%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Down-right Dick of the West; / OR, / The Plow-Mans Ramble to LONDON, / To see my Lord-Mayor and the rest of the Vine Volk of the City; with what hapned / while he there remained. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1685-1685 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/18/2011 30602

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R228191 1 The Country Farmer UNKNOWN The Country Farmer I Pray now attend and give ear to the jest, / A Country=man he came late from the West, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 117 Down-right Dick of the West; / OR, / The Plow-Mans Ramble to LONDON, / To see my Lord-Mayor and the rest of the Vine Volk of the City; with what hapned / while he there remained. Down-right Dick of the West; OR, The Plow-Mans Ramble to LONDON, To see my Lord-Mayor and the rest of the Vine Volk of the City; with what hapned while he there remained. Downright Dick of the West; Or, the Plow man's ramble to London to see my Lord Mayor and the rest of the Fine Folk of the City, with what happened while he there remained. 1685-1685

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I Pray now attend and give ear to the jest, A Country-man he came late from the West, For he had a mind to see my Lord Mayor, And o[t]her fine Folk which it seems lodged there:Then up to the City at length he did range, Where seeing brave Gallants, in rich golden fringe But he above all did admire and strange To zee the fine folk at the Royal Exchange. The Country-man amazed did stand, And looking about with his Whip in his hand, Then come a fine fellow, a Don of the Town, And called him Bumpkin and Country Clown,
And asked him how he dare to presume, To Lag here and Loiter, thus fill up the Room, Amongst these gay Ladies in Silk and Perfume,Be gone and pack off, or the stocks is your doom. I pray who are you? then the Plow-man replyd, That does so scornfully here me deride, Fine fellow, said he, seeing you are unkind, In short I shall tell you a piece of my mind,I came now to see my Lord Mayor his good grace I fear not the angry frowns of [y]our face, As long as I list, I will stay in this place, Or on your Gay Coat I will lay a long Lace.
For why, said the Plowman, I care not a figg, For all your high words, and your looking so big, This gallant was then in a passion indeed, And thus in a fury began to proceed, As making a proffer to give him a kick, The Plow-men perceiving him just in the nick, He told him his name it was resolute Dick, Then up with his lash, and he gave him a lick. O then this fine Fellow began for to roar, Then presently came in twenty and more, Who asked the Plowman, how dare he to dot, Since he was a person of worthy repute:He first did abuse me in calling me Clown, I could not forbear, but I gave him a frown; Why should those fine fellows run Husband men down, You cant live without us in city or town. Nay Plowman, ide have you well understand, That we have both Silver and Gold at command, Rich chains & choice jewels, with diamonds & rings, With plenty of spices, and other fine things:Of many Rich Coffers we carry the Keys, We have such Estates that we live at our ease, We eat and we drink and we walk where we please, Then what do you think of such fellows as these? For all your rich Jewels, you starving may dye, If we do not bring in a dai[l]y supply, We plow and we sow, and we harrow and mow, We have both the Milk, and the Honey you know:We nere are without a good pudding and sowse, Then what need you Londoners make such a touze, If we did not labour you could not keep house, You gallants would soon sh-- as small as a Mouse. Both Linnen and Woollen what ere we will wear, We have of our own by industrious care, We daily delight in much pleasure and mirth, And always receive the first fruit of the Earth: To flout us I think you were something too bold, Youd starve if you fed upon Silver or Gold, We have corn, cattle and sheep in our Fold, With rich beans and bacon, eat hold belly hold. The Londoners presently laughing out-right, For in his discourse they had taken delight, They said it was true, and they did him commend, And thus the whole quarrel was soon at an end:The Plowman they freely began to extal, He soon got the favour of great men and small, And thus their debate did immediately fall, The Plow-man in wit was too hard for them all.
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