%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Ingenious Braggadocia; / Who thinks to Obliege by Boasting of his Large Possessions, yet was very Unwilling to lose / much time in Wooing; but being Married, was in a Weeks time acquainted with an aching / Forehead. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1678-1680 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/09/2008 21804

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4.140 R216440 1 Cook Laurel Cook Lorrel Cook Laurel I Have a Mare her Colour is White, / Sweet if thou love me tell me now; Sweet if thou love me tell me now; [line 2 of each stanza]; And I cannot come every day to Wooe. / With hey my Nanny, with ho my Nanny. / with hey my Nanny, my Nanny, Nanny; / The more I do look, the more I love thee, / thou art kinder than ever thou used to be. [end of each stanza] Pepys 4.140 Wing I187 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: 140 The Ingenious Braggadocia; / Who thinks to Obliege by Boasting of his Large Possessions, yet was very Unwilling to lose / much time in Wooing; but being Married, was in a Weeks time acquainted with an aching / Forehead. The Ingenious Braggadocia; Who thinks to Obliege by Boasting of his Large Possessions, yet was very Unwilling to lose much time in Wooing; but being Married, was in a Weeks time acquainted with an aching Forehead. The Ingenious Braggadocia; Who Thinks to Oblige by Boasting of His Large Possessions, yet Was Very Unwilling to Lose Much Time in Wooing; But Being Married, Was in a Week's Time Acquainted with an Aching Forehead. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 293 cropped bottom edge 1678-1680 Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke, / W. Thackeray, & T. Passenger. F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, T. Passenger. 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 5/9/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Marriage infidelity love marriage sex/sexuality 05/09/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created, ESTC # found in bl.uk 07/02/07 Checker Jessica C. Murphy Ballad checked 05/2007 Transcriber Jessica C. Murphy Original transcription 2006 Bibliographer Jessica C. Murphy Bibliographic SQL Database Record Updated/completed 10/25/2004 Bibliographer Liberty Stanavage Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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I Have a Mare her Colour is White, Sweet if thou love me tell me now; To Ride on her Belly I take Delight, And I cannot come every day to Wooe. With hey my Nanny, with ho my Nanny, with hey my Nanny, my Nanny, Nanny; The more I do look, the more I love thee, thou art kinder then ever thou used to be. I have a Key but it wants a Lock, Sweet if thou love me tell me now; I have that will please wert under thy Smock, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, etc.
I would not Wed when I was Young, Sweet if thou love me tell me now; But now I am Old I want a good thing, And I cannot come every day to Wooe. With hey my Nanny, etc. I have a House, and I have a Yard, Sweet if thou love me tell me now; But by the right owner I'm from it debar'd, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, with ho my Nanny, with hey my Nanny, my Nanny, Nanny; The more I do look, the more I love thee, thou art kinder then ever thou used to be.
I have a Pot that wants a Ladle, Sweet if thou love, etc. Come furnish me then if that thou art able, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, etc. We'l leave off these Cups and fill up our Glasses, Sweet if thou love me tell me now, We'l leave off of old widdows, and court young lasses And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, etc. It is not a week since I took me a Bride, Sweet if thou love me, etc. But I fear there's a Cuckold that lies by her side, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, etc. Once I had Silver, and once I had Gold, Sweet if thou love, etc. And once I had Land, but I could not it hold, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, etc. And now I have spent and wasted my store, Sweet if thou love me tell me now; I have Horns on my head which I ne'r had before, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, etc. And to be a Cuckold if it be my Lot, Sweet if thou love me tell me now; It is an old Trade that will ne'r be forgot, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, etc. In the City and Country some brethren I have, Sweet if thou love me tell me now; Whose wives do maintain them both gallant & brave, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, with ho my Nanny, with hey my Nanny, my Nanny, Nanny; The more I do look the more I love thee, thou art kinder then ever thou used to be.
Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, & T. Passenger.