%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Country-mans care in choosing a Wife:/ OR, A young Batchelor hard to be pleased./ A wife he'l have, yet will be sure to chuse/ One that he loves, the rest he doth refuse;/ And many sorts of Maids, he by hath past,/ Being all unfit for him; until at last/ Upon a Farmers daughter he doth pitch,/ That's a good Huswife, vertuous, neat, and Rich: University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1664-1696 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 08/20/2007 21754

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4.90 R227039 1 I'le have one I love, etc., Or, The Yellow-hair'd Laddy The Yellow-Haired Lady I'll Have One I Love; The Yellow-Haired Lady I Am a brisk Youngster,/ and fain would be Wed, Then i'le have one I love,/ though I live the less while. [with variations] Pepys 4.90 Wing ?C6546 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: 90 The Country-mans care in choosing a Wife:/ OR, A young Batchelor hard to be pleased./ A wife he'l have, yet will be sure to chuse/ One that he loves, the rest he doth refuse;/ And many sorts of Maids, he by hath past,/ Being all unfit for him; until at last/ Upon a Farmers daughter he doth pitch,/ That's a good Huswife, vertuous, neat, and Rich: The Country-mans care in choosing a Wife: OR, A young Batchelor hard to be pleased. A wife he'l have, yet will be sure to chuse One that he loves, the rest he doth refuse; And many sorts of Maids, he by hath past, Being all unfit for him; until at last Upon a Farmers daughter he doth pitch, That's a good Huswife, vertuous, neat, and Rich: The Country Man's Care in Choosing a Wife: Or, a Young Bachelor Hard to be Pleased. A Wife He'll Have, yet Will be Sure to Choose One that He Loves, the Rest He Does Refuse; And Many Sorts of Maids, He by Has Passed, Being All Unfit for Him; Until at Last upon a Farmer's Daughter He Does Decide, that's a Good Housewife, Virtuous, Neat, and Rich: 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 186 x 260 cropped top and right edges, torn and creased surface, uneven inking cast fleurons 1664-1696 Printed for P. Brooksby, in West-smithfield. P. Brooksby 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 8/20/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Marriage economics/trade marriage rurallife 8/20/07 Checker Rachel Mann Transcription checked, Metadata updated, XML created; ESTC # found in bl.uk 9/24/06 Transcriber Jessica Murphy Original Transcription 9/14/2004 Bibliographer Liberty Stanavage Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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I Am a brisk Youngster, and fain would be Wed, And have a good Wife, for to please me in Bed: But I fear that in chusing, she should me beguile: Then i'le have one I love, though I live the less while. I'le not have a Girl that is bred at the Court, For fear she be given to wanton and sport: On every Gallant she's apt for to smile, Then i'le have, etc.
A Citizens Daughter I dare not to take, The steps of her Mother she'l never forsake: She'l make me look out, you may see them a mile, Then i'le have, etc. No maker of Buttons, nor yet of Bone-lace, Shall e're be my Love, though I dye on the place: Although they do mince it, and simper and smile; Yet i'le have one I love, though I live the less while.
MY Hostesses Daughter she must be deny'd, Because that I fear she hath often been try'd: Be sure she would fit me, at Hedge, or at Stile, But i'le have one I love, though I live the less while. She that hath much Suitors, and's loath to be won; And many a Young-man she perhaps hath undone: It is not her cunning that shall me beguile, For i'le have, etc. A Wench that's imperious, and strives for to rule; If that I should take her, you'd count me a Fool: She wou'd make my Noddle as sore as a Bite, But i'le have, etc. And she that is proud, and hath nought to begin, I would not for such a one, give a Sleeves Pin: As soon as a better, my Bed she'l defile, Then i'le have, etc.
I'le not have a Cook-Maid, for she is too black, And when she doth sweat, her Smock sticks to her Back: She'l scold and she'l brawl you may hear her a mile: But i'le have, etc. The Lass that is fair, to be sure she is proud, And she that is little, you know she is loud, Against a good Husband, they're apt to revile, Then i'le have, etc. But now for to tell you the depth of my mind, A Rich Farmers Daughter, I have in the Wind, For her I will Ride, if it be forty mile, And i'le have, etc. 'Tis she is my Betty my Dear and delight, Who hath my affections, by day and by night: To her I will go, and i'le make her to smile, For i'le have my own Love, though I live the less while.
Printed for P. Brooksby, in West-smithfield.