%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Happy SHEPHERD: / OR, / The Charming Virgin. / Being an Excellent New Song, Made by a Person of Quality. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1689 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 03/06/2008 22060

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5.225 R188195 1 an Excellent New Tune, much in Request at Court How Blest are Shepherds An Excellent New Tune, Much In Request At Court CHarming Jenny is Fair, and Gay, / And Blith as Nightingales in May; imprint unclear: Printed for J. Millet, at the Angel in Little-Britain. 168[9?] Pepys 5.225 Wing H675[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. 5: 225 The Happy SHEPHERD: / OR, / The Charming Virgin. / Being an Excellent New Song, Made by a Person of Quality. The Happy SHEPHERD: OR,The Charming Virgin. Being an Excellent New Song, Made by a Person of Quality. The Happy Shepherd: or, The Charming Virgin. Being an Excellent New Song, Made by a Person of Quality. 1/2 sheet folio 258 x 175 cropped left, right and bottom edges, damaged surface, uneven inking horizontal and vertical rules 1689 Printed for J. Millet, at the Angel in Little-Brittain. 168[9?] J. Millet Weinstein: imprint

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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 3/6/2008 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant economics/trade love mythology/Classicalworld nobility/court rurallife virtue 03/06/08 Checker Rachel Mann Metadata updated, xml created 07/23/07 Checker Summer Star Ballad checked 08/2006 Transcriber Liberty Stanavage Original transcription 9/21/2004 Bibliographer Margaret K. Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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I. CHarming Jenny is Fair, and Gay, And Blith as Nightingales in May; And round her Eye-lids young Cupids play: In her Face the sweet Spring is seen, The Violet, Rose, and Lilly, And the Daffadilly, These are like young Billy's Queen; And all the Swains do admire, and desire, And lay Garlands by her, And each burns with a pleasing Flame. II. Balmy Kisses, each Night, Young Jenny gives me with Delight, And is a Lass most bonny, a Beauty bright: She has Eyes that are black and fine, Black as any Berry, With a Hey-down-Derry, Brisk as any sparkling Wine; And without measure, we toy and take our pleasure And I search her Treasure, And I find her all o're Divine. III. He that sees a sweet Beauty in her Bed, With Cheeks (like Crimson) Red, When on soft Pillows she lays her Head; Straight must think on ten thousand Joys, Of sweet Maiden Kisses, And of Virgin-Blisses, And of little Bantling-Boys: 'Tis so, for no Man, but loves a pretty Woman, (If she be not Common) Thus 'tis Beauty that all destroys.
IV. In cool Bowers we'll Sport and play, And pass the time away, For Youth is sweet as the Sun-shine day: Love's a Banquet that all doth please, The Old Dads in the City, When they get a pretty Wench, will give her Golden Fees: Oh! how they Smug her, and Tug her, And will Kiss and Hug her, And bestir their Stumps, till the Lass agrees. V. Beauty none need fear, 'Tis as tender as the Dove and Deer, And 'tis a Park for Lovers to Range in here: Here we feed on the Hill or Dale, Graze upon the Cheek, Till Rosie-Morning break, And stray all round the pleasant Vale: For Maids (like wild-Birds) are tam'd with handling And with pleasant Dandling. Thus the Youth does at length prevail. VI. Let us Jenny, now, by thy Brow, Thy tempting bonny Brow, Let us Jenny, to Cupid Vow; That as long as out Youth shall last, All our Joys we'll double, (Kisses are no trouble) But are Sweet-meats to the taste: We will discover, before that we give over, To each Fainting Lover, How our Days have in pleasure past.
Printed for J. Millet, at the Angel in Little-Britain. 168[9?]