%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> A merry Iest of Iohn Tomson, and Iakaman his VVife: / VVhose Iealousie was justly, the cause of all their strife. L., M. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1611-1611 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/18/2011 30181

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S119846 2 Pegge of Ramsey UNKNOWN Pegge of Ramsey the same Tune UNKNOWN The Same Tune VVHen I was a Batchelour / I liu'd a merry lfe: I Gaue him thankes, and bad him goe, / and so he did indeed: Give me my yellow Hose againe, / give me my yellow hose: / For now my wife she watcheth me, / see yonder where she goes. Give me my yellow hose, &c. Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 254 1: 255 A merry Iest of Iohn Tomson, and Iakaman his VVife: / VVhose Iealousie was justly, the cause of all their strife. A merry Iest of Iohn Tomson, and Iakaman his Wife: Whose Iealousie was justly, the cause of all their strife. A merry Jest of John Tomson, and Jakaman his Wife: Whose Jealousy was justly, the cause of all their strife. L., M. 1611-1611 Edward Wright

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WHen I was a Batchelour I livd a merry life: But now I am a married man, and troubled with a wife, I cannot doe as I have done, because I live in feare: If I goe but to Isli[n]gton, my wife is watching there. Give me my yellow Hose againe, give me my yellow hose: For now my wife she watcheth me, see yonder where she goes. But when I was a prentice bound, and my Indentures made: In many faults I have beene found, yet never thus afraid. For if I chance now by the way, a woman for to kisse: The rest are ready for to say, thy wife shall know of this. Give me my yellow hose, etc. Thus when I come in company, I passe my mirth in feare: For one or other merrily, will say my wife is there. And then my look dooth make them laugh, to see my wofull case: How I stand like John hold my staffe, and dare not shew my face. Give me my yellow hose, etc. Then comes a handsome woman in, and shakes me by the hand: But how my wife she did begin, now you shall understand.
Faire dame (quoth she) why dost thou so, he gave his hand to me: And thou shalt kno[w] before thou goe, he is no man for thee. Give me my yellow hose, etc. Good wife (quoth she) now doe not scould, I will doe so no more: I thought I might have beene so bolde, I knowing him before, With that my wife was almost mad, yet many did intreat her: And I, God knowes, was very sad, for feare she would have beat her. Give me my yellow hose, etc. Thus marriage is an enterprise, Experience doth show: But scolding is an exercise, that married men doe know. For all this while there was no blowes, yet still their tongues was talking: And very faine would yellow hose, have had her fists a walking. Give me my yellow, etc. In comes a neighbour of our towne, an honest man, God wot: And he must needes goe sit him downe, and call in for his pot. And said to me, I am the man, which gave to you your wife: And I will doe the best I can, to mend this wicked life. Give me my yellow hose againe, give me my yellow hose: For now my wife she watcheth me, see yonder where she goes,
<seg n="1" rend="left"><hi rend="italic">The second Part, to the same Tune.</hi></seg>
I Gave him thankes, and bad him goe, and so he did indeed: And told my wife she was a shrow, but that was more then need. Saith he thou hast an honest man, and one that loves thee well: Said she you are a foole good sir, Its more then you can tell. Give me my yellow hose, etc. And yet in truth he loveth me, but many more beside: And I may say good sir to thee, that cannot I abide. For though he loves me as his life, yet now sir wot you what: They say he loves his neighbours wife, I pray you how like you that Give me my yellow hose, etc. Saith he I hope I never shall, seeke fancy fond to follow: For love is lawfull unto all, except it be too yellow. Which lyeth like the Jaundies so, In these our womens faces: That watch their husbands where they go, and hunt them out in places. Give me my yellow hose, etc. Now comes my Neighbours wife apace, to talke a wo[r]d or two: My wife then meets her face to face, and saith dame is it you, That makes so much of my good man, as if he were your owne? Then clamp as closely as you can, I know it will be knowne. Give me my yellow hose, etc. Now when I saw the woman gone, I calld my wife aside, And said why art thou such a one, that thou canst not abide A woman for to talke with mee, this is a wofull case: That I must ke[e]pe no company, except you be in place. This maketh Batchelers to wooe, so long before they wed:
Because they heare that women now, will be their Husbands head. And s[e]ven yeare long I taried, for Jakaman my wife: But now that I am married, I am weary of my life. Give me my yellow hose, etc. For yellow love is too too bad, without all wit or pollicie: And too much love hath made her mad, and filld her full of Jelousie. Shee thinkes I am in love with those, I [s]peake to passing by: That makes her weare the yellow hose, I gave her for to dye. Give me my yellow hose, etc. But now I see shee is so hot, and lives so much at ease: I will goe get a Souldiers coate, and sayle beyond the Seas: To s[e]rve my Captaine where and whan, though it be to my paine: Thus farewell gentle Jakaman, till we two meet againe. Give me my yellow hose, etc. Quoth she good husband doe not deale, thus hardly now with me, And of a truth I will reveale, my cause of jealousie: You know I alwaies paid the score, you put me still in trust: I saved twenty pound and more, confesse it needes I must. Give me my yellow hose, etc. But now my saving of the same, For ought that I doe know: Made Jelousie to fixe her frame, to weave this web of woe: And thus this foolish love of mine, was very fondly bent: But now my gold and goods are thine, good husband be content. Give me my yellow hose, etc. And thus to leade my life a new, I fully now purpose: That thou maist change thy coat of blew, and I my yellow hose. This being done our Countrey wives may warning take by me, How they doe live such j[e]alous lives, as I have done with thee. Give me my yellow hose againe, give me my yellow hose: For now my wife shee watcheth me, see yonder where she goes.
FINIS. M.L. Imprinted at London for Edward Wright.