%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Young-Mans Labour lost:/ He with a fair Maid was in love,/ But she to him unkind did prove:/ As by this Ditty you shall hear,/ If Young men they will but draw near;/ And Maidens too it doth advise,/ To learn henceforth for to be wise. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1681-1684 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 03/22/2008 21344

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3.329 R187787 1 The Jeering Young-Man Under the Greenwood Tree The Jeering Young Man AS I past by a Green-Wood side,/ A pritty Couple I espy'd, Pepys 3.329 Wing Y121A 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: 329 The Young-Mans Labour lost:/ He with a fair Maid was in love,/ But she to him unkind did prove:/ As by this Ditty you shall hear,/ If Young men they will but draw near;/ And Maidens too it doth advise,/ To learn henceforth for to be wise. The Young-Mans Labour lost: He with a fair Maid was in love, But shee to him unkind did prove: As by this Ditty you shall hear, If Young men they will but draw near; And Maidens too it doth advise, To learn henceforth for to be wise. The Young Man's Labor Lost: He With a Fair Maid Was in Love, but She to Him Unkind Did Prove: As By this Ditty You Shall Hear, if Young Men They Will but Draw Near; And Maidens Too it Does Advise, to Learn Henceforth for to Be Wise. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 210 x 315 vertical rules 1681-1684 Printed for I. Wright, I. Clarke, W. Thackeray. and T. Passinger. J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, T. Passinger 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 3/22/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Unfortunate 3/22/08 Checker Kris McAbee Transcription corrected 9/13/07 Checker Rachel Mann Transcription checked, metadata updated, XML created 8/14/06 Transcriber Eric Nebeker Original transcription 8/31/04 Bibliographer Simone Chess Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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A S I past by a Green-Wood side, A pritty Couple I espy'd, A Young-man and a dainty Lass, But mark what after came to pass: He thought her humours for to fit, But yet she was too ripe a wit; She would not yield to his desire, As by this Story you shall hear. To Complement he did begin, The Maids affection for to win, With speeches fair he did intreat, And often said his heart would break;
Quoth he, I am my Fathers Heir, And have Threescore Pound a Year, I will maintain you gallantly, If thou wilt yield my Bride to be. Therefore I pray you be not coy, For thou shalt be my only joy; If thou deny'st thou wilt break my heart, For did'st thou know the deadly smart Which I sustain both day and night For thee which art my hearts delight; Therefore my dearest pitty me, Or I shall dye for love of thee.
The M aid. G Ood Sir, I thank you for your love, Of your discourse I don't approve: For many now a days I see, Do bring themselves to poverty, By marrying whilst they are so young, But i'le not do my self-such wrong: Therefore forbear, thy suits in vain, I will not marry I tell thee plain. You say you have threescore pound a year What if thou hast I do not care, I knew those that had thre times more, And spent it all upon a Whore: And so may thou for what I know, For all you make so fair a show: Then be content and do not prate, For fear that I should break thy pate. Young-man. The young-man standing in amaze, And on the maid did strangly gaze: At last he made her this reply, And unto her these words did say: What ails thee for to be so cross, In troth I like thee worse and worse, Of all the Maids that e're I see, I never heard the like of thee. Sweet-heart believe me or else chuse, I'de have thee know I am none of those, That spend my means upon a Whore, Or run upon the Alewifes score: No I will better be adisv'd, It's good to be merry and wise: For friends I see are very scant, If that a man do come to want. Maid. My friend, quoth she, what have you said Is not half true I am afraid: I cannot think your so precise, One may see plainly by your eyes: Your hair is of the colour right, To couzen Maids is your delight: But thou shalt ner'e prove false to me. Or I will ne're prove true to thee. Therefore forbear my company, And henceforth come not me nigh, For I am not resolv'd to wed, Nor yet to loose my Maiden-head:
A single life is void of care, For married wifes must pinch and spare Their charge for to maintain I see. Therefore a single Life for me. Man. Seeing thou provest so unkind, I am resolv'd to change my mind; A hundred pound I have in store, And threescore pound a year and more: If I can find an honest Girl, I'le prize her more then Gold or Pearl And she shall live a Ladies life, After she's made my wedded wife. And so farewel thou scornful dame, In time thou mayst repent the same, That thou to me didst prove untrue, In time thou mayst have cause to rue: Before that I will marry thee, I will be hanged upon a Tree: Rather I will give my wealth and store, To one that begs from door to door. M aid. Farewel, begone, thou sawcy Jack , With thy wealth and mony prithee pack, My portion is an hundred pound, In Silver and good Gold so round: Besides my Mother she doth cry, I shall have all when she doth dye: Then what need I care for thy wealth, Even as thou said'st go hang thy self. For I am resolved as I begun, To end and so conclude my Song, A single life I hold it best And theron still my mind is prest, For Marriage brings sorrow and care, So in it I'le not fare my share: Since Young men are so fickle grown, I am resolv'd to hold my own. So Maids of you i'le take my leave, Let no false young-man you deceive: For many they are hard to trust, Scarce one in twenty proveth just: I for my own part will advise, All Maids henceforth for to be wise: And have a care who you doe wed, For fear you bring a Knave to bed.
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