%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Hey ho, for a Husband. / Or, the willing Maids wants made known. / Full Fifteen years she hath remaind a Maid, / Which makes her grieve, that she so long hath staid, / To any trade she well can turn her hand, / As by her speeches you may understand/ And to all sorts of humours can submit / Being active, brisk, and of a nimble wit. 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 05/19/2008 21676

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4.9 R188220 2 Ile Warrant thee boy she's right Drive the Cold Winter Away I'll Warrant Thee Boy She's Right Or, a little o'th tone with 'tother Or, a Little of the One With the Other YOu maidens that are fair and young / Come listen unto my song' For fifteen years of age am I / And have never a Suitor yet. [with variation in final stanza] Pepys 4.9 Wing H1659[A]; Rollins (2) ?1114 (April 4, 1657, ii, 122, Fran. Grove) 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. 4: 9 Hey ho, for a Husband. / Or, the willing Maids wants made known. / Full Fifteen years she hath remaind a Maid, / Which makes her grieve, that she so long hath staid, / To any trade she well can turn her hand, / As by her speeches you may understand/ And to all sorts of humours can submit / Being active, brisk, and of a nimble wit. Hey ho, for a Husband. Or, the willing Maids wants made known. Full Fifteen years she hath remaind a Maid, Which makes her grieve, that she so long hath staid, To any trade she well can turn her hand, As by her speeches you may understand And to all sorts of humours can submit Being active, brisk, and of a nimble wit. Hey Ho, for a Husband. Or, the Willing Maid's Wants Made Known. Full Fifteen years she Has Remained a Maid, which Makes Her Grieve, That She so Long Has Stayed, to any Trade She Well Can Turn Her Hand, as by Her Speeches You May Understand and to all Sorts of Humors Can Submit Being Active, Brisk, and of a Nimble Wit. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 190 x 273 vertical rules 1674-1679 Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. larrk. F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. larrk. 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 5/19/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant and Unfortunate economics/trade marriage sex/sexuality 05/19/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created 7/19/2007 Checker Jessica C. Murphy Ballad checked 8/22/2006 Transcriber Kris McAbee Original transcription 2006 Bibliographer Jessica C. Murphy Bibliographic SQL Database Record Updated/Completed 8/24/2004 Bibliographer Liberty Stanavage Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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YOu maidens that are fair and young Come listen unto my song' Here in these Lines are plainly shown How I have suffer'd much wrong, Cause young-men they be not loving to me Which makes me beside my wit, For fifteen years of age am I And have never a Suitor yet.
Tis nown I am a buksome Lass As any lives in the Shire, If any young man will me imbrace For to heighten his desire, I will love him still He shall have his [fi]ll Of joyes which for Lovers are fit, For fifteen years of age am I And have never a Suitor yet.
What if I should a Barber wed That can his Razor handle, Whilst he doth Trim, i'le wait on him, With Bason and with Candle, both day and night with rare delight I can his humours fit For fifteen years of age am I And have never a Suitor yet. If that a Weaver I should have A Loom I can provide him And if his Shuttle it be good Ile often stay beside him, if that he can work like a man To him I will submit, For fifteen years of age am I etc. If I should be a Taylors wife I can him plainly show How that he shall go thorough stitch And make no more adoe, to sew and patch none can me match I have so ripe a wit, Full fifteen etc. If I should be a Millers Bride That wants a water-mill, Ile work enough for him provide That he may grinde his fill, I still will strive always to thrive, And good store of Custome get For fifteen, etc. If I should have a Shoemaker For him I can spin thread And be his loving partaker At board, and eke at bed if that he call for Last or Awl His humor I will hit For fifteen years, etc.
If that I be a Plow-man's wife Good Land I have at will If that he be a husband good And can it bravely till, ile help him sow and eke to mow A great increase to get For fifteen years of age am I Suppose a Black-smith I should have That Lusty is and strong Upon his Anvil he may beat And hammer it along, after his heat ile him intreat To a refreshing bit For fifteen years, etc. If that a Baker I should have My Husband for to be Ile undertake to learn his Trade And work as well as he, his Oven brave ile ready have That he his Batch may set For fifteen years, etc. If I should have an Innkeeper We'l have a handsome signe, That may draw Custome to the house To sell our Beer and wine, hard shift ilea mke but money ile take Though forth my Roomes I let For fifteen years, etc. And thus you see I willing am To yield to any Trade, Then why are young-men so unkind To let me live a maid, there is but few will be so true Your humors for to fit, Though I am fifteen years of age And have never a Suitor yet.
Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. larrk.