%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Old England's New Save'=all: / OR, / The Boasting Farmer's Vain-glory. / Together with the Merchant, Weaver, and Taylor's Lamentation: / Concluding with Honest Tom the Cobler's Resolution. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1672-1696 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/02/2008 21990

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4.327 R188708 1 Let Mary live long Let Mary Live Long Let Mary Live Long ONe night in my bed / As then I was lying. must buy a Save-all [with variations] title unclear: Old England's New Save'=all: / OR, / The Boasting F[ar]mer's Vain-glory. / Together with the Merchant, Weaver, and Taylor's Lamentation: / Concluding with Honest Tom the Cobler's Resolution. Pepys 4.327 Rollins (1) VI:287-291; Wing O201[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: 327 Old England's New Save'=all: / OR, / The Boasting Farmer's Vain-glory. / Together with the Merchant, Weaver, and Taylor's Lamentation: / Concluding with Honest Tom the Cobler's Resolution. Old England's New Save-all: OR, The Boasting F[a]rmer's Vain-glory. Together with the Merchant, Weaver, and Taylor's Lamentation: Concluding with Honest Tom the Cobler's Resolution. Old England's New Save-all: Or, the Boasting Farmer's Vainglory. Together with the Merchant, Weaver, and Tailor's Lamentation: Concluding with Honest Tom the Cobbler's Resolution. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 198 x 323 holed and creased surface, uneven inking 1672-1696 Printed for P. Brooksby, at the Golden Ball in Pye=Corner, near West-Smithfield. P. Brooksby BBTI

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ONe night in my bed As then I was lying, With grief I was crying, Remembering bread was desperate dear: The Farmers they huff, And the Bakers cry puff, their gains are but small; But I'm sure the poor tradesman, I'm sure the poor tradesman must buy a Save-all.
Five Farmers we hear, Strong liquor was quaffing, And merrily laughing, The Corn being dear, they well might carrouse: Nay, they often reply'd, Boys, the world's on our side, for liquor let's call; The labouring tradesman, The labouring tradesman may buy a Save-all.
A Tinker that night Sat mending a Kittle, A bold man of mettle, Quoth he, by this light, you are villains in grain: But the weather grows fair, And warm is the air, I hope Corn will fall, And then jolly Farmers, And then jolly Farmers may buy Save-all. A Merchant stood by, Who griev'd and lamented, And seem'd discontented, I'll tell you for why, his losses was great: For his Ship homewards bound The French did surround, his comforts was small; He scarce had a penny, He scarce had a penny to buy a Save-all. A pox take the French, Quoth Bottom the Weaver, I'll do my endeavour To give them a drench of fire and smoak: They have made Silk so dear Amongst tradesmen here, to nothing we fall; Ten thousand poor Weavers, Then thousand poor Weavers may buy a Save-all. My case is the same, Says Trueman the Taylor, Wou'd I were a Sailor, For then sick or lame the King would take care To maintain me, I know, Now cabage grows low, to nothing I fall I have not a tester, I have not a tester to buy a Save-all.
A sixpenny Loaf, (I will not dissemble) I have made it to tremble, When brisk I took off a pint of good Ale: I may now take my Sheers And clip off my ears, since to starving I fall; Poor Trueman the Taylor Must live with a Jaylor, or buy a Save-all. Come cease thy complaint, Quoth Tom the Translator, A true small-beer hater, My cheeks I must paint with liquor of life: Let us drink, boys, and fight, That our wrongs we may right; the French let us maul, Or else the whole Nation, Or else the whole Nation may buy a Save-all. I'll throw by my Last, On board I will enter, My life I will venter, To blow them a blast, which they little dread: While our Cannons do raor, We will drive them to shore with powder and ball; Or else poor old England, Or else poor old England may buy a Save-all. Ne'r fit like a moam, Here weeping and whining, Nay, sighing and pining, We leave house and home to meet the proud French: Come, by thousands let's go, We must soon lay them low, and make their pride fall; Or else poor old England, Or else poor old England may buy a Save-all.
Printed for P. Brooksby, at the Golden Ball in Pye-corner, near West-Smithfield.