%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE/ Country Damosels Lamentation/ For her LOVE./ Or, The Young-mans Ingratitude; together with the Old Mans Envy whom/ she slighted. Owens, Gabriel 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 09/12/2007 21356

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3.341 R188717 1 The Country Farmer King James's Jig; The Country Farmer The Country Farmer THere was a young Damsel both bonny and brave,/ And she was full willing an Husband to have; Pepys 3.341 Wing O833[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: 341 THE/ Country Damosels Lamentation/ For her LOVE./ Or, The Young-mans Ingratitude; together with the Old Mans Envy whom/ she slighted. THE Country Damosels Lamentation For her LOVE. Or, The Young-mans Ingratitude; together with the Old Mans Envy whom she slighted. The Country Damosel's Lamentation for Her Love. Or, the Young Man's Ingratitude; Together With the Old Man's Envy Whom She Slighted. Owens, Gabriel 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 315 1671-1702 Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guilt-spur-Street. J. Deacon Spufford and BBTI

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T Here was a young Damsel both bonny and brave, And she was full willing an Husband to have; She did her endeavour as much as she might, To gain whom she loved, her joy and Delight; For he was the Man whom her joys could restore, And therefore she gave him a Guinney and more, That he might go fetch out a License with speed, For she of a Husband did stand in great need. My Dearest, I now am unwilling to stay, Then why should we make any longer delay, True love is a Fire which burns in my breast, Without I never can take any rest; Then pitty a Maiden who is in dispair, A nd let me not languish in sorrow and care; This Guinney I give thee, my Dearest said she, That thou may'st be willing to Marry with me.
The Bells they shall Ring, and the Pipers shall play A nd we'll in much merriment spend the whole day; A nd when the long Day we have brought to an end, The Night in embraces we freely will spend; Her Guinney he took, and away then he went, She little mistrusting his subtile intent; But thought he was gone to provide what he should, But he never did it, and thus she was fool'd. But when at the length she had found him unkind, She was in a passion, tormented in mind, She knew by his staying that all was not right, Next day she did ramble from morning till night To find out her love, whom her humours had crost, But yet at the length all her labour was lost, Said she, never Maiden did meet with such wrong, My Lover is fled, and my Guinney is gone.
N Ow while she in sorrow lamenting did lye, There was an old Fellow that lived hard by, Who fain would be courting this beautiful Maid, Then cock'd up his Hat, Sir, and to her he said, If thou wilt be willing to Marry with me, Instead of one Guinney, my Love shall have three; In gallant apparel my Love shall appear, Thou shalt be my Darling, my Duck and my Dear. For though I am old, I am able, my Dear, To please my sweet Jenny , my Love do not fear; And therefore, my Jewel, if thou'lt be my Bride, Thou shalt have a many fine Presents beside; As fine as a Lady I will thee adorn, And make thee as happy as e're thou wert born; Although I am aged, yet do not me scorn, And make me, when marry'd, drink out of the Horn. Quoth Jenny , this promise I never will make, For fear, after Marriage, the same I should brake; If it be your fortune a Cuckold to be, Pray how can I hinder, or help it, said she? Who am a young lass both jolly and gay, A nd you an old Man that is feeble and gray; Therefore I may happen to wander astray, If you cannot please me, sure some-body may. The old Man he would not give way to this thing, Therefore from this Damsel away he did fling; She went to another that lived hard by, Come marry me quickly, this Maiden did cry; Be gone, said the Man, and keep not such a life, I never intend for to make thee my Wife; A nd therefore your heart you may set it at ease, The Money I owe you, I'll pay when I please. From one to another she posted about, To get her a Husband, but still goes without; With sorrow her heart it is ready to break, She knows not what course in the world she shall take The old Man he slights her as well as the rest, Therefore in much trouble and grief she's opprest; She often bewailing, and thus she does cry, Was ever poor Maiden so served as I.
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By Gabriel Owens. Printed for J. Deacon, at Angel in Guilt-spur-street.