%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Ingenious Braggadocia; / Who thinks to Obliege by Boasting of his Large Possessions, yet was very Unwilling to lose / much time in Wooing; but being Married, was in a Weeks time acquainted with an aching / Forehead. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1678-1678 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 04/20/2011 30695

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R216440 4 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Cook Laurel Cook Lorrel Cook Laurel I Have a Mare her Colour is White, / Sweet if thou love me tell me now; Sweet if thou love me tell me now; | And I cannot come every day to Wooe. | With hey my Nanny, with ho my Nanny, / with hey my Nanny, my Nanny, Nanny; / The more I do look, the more I love thee, / thou art kinder then ever thou used to be. Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 237 The Ingenious Braggadocia; / Who thinks to Obliege by Boasting of his Large Possessions, yet was very Unwilling to lose / much time in Wooing; but being Married, was in a Weeks time acquainted with an aching / Forehead. The Ingenious Braggadocia; Who thinks to Obliege by Boasting of his Large Possessions, yet was very Unwilling to lose much time in Wooing; but being Married, was in a Weeks time acquainted with an aching Forehead. The Ingenious Braggadocio; Who thinks to Oblige by Boasting of his Large Possessions, yet was very Unwilling to lose much time in Wooing; but being Married, was in a Week's time acquainted with an aching Forehead. 1678-1678 F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, & T. Passenger

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I Have a Mare her Colour is White, Sweet if thou love me tell me now; To Ride on her Belly I take Delight, And I cannot come every day to Wooe. With hey my Nanny, with ho my Nanny, with hey my Nanny, my Nanny, Nanny; The more I do look, the more I love thee, thou art kinder then ever thou used to be. I have a Key but it wants a Lock, Sweet if thou love me tell me now; I have that will please wert under thy Smock, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, etc.
I would not Wed when I was Young, Sweet if thou love me tell me now; But now I am Old I want a good thing, And I cannot come every day to Wooe. With hey my Nanny, etc. I have a House, and I have a Yard, Sweet if thou love me tell me now; But by the right owner Im from it debard, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, with ho my Nanny, with hey my Nanny, my Nanny, Nanny; The more I do look, the more I love thee, thou art kinder then ever thou used to be.
I have a Pot that wants a Ladle, I Sweet if thou love, etc. Come furnish me then if that thou art able, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, etc. Wel leave off these Cups and fill up our Glasses, Sweet if thou love me tell me now, Wel leave off old widdows, and court young lasses And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, etc. It is not a week since I took me a Bride, Sweet if thou love me, etc. But I fear theres a Cuckold that lies by her side, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, etc. Once I had Silver, and once I had Gold, Sweet if thou love, etc. And once I had Land, but I could not it hold, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, etc And now I have spent and wasted my store, Sweet if thou love me tell me now; I have Horns on my head which I ner had before, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, etc. And to be a Cuckold if it be my Lot, Sweet if thou love me tell me now; It is an old Trade that will ner be forgot, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, etc. In the City and Country some brethren I have, Sweet if thou love me tell me now; whose wives do maintain them both gallant & brave, And I cannot come every day to Wooe: With hey my Nanny, with ho my Nanny, with hey my Nanny, my Nanny, Nanny; The more I do look the more I love thee, thou art kinder then ever thou used to be.
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