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4.321 R188078 1 Lullaby-Baby Greensleeves Lullaby Baby IF any in Town or Country can / Tell any news of an honest Man, Then let 'um come to the Cryer, the Cryer, / then let 'um come to the Cryer, [with variations] Pepys 4.367 Wing F2183[D] 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: 321 THE / French CRYER / Newly arriv'd in ENGLAND. THE French CRYER Newly arriv'd in ENGLAND. The French Crier Newly Arrived in England. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 297 cropped bottom edge, uneven inking cast fleurons 1682-1692 Printed for I. Millet, next door to the Flow= / er=de=luce in Little=Brittain. J. Millet 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 4/3/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Various Subjects country/nation economics/trade vice virtue 04/03/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created 07/18/07, 07/19/07 Checker Rachel Mann Ballad checked 01/29/07 Transcriber Talya Meyers Original transcription 9/7/2004 Bibliographer Maggie Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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IF any in Town or Country can Tell any news of an honest Man, And when to be so he first began; Then let 'um come to the Cryer, the Cryer, then let 'um come to the Cryer, If any has a Maiden-head found, Close up in a Cleanly Napkin bound; And dropt by chance upon the ground: Then let him come to the Cryer, the Cryer, then let, etc. If any Cuckold has got but one Horn, Which makes him look like a Unicorn,
And wants another his Brow t'adorn; Then let him come to the Cryer, the cryer, then let, etc. If any Old Woman has got the art, To blow a Lamp out and in with a Fart, And will for Money the secret impart, Then let her come to the Cryer, the cryer, then let, etc. If any that's in the humour to lend, A brace of Thousand Pounds to a Friend, To take security, does not intend, Then let 'um come to the Cryer, the cryer, then let 'um come to the cryer.
A Man one Night at Bartholomew Fair, Was chous'd of his St--s, a lusty pair, If any can tydings of them declare, Then let him come to the Cryer, the cryer, then let, etc. Another had all his Teeth stole out, As he was a gazing round about If brought to pawn, as they will no doubt, Pray send 'um unto the Cryer, the cryer, pray send, etc. If any a Piss-pot Prophet needs, In Little-Moor-Fields is surely speeds, But if his Distemper Magots breeds, Then let him come to the Cryer, the cryer, Then let, etc. If any young Lass be in a streight, And cannot long for a Husband wait, But fain would Nibble the Charming Bait, Then let her come to the Cryer, the cryer, then let, etc. If any a Cure for Corns do need, And yet is loath his Pocket should bleed, If at the Exchange he cannot speed, Then let him come to the Cryer, the cryer, then let, etc. If any Taylor be out of work, And up and down streets does idly lurk, If he'l make Old Nick a Suit at a jerk; Then let him come to the Cryer, the cryer, then let, etc. Does any want greasie Pork or Beef, Or stand in need of a Whore or a Thief, If in the Fair he miss of relief, Then let him come to the Cryer, the Cryer, then let him come to the Cryer.
Printed for J. Millet, next door to the Flow- er-de-luce in Little-Brittain.