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R39320 1 Let Mary live long UNKNOWN Let Mary Live Long IN Westminter town, / you there may discover, Stout brawny young Richard, / Stout brawny young Richard, / a delicate blade. [with variation] Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 246 KENTISH DICK; / OR, THE / Lusty Coach-Man of Westminster. / With an Account how he Tickled the Young Lasses, and caused / their sad Lamentation. KENTISH DICK; OR, THE Lusty Coach-Man of Westminster. With an Account how he Tickled the Young Lasses, and caused their sad Lamentation. KENTISH DICK; OR, THE Lusty Coachman of Westminster. With an Account how he Tickled the Young Lasses, and caused their sad Lamentation. 1671-1671 J. Deacon

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IN Westminster town; you there may discover, a wavering lover; The tawny and brown, as well as the fair, He will commonly court, He is right for the sport: a Coach-man by trade, Stout brawny young Richard, Stout brawny young Richard, a delicate blade.
He came out of Kent, with delicate triming, for pleasing young women; He gives them consent, wherever he goes: Hell have at them all, Both the short and the tall, and follows the trade: His name is stout Richard, His name is stout Richard, a brawny young blade.
Hes loath to be tyd, to any one woman; he loves to live common, The name of a bride, he cannot endure: When hes weary of one, To another hell run, now this is the trade Of lusty stout Richard, Of lusty stout Richard, that dexterous blade. Hes wanton and wild, a Stallion he passes, and five or six lasses, Are gotten with child by him, as I hear; Yet hell marry with none, Though they make their sad moan, but does them degrade: A brawny young fellow, A brawny young fellow, a dexterous blade. Dear Richard, one crys, behold my condition, with humble submission, And watry eyes, your love I intreat, Tell me, when we shall wed? You have my maiden-head. he does her degrade, And swears hell not marry, And swears hell not marry, no impudent jade.
She told him again, when first he did use her, he would not abuse her: Yet this was in vain, like Hector he swore, That hed never be tyd, To any one bride: thus did he degrade, The poor loving creature, The poor loving creature, that once was a maid. A horrible crime, some says, their is seven, and others eleven, At this very time, with child by this spark; Who does waddle about, For to find the knave out, that does them degrade: He crys he hath knickt it, He crys he hath knickt it, an impudent blade. We[]ll geld him, says one, of nutmegs well free him, if ever we see him, Or hell over-run all maids of the town: Lets sever from him, That unruly limb, which did us degrade; He is, I must tell you, He is, I must tell you, an impudent blade.
Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in G[ui]lt-spur-street without Newgate.