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4.317r R188623 1 Ladies of London, &c. Ladies of London Ladies of London, etc. [?]e all ye Farmers, and listen a while, / [?] sing you a Song to delight you; VVhy should not straw then be counted as good, / as any Hey, ho in the Nation. [stanza 2-7; with variations] date from verso content; hinged broadsheet with verso: Private Occurrences, / OR, / The Transactions of the four Last Years, Written in Imitation of the Old Ballad of / Hey brave Oliver, Ho brave Oliver, &c.; original text faces left and in facsimile the text faces right; first lines unclear: [?]e all ye Farmers, and listen a while, / [?] sing you a Song to delight you; Pepys 4.317r Wing N556[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: 317 A New Ballad, / CALLED / The Husbandmans Delight: / OR, / A SONG in the praise of STRAVV. A New Ballad, CALLED The Husbandmans Delight: OR, A SONG in the praise of STRAW. A New Ballad, Called the Husbandman's Delight: Or, a Song in the Praise of Straw. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, hinged, 205 x 314 cropped left and top edges, uneven inking, verso shows through 1688 Printed for R. Kell, at the Blew=Anchor near Pye-Corner. R. Kell Weinstein: verso content

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[?]e all ye Farmers, and listen a while, [?] sing you a Song to delight you; [?]ect it self, it will make you smile, [?] buy my Song twill invite yo[u]: [?] you a verse in praise of Good straw, [?]e that will set you on laughing Tratise you find out a flaw, [?]e you my Ballads for nothing.
Straw it bears Wheat that fair delicate Grain, and Cods of all sorts let me tell yea, Such ones as Bean Cods, and Pease Cods I mean, fit for a fair Lady's Belly; For they're accounted excellent food, by women much lov'd by relation, Why should not straw then be counted as good, as any Hey, ho in the Nation.
Straw bears the Barley that yeilds us the Ale we drink, while we beg or can borrow, Throw't in at mouth, and Cast out at the Tale, till we have quite drowned our sorrow; It lengthens our lives and lightens our days and it is our Healths preservation; Why should not straw then have far greater praise, then any Hey, ho in the Nation. Straw it is good for to fother a Oxe, or litter a horse in the Stable; Some in their shooes were it insteed of socks, who to buy better are not able, For many beasts 'tis excellent food, and for many other occasion, Why should not straw then be recond as good, as any Hey, ho in the Nation. Straw is the Subject upon which we treat, it bears a most delicate berry, Plump 'tis, and pleasant, and full of Good meat, and Colour'd as Red as a Cherry,
Put into Cream 'tis Curious food, and much at great dinners in fashion; Why should not straw then be rechon'd as Good, as any Hey, ho in the Nation. Straw it will serve our Tobacco to light, and Straw it will rub down our Horses, Straw it will serve us when wee go to sh---t, most neatly to wipe clean our Arses, The praise of Good Straw cannot be exprest, 'tis that alwaies singes our Bacon Why should not straw be as much in request, as any Hey, ho in the Nation. Straw is a thing by no means we could want, It stands us in many a [st]eed Sir, A Pritty Wench we may tumble upon't, as well as upon a down bed Sir, Many a Cup of Good Ale has been brew'd, with Straw too upon an occasion, Then for the future letts think straw as Good, as any Hey, ho in the Nation.
Printed for R. Kell, at the Blew-Anchor near Pye-corner.