%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The discontented married Man. / OR, / A merry new Song that was pend in foule weather, / Of a Scould that could not keep her lips together. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1633-1633 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/13/2011 30065

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S120066 2 Shee cannot keepe her &c. UNKNOWN She Cannot Keep Her etc. the same tune UNKNOWN The Same Tune A Yong man lately weddeed was / To a faire and comely creature; SHEe is gone a wandring forth, / Wanton wenches will be ranging She could not keep her l. together. [with variation] She will not keep her I together. [with variation] Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 96 1: 97 The discontented married Man. / OR, / A merry new Song that was pend in foule weather, / Of a Scould that could not keep her lips together. The discontented married Man. OR, A merry new Song that was pend in foule weather, Of a Scould that could not keep her lips together. The discontented married Man. OR, A merry new Song that was penned in foul weather, Of a Scold that could not keep her lips together. 1633-1633 Richard Harper

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A Yong man lately wedded was To a faire and comely creature; She was a blithe and bonny Lasse As ere was framd by Nature. With rolling eye, And forehead high, And all good parts Nature could give her: But she had learned such a note, She could not keep her l. together. A lusty youth of Cupids straine, That might the Queen of Love contented: Came unto her, her love to gain, And freely she her love consented. But to be short, In Cupids Court, He usde her well when he came thither: And plaid his part in such an art, She could not, etc. When her Husband he heard tell Of her tricks with true relation, He complained to himselfe Very sadly in this fashion. Quoth he, I would give twenty pound, Thats ten more then I had with her, Her mother would take her home againe And make her keepe her, etc.
Sonne be thou of patient mind, Let not thoughts thy fancies trouble: For I to thee will still prove kind, And her portion I will double. Time and age Will asswage, And the fairest flower will wither, And I such counsell will her give, Shall make her keepe her l. together. Henceforth therefore Ile forsake her, And her mother shall her take: And for shame let her better make her, Or I againe will never take her. Pure modeshy she doth defie, Besides shes fickle as the weather: And her scoulding plainly shews, She cannot keepe her l. together. Then Ile leave off to find another, Thought may adde unto my lustre, For brave spacious England wide I am sure affords a cluster. Good and bad, Are to be had, Jove speed me well though long I tarry For ere that Ile have such a Mate, I never more intend to marry.
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Shee is gone a wandring forth, Wanton wenches will be ranging With two gallants of great worth: Such as they affect a changing. She is bent To consent For to go she knowes not whether They will teach her such a trick, She will not keep her l. together. To the Dancing-schoole she goes, There she spends her husbands treasure, On each Shoo she weares a Rose, For to shew shes fit for pleasure. And resort, To Cupids Court, And no sooner she comes thither, She learns so much of that same sport She cannot keep her l. together. To the Tavern she repaires, Whilst her husband sits and muses, There she domineeres and sweares, Tis a thing she often uses. And being fine She for wine, Will both pawne her hat and feather, Which doth shew that it is true, She cannot keep her l. together.
Hes a Coxcombe that doth grieve And knows not how to court this creature, For he may pin her to his sleeve, She is of so kind a nature. She will play Every way. And is as nimble as a feather But she will often go astray, She cannot keep her l. together. Thou that hast a wife thats civill, Love her well and make much of her, For a woman that is evill All the town thou seest will scoffe her. Love thy wife As thy life Let her not go thou knowst not whither, For you will alwayes live in strife, If she keep not her l. together. Maidens faire have a care, Whom you love, and whom you marry, Love not those that jealous are Longer you had better tarry. For offence, Springs from hence, You will go you know not whether, Till you lose both wit and sence, And cannot keep your l. together.
LONDON, Printed for Richard Harper in Smithfield.