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5.156 R170328 1 Here I love, there I love Here I Love, There I Love I Am a brisk Batchelor, aiery and young, / who courts the young Maids with a flatt'ring tongue And vow I will Marry, but I know not when. [with variations] see also 5.155 Pepys 5.156 Wing A3459 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: 156 An Answer to/ Unconstant WILLIAM,/ OR;/ The Young-man's Resolution to pay the young Lasses home in their own Coin. An Answer to Unconstant WILLIAM, OR; The Young-man's Resolution to pay the young Lasses home in their own Coin. An Answer to Unconstant William, or, The Young Man's Resolution to Pay the Young Lasses Home in Their Own Coin. 1/2 sheet folio, 260 x 180 creased surface, uneven inking horizontal and vertical rules 1683-1703 Printed for C. Bates, next the Crown-Tavern, in West-Smithfield. C. Bates BBTI

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(1) I Am a brisk Batchelor, aiery and young, who courts the young Maids with a flatt'ring tongue I kiss and I squeeze them agen and agen, And vow I will Marry, but I know not when. (2) There's Bridget, nay Susan, young Nancy and Nell, To each of these Lasses fine Stories I tell, Soft Kisses I give them, a hundred and ten, And vow I will Marry, but I know not when. (3) Sometimes to the Tavern with Betty I go, And like a true Lover much kindness I show, I Kiss, nay I hugg and I cuddle her then, And vow I will Marry, but I know not when. (4) Sometimes a young Widdow I happen to meet, I tell her with smiles that her Joys I'll compleat; If she has much treasure I'll honour her then, And vow I'll be Marry'd, but I know not when. (5) So long as she lines me with Silver and Gold, A thousand sweet Charms in her Eyes I behold, I Kiss, and I hug, and make much of her then, And vow I will Marry, but I know not when. (6) So soon as her Treasure begins to decay, I think it high time to be packing away: Now if she calls after me, I answer then, That we will be Marry'd, but I know not when. (7) Last Week did I walk to the Royal Exchange, And there amongst Ladies my fancy did range, I singl'd out one, and I promis'd her then That we should be Marry'd, but I know not when. (8) Lac'd Cravats and Ruffles as Presents she gave, To deck her young Lover both gallant and brave, With large protestations I promis'd her then, That we would be Marry'd, but I know not when.
(9) She came to my Chamber one Night, and no more, I taught her a Dance which she ne'r knew before; Now this being ended, I promis'd her then That we would be Marry'd, but I know not when. (10) I scorn the lewd Harlots that Trade up and down, To pick up a Living all over the Town: I have pritty Lasses full Threescore and Ten, To whom I vow'd Marriage, but I know not when. (11) To Sixteen young Chamber-maids love I express, Who goes in their Towers, that delicate dress; Love-Letters and Sonnets to them I do Pen, And swear I will Marry, but I know not when. (12) There's twenty young Nursery Maids in the Strand, Who every minute are at my command; But here I live merrily, telling 'um then, That I will be Marry'd, but I know not when. (13) Each pritty-fac'd Creature it's very well known, Will think her self blest to have one of her own; At which I salutingly answer 'um then, That we will be Marry'd, but I know not when. (14) Sometimes from the City of London I ride, Through many fair Counties to seek me a Bride; The Country pritty Girls I cuddle then, And swear I will Marry, but I know not when. (15) If any one has a desire to know, What may be the reason I baffle them so, Young Women are seven times falser than Men, Therefore I will Marry, but I know not when. (16) I once lov'd a Damsel as dear as my life, I woo'd her, and thought to have made her my wife; But she prov'd a Wanton to all sorts of Men, Therefore I will Marry, but I know not when.
Printed for C. Bates, next the Crown-Tavern, in West-Smithfield.