%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Seamans Frolick: / OR, / A Cooler for the Captain. / You Seamen bold that plow the Ocean Main / To read this Song do not at all disdain: / But rather learn thereby how to avoid, / The whores increase which many hath destroy'd. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1680-1682 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/01/2008 21875

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4.213 R233759 1 Come no more there, &c. Come No More There, etc. CAptain Robert is gone to Sea / and I lov'd him well, and I lov'd him well, and I lov'd him well, and I lov'd him well, [line 2 of each stanza; with variations in final stanza] ther's them can sing and say, [line 4 of each stanza] And shall we never, never, while we live / come no more there, / We'l come no more there brave boys / we'l come no more there: / And we shall never, never, while we live / come no more there. [line 7 of each stanza; with variation in final stanza] imprint unclear: [Printed for] M[.] Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger. Pepys 4.213 Wing S2188B 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: 213 The Seamans Frolick: / OR, / A Cooler for the Captain. / You Seamen bold that plow the Ocean Main / To read this Song do not at all disdain: / But rather learn thereby how to avoid, / The whores increase which many hath destroy'd. The Seamans Frolick: OR, A Cooler for the Captain. You Seamen bold that plow the Ocean Main To read this Song do not at all disdain: But rather learn thereby how to avoid, The whores increase which many hath destroy'd. The Seaman's Frolic: Or, a Cooler for the Captain. You Seamen Bold That Plow the Ocean Main to Read This Song Do Not at All Disdain: But Rather Learn Thereby How to Avoid, the Whore's Increase Which Many Hath Destroyed. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?210 x 304 cropped bottom edge, torn left edge, uneven inking 1680-1682 [Printed for] M. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger. M. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, T. Passinger 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 5/1/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Sea advice maritime sex/sexuality vulgarities/crasshumor 05/01/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created, ESTC # R233759 found in bl.uk 07/03/07 Checker Rachel Mann Ballad checked 2007 Transcriber Cat Zusky Original transcription 8/31/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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CAptain Robert is gone to Sea and I lov[']d him well, and I lov'd him well, With all his merry, merry, company ther's them can sing and say, Captain Robert is gone to Sea The girls for his return doth pray: And shall we never, never, while we live come no more there, We'l come no more there brave boys we'l come no more there: And we shall never, never, while we live come no more there. Our Captain is a Jovial blade and I lov'd him well, etc. And well he loves a prity Maid ther's them, etc.
Our Captain is a Jovial blade And many a Gun hath under laid, And shall etc. I wish I was on the Starboard side and I lov'd him, etc. Withal my merry men in their pride ther's them, etc. I wish I were on the Starboard side With Cable an Anchor for to ride, And shall, etc. To the top, to the top, my little Ship boy, and I lov' him, etc. And see who you can there discry ther's them, etc. To the top, to the top, my little Ship boy. And see what Ships comes Sailing by And shall, etc.
WE pitcht our Anchor in Plymouth sound and I lov'd him well, and I lov'd him well. And there we wasted many a pound ther's them can sing and say, We pitcht our Anchor in Plymouth sound And spent all our mony to one half Crown And shall we never, never, while we live come no more there, We'l come no more there brave boys we[']l come no more there: And we shall never, never while we live, come no more there. And with that mony I bought a Cony and I lov[']d her, etc. As good as ever was us'd by any ther's them, etc. And with that money I bought a Cony With sauce more sweet then any honey And shall, etc. Our Captain did a small pinnace board and he, etc. And left his own ship in the Road ther's them, etc. Our Captain did a small pinnace board Whilst we his merry men Sung and roar'd And shall, etc. She did abide him many a shot and he, etc. Before the upper hand he got and some can, etc. She did abide him many shot But under deck she prov'd too hot And shall, etc.
It prov'd to him sad mishap and he, etc. He thinking for to stop the gap ther's them, etc. It prov'd to him a sad mishap For by report he got a clap, And shall, etc. Our Captain he hath got a red face, and I lov'd, etc. And now is in a pittiful case ther's them, etc. Our Captain he hath got a red face He does belong to the Whores increa[se] And shall, etc. Therefore brave Seamen all beware and I lov'd, etc. Before you venture have a care ther's them, etc. Therefore brave Seamen all beware How that you meddle with such ware, And shall, etc. When as you do desire to range and I lov'd her well and I lov'd her well And ware, for ware, for to exchange ther's them can sing and say, When as as you do desire to range Cast Anchor in no harbor strange, For fear you never, never, while you live come no more there, We'l come no more there brave boys we'l come no more there, And we shall never, never, while we live come no more there.
Printed for M. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger.