%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Careless Drunkards. / Let Mault bear what price it will, / to us all one 'twill be, / We are resolv'd our Gu[?]s to swill, / and live most Merrily. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1671-1702 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/28/2008 21898

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4.238 R173392 2 The fair one let me in: The Fair One Let Me In The Fair One Let Me In: Jenny Gin, &c. Jenny Gin Jenny Gin, etc. COme let us merry be, brave boys, / let times go how they will, though Mault be ne'r so dear. Pepys 4.238 Wing C540[a]A 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: 238 The Careless Drunkards. / Let Mault bear what price it will, / to us all one 'twill be, / We are resolv'd our Gu[?]s to swill, / and live most Merrily. The Careless Drunkards. Let Mault bear what price it will, To us all one 'twill be, We are resolv'd our Gu[?]s to swill, And live most Merrily. The Careless Drunkards. Let Malt Bear What Price It Will, to Us All One It Will Be, We Are Resolved Our Gu[?]s to Swill, and Live Most Merrily. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 313 cropped bottom edge vertical rules 1671-1702 Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-street. J. Deacon Spufford and BBTI

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COme let us merry be, brave boys, let times go how they will, We'l sing and roar, and make a noise, we'l tipple and we'l swill: In merry Songs we take delight, and Musick for to hear, We'l drink all day, and sing all night, though Mault be ne'r so dear. The Miser that doth hoard his Coin, and dotes upon his Pelf, His life's a plague to thine and mine, and he's a silly Elf That won't allow himself good things, his Misers heart to chear, We'l drink and live like petty Kings, Though Mault, etc.
For Coin will in the Coffer rust, if long you let it lye, The rich and poor must turn to dust, for certain so must I: Therefore i'le take but little care, whilst I do sojourn here, My Coin in drink I will not spare, Though Mau't, etc. Then prethee Tapster nimble be, and wait upon your Guess, When brains once Elevated be, the Tongue the joys express: There's nothing then the heart can daunt nor dread the Soul with fear, Then let us not the Liquor want, Though Mault, etc.
We that are the Carrousing Boys, and troule the Bowl about, The comfort of the world enjoys, which others go without: Our selves we surfeit in delight, it plainly doth appear, We'l drink till we can't stand upright, Though Mault, etc. Give me the Boy that bravely chants, and sings a merry Song, No comfort in his heart he wants, to him all joys belong: His company doth give content to all that sit him near, He'l merry be till all is spent, Though Mault, etc. When that is gone, he'l work for more, that's all that he doth mind, He'l sing and laugh, and ne'r give o're, can he Companions find? Perhaps he'l work a little hard, when Hollidays draw near From drinking he'l not be debar'd, Though Mault, etc.
This is the life we mean to lead, whilst here we do remain, Our Carcasses we'l richly feed, 'twill nourish heart and brain: Sometimes we drink rich Spanish Wine and sometimes Ale and Beer, We'l surely make our Noses shine, though Mault be ne'r so dear. Drink is the thing supports our lives, and fills our hearts with ease, This makes us kind unto our Wives, while them we strive to please: It makes good blood run in our veins, and banishes all fear; It puts good reason into brains, When Mault, etc. This spoils the Doctors trade likewise, by which they get such Wealth, Most strangely this preserves the eyes, as it maintains the Health: A Lord that hath good store of Coin, at death is ne'r the near, Then let us not at all repine, though Mault be ne'r so dear.
Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-street.