%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Cumberland Nelly. / Or, The North Countrey Lovers. / A youngman of a very brisk behaviour, / Most cunningly got into Nellys favovr, / And being he so well did please her mind, / She was to him in all things wondrous kind, / For at the length they made a match in sporting / To gang to bed, and use no further courting. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 0-1689 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/12/2008 21692

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4.25 R232965 1 The Lass that comes to bed to me The Lass of Cumberland The Lass That Comes to Bed to Me THere was a Lass in Cumberland, / a bonny Lass of high degree: Oh! to bed to me, to bed to me, / the Lass that comes to bed to me; / How blith and bonny may she be, / the Lass that comes to bed to me. [with variations in final stanza] 1st lines unclear: THere was a Lass in Cumbe[r]land, / a bonny Lass of high d[e]gree:; imprint unclear: Prin[t]ed for J. Coniers at the Black Raven in Duck Lane,. Pepys 4.25 Wing C7582B 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: 25 Cumberland Nelly. / Or, The North Countrey Lovers. / A youngman of a very brisk behaviour, / Most cunningly got into Nellys favovr, / And being he so well did please her mind, / She was to him in all things wondrous kind, / For at the length they made a match in sporting / To gang to bed, and use no further courting. Cumberland Nelly. Or, The North Countrey Lovers. A youngman of very brisk behaviour, Most cunningly got into Nellys favour, And being he so well did please her mind, She was to him in all things wondrous kind, For at the length they made a match in sporting To gang to bed, and use no further courting. Cumberland Nelly. Or, the North Country Lovers. A Young Man of Very Brisk Behavior, Most Cunningly Got into Nelly's Favor, and Being he so Well Did Please her Mind, She Was to Him in All Things Wondrous Kind, for at the Length They Made a Match in Sporting to Going to Bed, and Use No Further Courting. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 300 cropped top and right edges, set-off from opposite page visible vertical rules 0-1689 Printed for J. Coniers at the Black Raven in Duck Lane, J. Conyers BBTI

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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 appearance love sex/sexuality 05/12/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created, ESTC # recorded 7/30/2007 Checker Jessica C. Murphy ESTC ID R232965 8/29/2006 Transcriber Kris McAbee Original Transcription 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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THere was a Lass in Cumberland, a bonny Lass of high degree: There was a Lass her name was Nell, the blithest Lass that e're you see: Oh! to bed to me, to bed to me, the Lass that comes to bed to me; How blith and bonny may she be, the Lass that comes to bed to me. Her Father lov'd her passing well, her brother likewise loved Nell: But all their loves came short of mine, as far as Tweed is from the Tine. Oh! to bed to me, to bed to me, the Lass that comes to bed, etc.
She had five Dollars in a chest, and four of them she gave to me, She cut her Mothers Winding-sheet, and all to make a Sark for me. Oh! to bed to me, to bed to me, the Lass that comes to bed, etc. She pull'd out of her Cabinet, a gay Gold Ring with Christials three; She told me she was in my debt, and gave them kindly unto me. Oh! to bed to me, to bed to me, the Lass that comes to bed to me: How blith and bonny may she be, the Lass that comes to to bed me.
SHe left her father fast asleep, to come a while and sport with me, And may a time a watch would keep, least any one our loves should see: Oh! to bed to me, to bed to me, the Lass that comes to bed to me; How blith and bonny may she be, the Lass that comes to bed to me. Oh! how it did delight my soul, to see her trip it o're the plain My passion was without controul, till she was in my Arms again: Oh! to bed to me, to bed to me, etc. When I embrac'd her in my joy and said my Nelly now be kind, Although she seem'd a little coy yet for to yeild she was inclin'd: Oh! to bed to me, to bed to me, etc. She had a pretty slender hand, as soft as any Silk could be, There's ne're a Lass in Cumberland that is so blith and brisk as she: Oh! to bed to me, etc, Had I the richest Indian pearl, that e're came from beyond the Sea, I would bestow't on such a Girl, that is so loving and so free: Oh! to bed to me, etc.
At length I thought her mind to prove, least she should take my meaning wrong, I said we vext the god of Love, in staying from his Rites so long: Oh! to bed to me, etc. Then down upon the Couch we sat, where I upon her lips did stray, At length my passion was so great, that from delight I could not stay: Oh! to bed to me, etc. She made the bed both broad and wide, and with her hand she smooth'd it down, She kist me thrice and smiling said, my love I fear thou'lt sleep too soon: Oh! to bed to me, etc. Just then I leap't into my Bed, and she was not long after me, I ventur'd for her Maiden head, because she came to bed to me: Oh! to bed to me, etc: The pleasure that we there did prove, you may imagine with the rest, But since it was done all in love, wee'l let it pass for a true jest: Oh! to bed to me, to Bed to me, the Lass that came to bed to me; Kind and loving sure was she, the Lass that came to bed to me.
Printed for J. Coniers at the Black Raven in Duck Lane,