%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Huntsmans Delight. / Or, The Forresters Pleasure. / The Dear are wounded but they are not slain / Yet so they're wounded that they are or'etain / And in their taking pitty it is shown / For why 'twas thought that some there was with Fawn. / The Keepers swore great Oaths upon their lives / They'd be as king to them as men are to their Wives / The pleasant sport this Ditty doth declare / Of the kind Huntsmen and the Fallow Dear Martin, Joseph University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1686-1688 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/14/2008 21932

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4.271 R180398 1 Amongst the leaves so green a Amongst the Leaves So Green A COme all you young Maidens & lend an Ear / Come listen a while and you shall hear, Hey down derry derry down, / Hey down down, ho down down, / Hey down ho down derry derry down / Amongst the leaves so green a, author from Wing Pepys 4.271 Wing M843B 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: 271 The Huntsmans Delight. / Or, The Forresters Pleasure. / The Dear are wounded but they are not slain / Yet so they're wounded that they are or'etain / And in their taking pitty it is shown / For why 'twas thought that some there was with Fawn. / The Keepers swore great Oaths upon their lives / They'd be as king to them as men are to their Wives / The pleasant sport this Ditty doth declare / Of the kind Huntsmen and the Fallow Dear The Huntsmans Delight. Or, The Forresters Pleasure. The Dear are wounded but they are not slain Yet so they're wounded that they are or'etain And in their taking pitty it is shown For why 'twas thought that some there was with Fawn.The Keepers swore great Oaths upon their lives They'd be as kind to them as men are to their Wives The pleasant sport this Ditty doth declare Of the kind Huntsmen and the Fallow Dear The Huntsman's Delight. Or, the Foresters' Pleasure. The Deer Are Wounded but They Are Not Slain yet so They're Wounded That They Are Overtaken and in Their Taking Pity It is Shown for Why It Was Thought That Some There Was with Fawn. The Keepers Swore Great Oaths upon Their Lives They'd Be as King to Them as Men Are to Their Wives The Pleasant Sport This Ditty Does Declare of the Kind Huntsmen and the Fallow Deer Martin, Joseph 1/2 sheet oblong folio, folded, ?215 x 356 cropped and torn top edge, uneven inking, set-off from opposite page visible cast fleurons 1686-1688 Printed for W. Thackery and T. Passinger. W. Thackery, 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 4/14/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Various Subjects animals/nature holidays/seasons violence 04/14/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created 07/10/07 Checker Rachel Mann Ballad checked 09/06/06 Transcriber Eric Nebeker Original transcription 9/1/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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COme all you young Maidens & lend an Ear Come listen a while and you shall hear, How the Keepers did sport with the fallow deer Amongst the leaves so green a. Hey down derry derry down Hey down down, ho down down, Hey down ho down derry derry down Amongst the leaves so green a, The Keepers they would an a Hunting go, And under their coats each carryed his bow, And all for to shoot the bonny bonny Doe, Amongst the leaves [so green a], Hey down derry derry down,
Hey down down ho down down, Hey down ho down derry derry down Amongst the leaves so green a. They spyed five Does upon a hill, And to shoot at them was their good will But none of them they meant for to kill Amongst the leaves so green a. Hey down etc. At the first Doe they shot and they mist The second doe they clipt and they kist And they laid them down where no man wist Amongst the leaves so green a.
The one cryed out unto the other I am serv'd as my Father servd my Mother All the fear of their taking this joy did smother Amongst the Leaves so green a. Hey down. etc. The third Doe she made great moan Because that she was big with Fawn Which made her to go weeping home From amongst the Leaves so green a Hey down, etc. The fourth Doe could no longer stay, But she must be gone her way For fear that the Keepers should her lay Amongst the Leaves so green a, Hey down, etc. But soon after she did repent And to turn again she was fully bent To lie down and take her hearts content amongst the Leaves so green a, Hey down, etc. The fift Doe leapt over the stile But the Keeper he caught her by the heel And there he did both kiss and feel amongst the leaves so green a, Hey down, etc. He pricked her straight with his dart But she cryed out she felt no smart And therein lay the Keepers art, amongst the leaves so green a, Hey down, etc.
These fair Does they leapt and they skipt Till leaping along at length they were tript No sooner they fell but the Keepers them clipt amongst the Leaves so green a Hey down, etc. These bold Huntsmen were all agreed And by consent these fare Does did bleed But after that came often to feed amongst the leaves so green a, Hey down, etc. Great crouds came running over the Plain Expecting to see these fair Does slain But like fools as they came, they returnd again From amongst the leaves so green a, Hey down, etc. If it be true as old wives say Take a Doe in the Month of May And a Forresters courage he soon will allay amongst the leaves so green a, Hey down, etc. These Huntsmen were so gently inclind They let them rise their courage to find But away they tript so sweet as the wind From amongst the leaves so green a, Hey down derry derry down Hey down down ho down down Hey down ho down derry derry down Amongst the Leaves so green a.
Printed for W. Thackery and T. Passinger.