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R228339 5 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN I marry and thank ye too Aye, Marry, and Thank You Too I Marry and Thank Ye Too ALas! I am in a Rage, / and bitterly weep and cry, yet cannot be married not I. [with variation] Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 290 THE / LONDON Lasses Lamentation: / OR, / Her Fear she should never be MARRIED. THE LONDON Lasses Lamentation: OR, Her Fear she should never be MARRIED. THE LONDON Lass's Lamentation: OR, Her Fear she should never be MARRIED. ?-?

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ALas! I am in a Rage, and bitterly weep and cry, Because Im nineteen years of age, yet cannot be married not I. No Gallant regards my moan, for Love I am like to dye, It grieves my Heart to lye alone, yet cannot be married not I.
Mine, Eyes dos like Fountains flow, as I on my Pillow lye, Theres none knows what I undergo, yet cannot be married not I. Theres Margery, Sue, and Kate, has Husbands with them to lye, Yet none regards my wretched state, yet cannot be married not I.
Young-men I must tell ye true, I scorn to report a Lye, I am both fair and handsome too, yet cannot be married not I. My Father is gray and old, and surely eer long will dye, And though hell leave me all his Gold, I cannot, etc. Oh! this my Grief and Care, the which I cannot pass by, To think I am my Fathers Heir, yet cannot, etc. I am in Distraction hurld, and do for a Husband cry, Its more to me than all the World, yet cannot, etc. I am a poor Love-sick Girl, and ready with Grief to Dye, I profferd Jewels, Gold and Pearl, yet cannot, etc.
I Silks I am still arrayd, and eery new Fashion buy, Because I am loath to dye a Maid, yet cannot, etc. As fine as the Queen of May, I flourish with gallantry, I wear my Top-knot eery day, yet cannot, etc. A paint, and I powder still, to tempt all that I come nigh; But yet let me do what I will, yet cannot, etc. Theres never a Lass in Town, for Beauty can me come nigh: But Fortune she has sent a Frown, I cannot be married not I. The Gold which I have in store, I value no more than Clay, Id give all, had I ten times more, so I might be married to day.