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R216157 4 a new Northern tune UNKNOWN A New Northern Tune I would give ten thousand pounds shee was in Shrewsbury UNKNOWN I Would Give Ten Thousand Pounds She Was in Shrewsbury Ned Smith UNKNOWN Ned Smith the same tune UNKNOWN The Same Tune GAllants come list a while / a story I will tell, VVHen he thus spoken had / his Lady he forsook This unto her he said / dearest come thou to mee. / I would give ten thousand pounds / thou wert in Shrewsbury. [with variation] Dearest farewell from mee, / dearest farewell from mee, / I would give ten thousand pound, / thou wert in Shrewsbury. [with variation] Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 220 3: 221 The valiant Commander with his resolute Lady, / Shewing, / A breif discourse of a Commander bold, / Who had a wife was worth her weight in gold, / Shee bravely fought to save her husbands life. / Let all men judge, was not this a valiant wife. The valiant Commander with his resolute Lady, Shewing. A breif discourse of a Commander bold, Who had a wife was worth her weight in gold, Shee bravely fought to save her husbands life. Let all men judge, was not this a valiant wife. The valiant Commander with his resolute Lady, Shewing. A brief discourse of a Commander bold, Who had a wife was worth her weight in gold, She bravely fought to save her husbands life. Let all men judge, was not this a valiant wife. ?-?

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GAllants come list a while a story I will tell, Of a Commander bold, and what to him befell, He was besiedged round, in Chester City fair, His Lady being with him, which fild his heart with care, This unto her he said, dearest come thou to mee. I would give ten thousand pounds thou wert in Shrewsbury. O my own hearts delight, my joy and turtle Dove, More dear than my own life, heavens know I do thee love. Those beautious looks of thine my sences set on fire, Yea though I love thee well, thy absence I desire, Dearest come thou to mee, etc. Thy red coloured cheeks and thy bright shining eye, Makes mee alwayes inflamd, with thy sweet company, Thy breath smells far more rare than doth sweet frankincense.
And yet for all those fumes I wish thee farther hence: This makes mee sigh and say. etc. Look how my Unkle stands, I dare not come him near, Because I love the King. and am a Cavalier, Yet for my Lady and her son, my heart doth bleed for thee, I would give then thousand pound they were in Shrewsbury: They were in Shrewsbury, some comfort for to find, Amongst the Cavaliers to ease a troubled mind. My heart bleeds in my breast, for my fair Ladies sake, And how to save her life. I know no course to take, Hark how the Drums do beat, and warlike Trumpets sound, Se how the Musqueteers, have now begirt us round: The Souldiers they cry out, kill, kill no quarter give, What hopes then can I have, that my true love should live.
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WHen he thus spoken had his Lady he forsook, And with a manly heart his sword in hand he took. Farewell my Lady dear, now will I bandy blows, And fight myself to death amongst my desperate foes, Dearest farewell from mee, dearest farewell from mee, I would give ten thousand pound, thou wert in Shrewsbury. His Lady seeing then: the danger they were in, She like a Souldier bold nobly then did begin: My trusty love quoth she since thou so va[l]iant art, What ere becomes of me, stoutly Ile take thy part: Dearest cast care away let kisses comfort thee, Thou and Ile neer depart Ile live and dye with thee. Put mee on mans attire give mee a Souldiers coat, Ile make King Charleses foes quickly to change their note. Cock your match, prim your pan let peircing bullets fly.
I do not care a pin, whether I live or dye: Dearest cast care away let kisses comfort thee Thou and Ile near depart Ile live and die with thee. She took a Musquet then and a sword by her side, In disguise like a man her valour so she tride, And with her true love she, marcht forth couragiously, And made away with speed, quite through the enemy. Dearest cast care away let kisses comfort thee, Thou and Ile neer depart Ile live and dye with thee. Their Souldiers brave and bold, behavd themselves so well That all the Northern parts, of their deserts can tell; Thus have you heard the n[e]ws of a most valiant weight, And of his Lady brave. how stoutly they did fight. Dearest cast care away, let kisses comfort thee, Thou and Ile neer depart, wee two will still agree.
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