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5.252 R187720 1 I met with a country lass I met with a country lass I Met With A Country Lass I Am but a Servant poor,/ my Masters Leather I tan, Trim-Tram, like Master like Man. date from imprint Pepys 5.252 Wing W1347B 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: 252 THE/ Wenching TANNER/ Serv'd in his Kind,/ OR,/ The Intreagues of his Wife and his Man John. THE Wenching TANNER. Serv'd in his Kind, OR, The Intreagues of his Wife and his Man John. The Wenching Tanner. Served in his Kind, or, The Intrigues of his Wife and his Man John. 1/2 sheet folio, 253 x 160 holed, damaged surface, uneven inking vertical rules 1689 Printed for R. Kell, at the Blew=/ Anchor in Pye=Corner, 1689. R. Kell Weinstein

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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 8/7/2007 Santa Barbara, California, United States of America Love Pleasant economics/trade love marriage sex/sexuality trickery/deceit 08/07/2007 Transcriber Summer J. Star Ballad Checked 08/2006 Transcriber Liberty Stanavage Ballad Transcribed 9/27/2004 Bibliographer Margaret K. Sloan Bibliographic SQL Database Record Created
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(1) I Am but a Servant poor, my Masters Leather I tan, And often thresh in his Barn-floor, Trim-Tram, like Master like Man. (2) My Master's a Wenching Spark, and kisses his Neighbour Nan, Which trade I soon began to mark, Trim-Tram, etc. (3) I told my Mistress the Jest, it much in her fancy ran, And straight at my design she guess'd, Trim-Tram, etc. (4) She pleasantly smil'd on me, and said, I wish you be Jahn, I sate her down upon my Knee, Trim-Tram, etc. (5) I Courted her eagerly, she bids me do what I can, My finger straight was in the Pye, Trim-Tram, etc. (6) Our pleasures by stealth was sweet, we ta[s]ted it now and than; My Dame and I did often meet, Trim-Tram, etc. (7) When he to the Butcher rides, and falls to the bouzing Can, Then I make Horns to all his Hides, Trim-Tram, etc.
(8) One day to Market he Scours, and there his old trade began, My Dame and I fell to All-fours, Trim-Tram, etc. (9) At night he came home in drink, and at us did curse and ban; I gave my Dame a Tip and a Wink, Trim-Tram, etc. (10) She kiss'd and embrac'd the Sot, her kindness was but a Trepan; For I mean while his Mony got, Trim-Tram, etc. (11) Next morning his Coin he miss'd, and straight was upon the[?], While she and I more warmly k[issed], Trim-Tram, etc. (12) One time to a Fair he went, to buy my Mistress a Fan, Whilst we at home his Money spent, Trim-Tram, etc. (13) If all our Intreague you'd know, and sift the Flow'r from the Bran, While he does Harrow, I do Sow, Trim-Tram, like Master like Man,
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Printed for R. Kell, at the Blew- Anchor in Pye-Corner, 1689.