%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The FRIAR well-Fitted. / OR, / A pretty JEST that once befell, / How a Maid put a Friar to cool in a Well. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1763-1763 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 11/15/2016 31063

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T40226 1 a merry tune Friar in the Well, The a merry tune As I lay musing all alone, / Fa, la, la, la, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 346 3: 347 The FRIAR well-Fitted. / OR, / A pretty JEST that once befell, / How a Maid put a Friar to cool in a Well. The FRIAR well-Fitted. OR, A pretty JEST that once befell, How a Maid put a Friar to cool in a Well. The FRIAR well-Fitted. OR, A pretty JEST that once befell, How a Maid put a Friar to cool in a Well. 1763-1763

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AS I lay musing all alone, Fa, la, la, la, A pretty jest I thought upon, Fa, etc. Then listen a while, and I will you tell, Of a Friar that lov'd a bonny lass well. Fa, la, la, la, lang tree down a dilla. He came to a maid when she went to- bed, Desiring to have her maidenhead;
But she denied his desire, And told him that she feared hell-fire. Tush, quoth the friar, you need not to doubt, If thou wer't in hell I would sing thee out Then (said the maid) thou shalt have thy request: The Friar was glad as a fox in his nest. But one thing quoth she) I do desire, Before that you have what you require;
Before that you shall do the thing, An Angel of money thou shalt me bring. Tush, quoth the friar, we shall agree, No money shall part my love and me; Before that I will see thee lack, I'll pawn the grey gown off my back. The maid bethought her of a wile, How she might the Friar beguile; While he was gone, the truth to tell, She hung a cloth before the well. The Friar came, as his covenant was, With money to his bonny lass: Good-morrow, fair maid. Good-mor- row, said she, Here is the money I promised thee. She thanked the man, and she took the money Now let us go to it, quoth he, my swee- honey. O stay, quoth she, some respite make, My father comes, he will you take. Alas, quoth the Friar, where shall I run, To hide me till that she is gone? Behind the curtain run thou, quoth she, And there my father cannot you see. Behind the cloth the friar he crept, And into the well on a sudden he leapt. Alas, quoth he, I am in the well, No matter, quoth she, if thou wer't in hell.
Thou saidst thou couldst sing me out of hell, Now prithee sing thyself out of the well The Friar sung on with a pitiful sound, O help me out, or I shall be drown'd. I trow quoth she, your courage is cool'd; Quoth the Friar I never was so fool'd; I never was so served before, Then take heed, quoth she, thou com'st here no more. Quoth he, for good St. Francis sake, On his Disciple some pity take, Quoth she, St. Francis never taught His scholars to tempt young maidens to naught. The Friar did entreat her still, That she should help him out of the well She heard him make such piteous moan She helpt him out and bid him be gone. Quoth he, shall I have my money a- gain, Which thou from me hast before-hand ta'en? Good sir, quoth she, there is no such matter; I'll make you pay for fouling my water. The Friar went along the street, Dropping wet, like a new wash'd sheet: Old and Young commended the Maid. That such a witty prank had play'd.
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