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4.151 R188627 1 a New Northern Tune Peg and the Soldier A New Northern Tune IT was a brave souldier / that long liv'd in wars, If thou wilt go over Sea / with a Souldier. [stanzas 4,5,7; with variations] Her husband came home,/ so late in the night, For she was gone over Sea,/ with a Souldier. [stanzas 1-5,7; with variations] Pepys 4.151 Wing N568[D]; Rollins (2) 2470 (March 13, 1656, ii, 36); Rollins (2) 2471 (March 1, 1675, ii, 497) 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: 151 A New Ballad of the Souldier and Peggy: A New Ballad of the Souldier and Peggy: A New Ballad of the Soldier and Peggy: The Second Part, The Second Part, The Second Part, 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 195 x 287 cropped bottom edge, holed surface, uneven inking vertical rules 1681-1684 Printed for J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger. J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, T. Passenger Blagden

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IT was a brave souldier that long liv'd in wars, He would into England, to try his affairs; A gallant young Creature inchanted his eye, It is for thy love peggy, I dye, I dye. She had a good Husband that loved her well, For Gold and for Silver none did her excell: Yet Peggy would listen unto the Souldiers cry, It is for thy love Peggy, I dye, I dye. O pretty Peggy let sorrows remove, And grant me a Kiss in token of love: O take thee a thousand, one is but a few, I'le leave my own Husband to travel with you. O pritty Peggy if thou wilt be mine, All the Gold that I get, it shall be thine:
Father and Mother thou'st never see more, If thou wilt go over Sea with a Souldier. She took the Keys from her side, to her Chest she is gone, All the Gold that she hath, with her she hath tane: She left the Babe Motherless, and the bed bare, And she is gone over Sea, with a Souldier. As Pegg and the Souldier, went over the plain, He twinkled at her, and she smiled again: He courted her bravely, as young men should do, And after said peggy, I love none but you. As peggy went up the street, so went she down, All that did meet her, ask'd where she was bound; She answer'd them quickly, she could not tell where, For she is gone over sea, with a Souldier.
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Her husband came home, so late in the night, He asked for Peggy, his joy and delight: They answer'd him quickly, they could not tell where, For she was gone over Sea, with a Souldier. He sadled his horse, and rid to the shore, Thinking to take peggy, before she got o're: He asked for peggy, but she was not there. For she was gone over Sea, with a Souldier. I pray you good Nurse, be good to my Child, And thou'st have thy money, at every months end: Thou'st never want money, Wine nor good cheer, Though Peggy be over Sea, with a Souldier. He cursed the Carpenter that made the Ship, And likewise the Plummer, for plumming so deep, He banned the wind, and the water so clear, That carried pegg over Sea, with the Souldier. She had not been over Sea, passing months three, But she would come home again, if it might be: To speak with her husband the matter to clear, Cause she had been over Sea with a Souldier.
This wanton young woman, is come home again, When all her money, and coin is gone: For she could no longer in Ireland stay, For she had no Gold, nor no money to pay. I pray you good Husband will you forgive me? And all that's amiss, amended shall be: I'le live with my Husband, and Baby so dear, And I'le never go again, with a Souldier. Come hither sweet Peggy, thou art welcome to me, So all that's a miss, amended may be, I pray God forgive thy sins, and i'le forgive thee, If thou'lt live at home, with my Baby and me. All you good Wives, that hear this my song, Live at home with your Husbands and do them no wrong, For youth it is wanton, and will have a stain, And peggy is at home, with her Husband again. And thus of my song I will make an end, Praying for Gods favour, for women and men: Desiring them all in their Country to stay, And never to wander so vainly away.
Printed for J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger.