%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Valiant Trooper and pritty Peggy:/ Being a pretty new Ditty, of a gallant brave Trooper, and Peggy so pritty./ He oft did complain of her unconstancy,/ Yet afterward she proved his loving Wife to be. Robins, T. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1678-1688 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/08/2008 21706

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4.40 R187363 1 though I live not where I Love. I live not where I Love Though I Live Not Where I Love HEard you not of a valiant Trooper,/ that had his pockets well lin'd with gold But unconstant woman, true to no man,/ is gone and left me her bird alone. [with variations] If Gold thou want I have great plenty,/ demand of me and thou shalt have, Pepys 4.40 Wing R92A 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: 40 The Valiant Trooper and pritty Peggy:/ Being a pretty new Ditty, of a gallant brave Trooper, and Peggy so pritty./ He oft did complain of her unconstancy,/ Yet afterward she proved his loving Wife to be. The Valiant Trooper and pritty Peggy: Being a pretty new Ditty, of a gallant brave Trooper, and Peggy so pritty. He oft did complain of her unconstancy, Yet afterward she proved his loving Wife to be. The Valiant Trooper and Pretty Peggy: Being a Pretty New Ditty, of a Gallant Brave Trooper, and Peggy So Pretty. He Oft Did Complain of Her Unconstancy, Yet Afterward She Proved His Loving Wife to Be. The second Part, To the same Tune,/ Being pretty Peggs answer to her only one,/ And she vows never to leave her Bird alone. The second Part, To the same Tune, Being pretty Peggs answer to her only one, And she vows never to leave her Bird alone. The Second Part, to the same Tune, Being Pretty Pegg's Answer to Her Only One, and She Vows Never to Leave Her Bird Alone. Robins, T. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?200 x 315 cropped right edge, uneven inking 1678-1688 London, Printed for W. Thackeray, T. Passenger, and W. Whitwood. W. Thackeray, T. Passenger, W. Whitwood PBA

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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 4/8/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant and Unfortunate love marriage 04/08/2008 Checker Patrick Ludolph checked transcription, metadata added, xml created 08/13/2007 Checker Rachel Mann checked transcription 08/31/2006 Transcriber Kris McAbee original transcription 08/27/2004 Bibliographer Liberty Stanavage Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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HEard you not of a valiant Trooper, that had his pockets well lin'd with gold He was in love with a gallant Lady, as I to you shall hear unfold; With a kind salute and fierce dispute he thought to make her his only one, But unconstant woman, true to no man, is gone and left me her bird alone, O pretty Pegg dost thou remember, since thou and I together pass, And what I gave thee for a token, thou didst kindly take it as it was; thou didst kindly take it, and not forsake it, and said it was thy only one: But unconstant woman true to no man, is gon and left me here alone.
I tell thee Pegg I will remember, the vow and promise thou madest to me, When thou and I were in my chamber, thou much delighted in my company; Why wilt thou change and from me range, thou knowest I am thy only one. Unconstant woman true to no man, why wilt thou leave me thy bird alone? O do not think I take it kindly that thou shouldst leave me in disdain, Stealing away from me thus finely, and leave me in tormenting pain; Yield me reilef, or else with grief my heart will burst my only one. O unconstant woman true to no man, why wilt thou leave me thy bird alone.
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If Gold thou want I have great plenty, demand of me and thou shalt have, Or any thing thou thinkest dainty, what heart can think or tongue can crave, With heart and hand do but command, and i'le yield to thee my only one, O unconstant woman true to no man why wilt thou leave me thy bird alone? My pretty Pegg speak unto me, return to me with chearful voice; With coy disdain seek not to kill me, seeing of thee I have made my choice: With a kind reply do not deny to say thou art my only one. O unconstant woman true to no man why wilt thou leave me thy bird alone? Pegs Answer. MY only joy be thou contented, and do not seem on me to frown, What I have done is not repented my only dear of high Renown; I will not deny thee, for all I try thee; it grieves my heart thou shouldst make mone Come take thy pleasure, at thy leasure my little pretty bird alone. The promise that I made unto thee, I scorn a word for to deny, And I vow my heart is true unto thee, and all other men I doe defie; Its not the Gold that thou hast told shall win my love thou prety one; I will not deny thy company, my little pretty bird alone.
Thou dost complain that I did leave thee, and said it did thee sore torment, But what I did was for to try thee, and now I hope to give content; Both night and day I will thee obey, and vow to be thy only one, A constanter woman never had no man, then I will be to my bird alone. Therefore sweet Willy be contented, despair not in thy love at all, Though I thy company have neglected, I now am willing at a call: If thou wilt me marry, then i'le not tarry, for I vow I am thy only one; A constanter woman never had no man than I will be to my bird alone. My pretty Pegg then thou art welcome, I am the man that before I was, Though I thy company had but seldome yet now I hope it is come to pass: I shall thee enjoy without annoy, in marriage bed my only one; I will constant prove, my turtle dove, to thee my pretty bird alone. You pretty Maidens in Town or City that Cupid doth invite to love, Take pattern by this new made ditty, and to your sweet-hearts constant prove; Be true and Loyal without denyal, and truely love your only one; A constant woman will prove false to no man nor leave her pretty bird alone.
T.R.
London, Printed for W. Thackeray, T. Passenger, and W. Whitwood.