The Batchelor's feast, / OR, / The difference betwixt, a single life and a double: / being the Batchelors pleasure, and the married Mans trouble, [belongs with 1.17]

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S119765 1 With a hie dildo, dill UNKNOWN With a Hie Dildo, Dill AS I walkt forth of late, / where grasse and flowers spring, With hie dill do dill, / hie ho dil durlie: / It is a delightfull thing, / to live at liberty. [with variation] Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 12 The Batchelor's feast, / OR, / The difference betwixt, a single life and a double: / being the Batchelors pleasure, and the married Mans trouble, [belongs with 1.17] The Batchelors feast, OR, The difference betwixt, a single life and a double: being the Batchelors pleasure, and the married Mans trouble, The Bachelor's feast, or, the difference between, a single life and a double: being the Bachelor's pleasure, and the married man's trouble, ?-?

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AS I walkt forth of late, where grasse and flowers spring, I heard a Batchelor, within an Harbour sing, The tennor of his song, containd much melodie, It is a gallent thing, to live at liberty, With hie dill do dill, hie ho dildurtie: It is a delightfull thing, to live at liberty. W[?]e Batchelors can flaunt, in Country and in Towne, And in good company, may meryly spend a crowne: Wee may doe as wee list, our lives from cares are free, O tis a gallant thing, to live at liberty, With hie dill etc. No Cradle have wee to rocke, nor Children that doe cry, No land-Lords rent to pay, no Nurses to supply: No Wife to scould and brawle, now wee still keepe good company With them that take delight, to live at liberty, With hie dill, etc.

While married men doe lie, with worldly cares opprest, Wee Batchelors can sleepe, and sweetly take our rest, O married men must seeke, for Gossips and a Nurse, Which heavie makes the heart, but light it makes the purse, With hie dill, etc. For Candell and for Soape, and many knacks besids, For Clouts and swadling bands, hee likewise must provide, To pay for sops and wine, hee must also agree, O tis a delightfull thing, to live at liberty, With hie dill, etc. A man that doth intend, to lead a quiet life, Must practise day and night, to please his longing wife. New fashions must bee had, as off as shee them see, O tis a pleasant thing to live at liberty: With hie dill, diil, hie, hoe, dildurly, It is a delightfull thing: to live at liberty.