%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Merry BEGGARS / of Lincolns-Inn Fields. / OR, The Beggers Art to get Money. / Shewing all the Pranks and Tricks they use, to make people believe they are Poor. Also, / How a Gentleman served two Beggers that stood on the High-way craving his Charity, / whereby their Roguery was discovered. / The Begger all the day makes moan, / at night is brisk and jolly; / And spends his gains upon good Beer, / to drown his Melancholly. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1680-1690 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/25/2008 21912

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4.252 R188566 1 A begging we will go A-Begging We Will Go THree Beggars met together, / that used Lincolns=Inn, And so merry we will be, / we'l be, we'l be, / And so merry we will be. Sometimes my arm is wrapped / up in a Linnen clout, And so merry we will be, / we'l be, we'l be, / And so merry we will be. title unclear: The Marry BEGGARS / of Lincolns-Inn Fields. / OR, The Beggers Art to get Money. / Shewing all the Pranks and Tricks they use, to make people believe they are Poor. Also, / How a Gentleman served two [B]eggers that stood on the High-way craving his Charity, / whereby their Roguery was discovered. / The Begger all the day makes moan, / at night is brisk and jolly; / And spends his gains upon good Beer, / to drown his Melancholy. first lines unclear: THree Begga[r]s met together,. Pepys 4.252 Wing M1851[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: 252 The Merry BEGGARS / of Lincolns-Inn Fields. / OR, The Beggers Art to get Money. / Shewing all the Pranks and Tricks they use, to make people believe they are Poor. Also, / How a Gentleman served two Beggers that stood on the High-way craving his Charity, / whereby their Roguery was discovered. / The Begger all the day makes moan, / at night is brisk and jolly; / And spends his gains upon good Beer, / to drown his Melancholly. The Merry BEGGARS of Lincolns-Inn-Fields. OR, The Beggers Art to get Money. Shewing all the Pranks and Tricks they use, to make people believe they are Poor. Also, How a Gentleman served two Beggers that stood on the High-way craving his Charity, whereby their Roguery was discovered. The Begger all the day makes moan, at night is brisk and jolly; And spends his gains upon good Beer, to drown his Melancholly. The Merry Beggars of Lincoln's Inn Fields. Or, The Beggar's Art to Get Money. Showing All the Pranks and Tricks They Use, to Make People Believe They Are Poor. Also, How a Gentleman Served Two Beggars That Stood on the Highway Craving His Charity, Whereby Their Roguery Was Discovered. The Begar All the Day Makes Moan, at Night is Brisk and Jolly; and Spends His Gains upon Good Beer, to Drown His Melancholly. The Second Part, The Second Part, The Second Part, 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 205 x 290 cropped right and bottom edges, damaged surface, uneven inking vertical rules and cast fluerons. 1680-1690 Printed for C. Dennisson at the Stati= / oners=Arms, within Aldgate. C. Dennisson PBA

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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 4/25/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Various Subjects appearance class economics/trade London trickery/deceit urbanlife 04/25/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created 07/09/07 Checker Rachel Mann Ballad checked 09/01/06 Transcriber Simone Chess Original transcription 9/1/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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THree Beggars met together, that used Lincolns-Inn, To take off their good Liquor, and tell where they had been. And so merry we will be, we'l be, we'l be, And so merry we will be. Let's drink our Liquor Harry, although that we do beg, I've got good store of Silver and by my wooden Leg. And so, etc.
Good Master spare a farthing, it is my daily cry, Bur when I'm at the Alehouse, no man so great as I. And so, etc. Pray cease thy tattle Harry, for I tye up my Leg, And get by my wry face Sir, good money when I beg. And so merry we will be, we'l be, we'l be, And so merry we will be.
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Sometimes my arm is wrapped up in a Linnen clout, Sometimes I use my Crutches as though I had the Gout. And so, etc. Sometimes I use my Pattens, and crawl upon all four, And when my Babes I mention; I then do get the more. And so, etc. My Wife she lies a dying, three infants like to starve; And I am lame, and helpless, some pitty I do crave. And so, etc. We make such moan, and clutter, In Lincolns-Inn brave fields; That every one that passeth, some comfort to us yields. And so, etc. Sometimes we take our Crutches, and travel to White-Hall, There's no one can deny us, so manfully we bawl. And so, etc. And then among the Coaches with weariness we groan, And getting store of Silver, then we go merry home. And so, etc. Sometimes we play the Seaman, our Ship is cast away, By which we get good money. our Hostess for to pay. And so, etc. Sometimes our eyes are blinded, and cover'd so by Art,
The lame men they do guide us, we all do act our part. And so, etc. When Harry went a begging and tyed up his leg; Most bitterly we did complain, and mournfully did beg. Now so, etc. A Gentleman mistrusted, and took us to be Cheats, He drew his sword and scar'd us from all our cunning feats. Now so, etc. I threw away my pattens to save my life so sweet; And Harry cut his string too, and quickly found his feet. And so, etc. We nobly did out run-him, for we were strong and stout, And though we lost our Crutches, we could go home without. And so, etc. Then here's a Bumper Harry, it is not always so: There's no man can out-face us, a begging we will go. And so, etc. When we have spent our money, then we will work for more, And we will beg to Morrow, to pay our drunken Score. And so merry we will be, we'l be, we'l be, And so merry we will be.
FINIS. Printed for C. Dennisson at the Stati- oners-Arms, within Aldgate.