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5.413 N69973 1 Fond Boy Fond Boy Fond Boy THere's seven young Wives met together of late, / In a Tavern, not far from the Bell-savage-gate, Quoth the Water-man's Wife, I must drink and then run, / For a Woman's work, Sisters, you know is ne'er done. (with variations) Pepys 5.413 Wing S2737[B] 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: 413 The Seven Merry WIVES/ OF/ LONDON:/ OR,/ The GOSSIPS Complaint/ AGAINST/ Their HUSBANDS,/ For their Neglect,/ As they met together in a Tavern, over half a dozen Bottles of Canary. The Seven Merry WIVES OF LONDON: OR The GOSSIPS Complaint AGAINST Their HUSBANDS, For their Neglect, As they met together in a Tavern, over half a dozen Bottles of Canary. The Seven Merry Wives of London: Or, the Gossips' Complaint against Their Husbands, for Their Neglect, as They Met Together in a Tavern, over Half a Dozen Bottles of Canary Wine. 1/2 sheet folio, 278 x 188 cropped left edge, uneven inking 1664-1703 LONDON: Printed for J. Blare, at the Looking-glass on London-bridge J. Blare BBTI

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THere's seven young Wives met together of late, In a Tavern, not far from the Bell-savage-gate, Where they call'd for the best of Canary with speed, And in pleasant Discourse they began to proceed: Quoth the Water'man's Wife, I must drink and then run, For a Woman's work, Sisters, you know is ne'er done. I wash to the Temple and next Inns of Court, And the lively young Lawyers, they yield pretty sport, When I go to their Chambers each morning or night, Then my Heart is transported with joy and delight: When the pleasure is over, dear Sisters, I run, For at home, I must tell you, my work is ne'er done. The Shooe-maker's Wife fill'd a bowl to the brim, Crying out, Here's a Bumper, sweet Sisters, to him That is able to please a young Wife to the heart, But alas, to my sorrow, the truth I'll impart; I'm afraid I shall ne'er have a Daughter or Son; Tho' I labour a Woman's work never is done. My Husband is lusty, young, proper, and tall, Yet I think that he has but a short Peging-aul, Which does nothing to purpose, dear Friends, as I live All the shooes in my shop I would willingly give To enjoy a young beautiful Daughter or Son But my work I must tell is never well done. The Pewterer's Wife then spoke up with a grace, Loving Sister, believe me, I pitty thy case, There is no greater grief in the World I declare Then to have a dull Soul, for I solemnly swear Seven Years I've been foolishly baffl'd with one; For my work, loving Sisters, is never well done.
A Man of much mettle I took him to be, Or else, faith, he had never been marry'd to me, But alas, to my sorrow, I find I am fool'd, For he'll seldom cast into the mould that he should; Which has caus'd my eyes like fair fountains to run, For to th[i]nk that my work it was never well done. A Chyrurgeon's Wife then immediately swore, That she now had been marry'd a Twelvemonth and more Yet he never had enter'd nor found the right Vein, Therefore surely, said she, I have cause to complain: If he don't mend his manners, astray I shall run; For 'tis fit that a Woman's work should be well done. The Wife of a Fidler, cry'd, Hear me I pray, My unnatural Husband he seldom will play His kind Wife a sweet Lesson, but once in a Moon, He complains that his Fiddle is still out of Tune: If he don't mend his manners, astray I shall run, For you know that a Woman's work must be well done. The Wife of a Pavier, cry'd out it was true, And I have as much reason as any of you To complain of my Pavier, who has but one Stone, And besides, the worst Rammer as ever was known: To a Neighbour for help I am forced to run, Eor you know that a Woman's work must be well done. The Wife of a young Vulcan she took off her bowl, And declar'd that her Husband he was a boon Soul, She had no kind of cause to complain of these wrongs, For he follow'd his labor with hammer and tongs, Having five or six Daughters besides a young Son; Therefore truly her work had been very well done.
LONDON: Printed for J. Blare, at the Looking-glass on London-bridge