%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The New Corant;/ Or the merry wooing of Jonney and Jenny./ Young Men and Maids if here be any,/ You'l say this ballet is worth a penny/ You shall it hear if you will stay./ You know the price, buy them away. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1674-1679 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 09/18/2007 21308

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3.293 R180903 1 Up goes aly aly Up with aley aley Up Goes Aley Aley HEre is a new fine ditty/ If you will but draw near, Then up goes aly aly/ up goes Mary & Nan/ Johnney was courting of Jenny/ and so they went merrily on. [with variations to final stanza] misnumbered 283 in original pagination Pepys 3.293 Wing ?N601 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: 293 The New Corant;/ Or the merry wooing of Jonney and Jenny./ Young Men and Maids if here be any,/ You'l say this ballet is worth a penny/ You shall it hear if you will stay./ You know the price, buy them away. The New Corant; Or the merry wooing of Jonney and Jenny. Young Men and Maids if here be any, You'l say this ballet is worth a penny You shall it hear if you will stay. You know the price, buy them away. The New Courant; Or the Merry Wooing of Jonney and Jenny. Young Men and Maids if Here Be Any, You'll Say This Ballad is Worth a Penny You Shall It Hear if You Will Stay. You Know the Price, Buy Them Away. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?205 x 270 uneven inking cast fleurons 1674-1679 Printed for F. Coles, T. Uere, I. Wright, and I. Clarke. F. Coles, T. Uere, I. Wright, I. Clarke. Blagden

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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 9/18/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant family/procreation love marriage sex/sexuality 9/18/07 Checker Liberty Stanavage checked transcription, x-balladed 8/03/06 Transcriber Eric Nebeker Original transcription 8/31/04 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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H Ere is a new fine ditty If you will but draw near, You'l say it is wondrous pretty As ever you chanc'd to hear, Then prithee be kind sweet JENNY , and do not me deny, My love it shall still continue Until the day I dye, Then up goes aly aly up goes Mary & Nan Johnney was courting of Jenny and so they went merrily on. I have a little money my Father did give to me, Then prithy come hither my Honey and so let us bath agree, Then slight me not sweet JENNY , thou dost not know my mind; My love it shall still continue Then prethee be loving and kind, Then up goes, etc.,
Besides I have a Cow which grazeth on the Plain, Sweet JENNY can'st love me now or else with grief i'm slain, 'Tis all for Love of thee that I do here remain, Then Jenny sit down by me, and kiss me once again. Then up goes aly, etc. My mother did promise me when ever she did dye, She'd give me the Pottage pot between my wife and I. My Aunt she hath a Cradle which rock't my cousin Tom Sister Mary will give me a Ladle Thus Goods come in ding dong. Then up goes aly aly up goes Mary & Nan, Jonney was courting of Jenney , and so they went merrily on.
Besides I have a yow which cost me but five shilling And Bellows I have to blow If Jenny thou art but willing and other things I have Which to me doth belong We shall live fine and brave For our Goods come in ding dong. Then up with aly aly up goes Mary and Nan Jonney was courting of Jenney and so they went merrily on. Then Jenny give me thy hand and do not me deny Ile be at thy command until the day I dye. Ile work both night & day my Jenny for to maintain then cast me not away But shew some Love again. then up, etc. The Maids answer. Your words are very rare which you propound to me But some men will speak fair and yet deceitful be There is many maids have tryd what truth is in young men And constant some do prove but tis not one in ten. then up, etc. Yet this I do confess, thou art a handsome man: But you do run to Bess & then to me agen Thus I do plainly see you waver like the wind You go to two or three then how can you prove kind then up with aly aly up goes Mary and Nan Jonney was courting of Jenney and so they went merrily on.
The Mans Answer Fower and twenty Maids as they went over the Lee And all of them were mow'd except 'twere two or three. Some had hose and shoes and some had none to wear And some were naked boarn 'tis the fashion to go in their hair. the up with aly aly, etc. Some lay at the head and some lay at the feet And some lay in the middle and they got all the sheet. Tis not the love of dross or Gold shall put me by There shall no Love be lost between my wife and I, then up with aly aly etc. Come now lets poynt a day when we shall married be Town piper he shall play and I will dance with thee, So thus we'l spend the day in merryment and joy At night we'l go to bed and try to git a boy, then up with aly aly etc . And so for to conclude I do young men advise chuse not a maid to rude But one of a handsome size, And so come let us kiss and make no more delay this Ballets a penny a peice So buy them all away then up with aly aly then up with Mary and Nan , Now Johnney doth lye with Jenney and so the World began.
With Allowance. Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere. J. Wright. and J. Clark.