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R228105 9 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Woman-Warrier Let the Soldiers Rejoice Woman-Warrier Pritty Nancy my love, / I adore thee above ESTC date: 1690?; ESTC date: 1688-1692 from Wing; ESTC reference: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C5943; ESTC author: S.W. Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 63 The Constant Country-Man. / Or, A Loving Dialogue between honest Thomas and his True-Love / Nancy. The Constant Country-Man. Or, A Loving Dialogue between honest Thomas and his True-Love Nancy. The constant country man. Or, a loving dialogue between honest Thomas and his true love Nancy. 1675-1675 P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back

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Man. PRitty Nancy my love, I adore thee above All Lasses that e-e-e-e-e-e-e-ver I courted; For thy bright shining eyes Does my senses surprize, And thy glory, thy glory, I long have reported. Maid. Nay, but Thomas, she cryd. Then it seems you have tryd young Maids, having fla-a-a-a-a-a-a-[tered] many, Which discovers that you Are both false and untrue; And will never, will never, be faithful to any.
Man. I must needs speak the truth, In the days of my Youth, With Damsels I th-e-e-e-e-e-e-en took my pleasure, But Im now wiser grown, And I love thee alone, O, I love thee, I love thee, my dear out of measure, Maid. Men are crafty when young, With a flattering tongue. They commonly str-i-i-i-i-i-i-ive to deceive us, When our hearts they have won, To another they run, Thus ungrateful, ungrateful, young Batchelors leave us[.]
Man. They are more than unkind, That can be of that mind, But for mine own p-a-a-a-a-a-a-art I am loyal. As a Token, I bring Thee a delicate Ring, Nancy therefore, O therefore, make no more denyal. Maid. Nay, your Ring you may keep, Who have causd Maids to weep, For my part Im lo-o-o-o-o-oth to receive it, You have long usd the Trade Of deceiving each Maid, And Im fearful, Im fearful you never will leave it. Man. Loyal love, I declare, And most solemnly swear, No Creature now l-i-i-i-i-i-iving shall sever My dear Jewel and I, Then my Suit dont deny, For I love thee, I love thee, I love thee for ever. Maid. Was I certain that you Would be loyal and true, My heart I would str-a-a-a-a-a-aightways surrender, And a promise Id give, That as long as I live, I would honour, Id honour, and love my pretender. Man. Love, I vow and protest, As I hope to be blest, I never inte-e-e-e-e-e-nd to deceive thee, But will love thee as life, And thou shalt be my Wife, As a Jewel, a Jewel, or Pearl Ill receive thee. Maid. By the Powers above, I believe thee my love, Therefore I my F-a-a-a-a-a-avours am showing, Here is hand, heart and all, In thy Arms do I fall, Where a Million, a Million of Pleasures are flowing.
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