frieze, Leather breeches will not leave her not for all beneath the Skies. Nor for any Fop in Town, Not for any Bulleys Frown. not for Miss in Gaudy-Gown. Not for Girl of High Renown. For I will have her for my Wife, And will Love her as my Life. Citizen. Go find thee out some Farmers Daughter, she may stoop unto thy Lure, Though at this thy mouth does Water. She will ne'r love thee i'me sure, Gathor Poppies in thy Corn go and wind some Cuckolds Horn, Here thou wilt be quite forlorn: she was for thy Betters born. 'Tis I must have her for my Wife. For she loves a London Life. Country-man. I fear your Fortune will miscarry You build Castles in the Air, She with me resolves to marry Though indeed you look more Fair, While you Ramble in the Streets. think of Love, & Lovers Feats.
For I will enjoy those sweets and take Measure of her Sheets, For I must have her for my Wife, And will love her all my Life. Citizen. Methinks some Tawny, brown fac'd Creatur[e] you might in some Village prove, What is Form, or Face, or Feature, To a Clown that knows not Love, All my hopes are now allaid, Fortune, Fortune. (Oh that Jade) That blind slut I must upbraid. gives a Clown a Beauteous Maid, Who will enjoy her for his Wife, Though she hate a Country Life. Country Man. You are mistaken (my young Lover,) she with me with me will be more b[l]est, Who would a Fair Maid give over? till he was with her possest Now the Marriage knot is Tied now I have her by my side, While (my Don) you are denied and must now go seek a Bride. For I now have her for my Wife, And will Love her all my Life.
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Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden Ball in Pye-Corner.