%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The North Country lovers: / Or: The plain Downright wooeing between John and Joan. / A Pleasant new Song as it was sung before the Court at Windsor. / Johney Addresses to his Joan most dear / And on her Piggsneys casteth many a lear, / Telling her how he wealth and love had got / The which so far transports the subtel slut, / That unto Venus sport she drew him in / And in her mortrice fastened straight his pin D'Urfey, Thomas University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 0 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/12/2008 21691

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4.24 R188694 1 Quoth Iohn to Ioan Quoth John to Joan Quoth John to Joan QUoth John to Joan what wilt thou have me, / I prithee now do and i'le marry with thee, Say my Joan, say my Joan will not this do, / I connot I connot come every day to woe. [with variations] author noted by Simpson as the author from whose song this ballad is expanded; text at bottom of broadsheet is missing from facsimile, the additional text in the transcription, at the end of each column, is from the fuller text available in the facsimile catalogue, provided by Weinstein in the catalogue addendum, p. 431. Pepys 4.24 Wing N1290[a]B; Rollins (2) ?1299 (Jan. 18, 1592, II, 602, Henry Kirkham). 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: 24 The North Country lovers: / Or: The plain Downright wooeing between John and Joan. / A Pleasant new Song as it was sung before the Court at Windsor. / Johney Addresses to his Joan most dear / And on her Piggsneys casteth many a lear, / Telling her how he wealth and love had got / The which so far transports the subtel slut, / That unto Venus sport she drew him in / And in her mortrice fastened straight his pin The North Country lovers: Or: The plain Downright wooeing between John and Joan. A Pleasant new Song as it was sung before the Court at Windsor. Johney Addresses to his Joan most dear And on her Piggsneys casteth many a lear, Telling her how he wealth and love had got The which so far transports the subtel slut, That unto Venus sport she drew him inAnd in her mortrice fastened straight his pin The North Country Lovers: Or: The Plain Downright Wooing Between John and Joan. A Pleasant New Song as it Was Sung Before the Court at Windsor. Johny Addresses to His Joan Most Dear and on Her Piggsneys Cast Many a Leer, Telling her How he Wealth and Love had Got the which so Far Transports the Subtle Slut, that unto Venus's Sport she Drew Him in and in Her Mortrice Fastened Straight His Pin D'Urfey, Thomas 1/2 sheet oblong folio, folded, 220 x 268 cropped top and bottom edges, uneven inking cast fleurons 0 [Imprint cropped]

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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 5/12/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant and Unfortunate family/procreation marriage sex/sexuality 05/12/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created 7/30/2007 Checker Jessica C. Murphy Original Transcription (Ballad Checked) 8/28/2006 Transcriber Kris McAbee Original Transcription, note in file: This ballad is cropped at the bottom of the facsimile; the additional text here, at the end of each column, is from the fuller text available in the facsimile catalogue, provided by Weinstein in the catalogue addendum, p. 431. 2006 Bibliographer Jessica C. Murphy Bibliographic SQL Database Record Updated/Completed 8/25/2004 Bibliographer Liberty Stanavage Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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In the Nook of a Chimney instead of a Bag. Say my Joan, say my Joan will not this do, I connot I connot come every every day to woe. To marry I would have thy consent But I faith I connot complement, I connot court but hey gee who [Such as I lay at Cart or Plow, Say my Joan, say my Joan what wilt thou do I connot nounds I connot come every day to woe. Joan. What i'st my John that thou wouldst ha A milkling I must and cannot stay, Ile hear mine Kine begin to mooe, And ise must dable in the dew. Then say me John say me John what wouldst thou do]
Come shall we gang to yonder hedge To see if Margery be fledge, Or ise tomorrow gang to kirk And i'le proved for thee a Sirk, Say my John say my John what wouldst thou do Since you connot, etc. John. Udswbs i[']se like it wondrous well But think'st thou that the hedge wont tell For if it should by these new shoone Ise in revenge would cut it down, Then say my Joan say my Joan wilt thou do I connot I connot, etc. Joan. Ise under yond broad Oak will lye Upon mine back to see the Skye, But first you shall sear on my paile That you to morrow will not fail. Say my John say my John what wilt thou do Since you connot, etc. John. Now we are come unto the place Let me my pretty Pig embrace, To morrow for the marriage day And then the Priest will bid us play. Say my Joan say my Joan shall I do I connot, etc Joan. But after this now we must part Which grieves poor Joan unto the heart, But till tomorrow we divide And then Ise shall be Johney's bride Say my John say my John when must we do Since you connot , etc. [ John. I marry that thou and have all That thy Johney his own can call Farwell then till tomorrow day And then wee'l freely sport and play Say my Joan say my Joan is not this true Seeing I connot I connot come ever every day to woe]