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R217108 5 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN In Summer time In Summer Time In Summer Time AS I was walking under a Grove, / within my self as I supposed; to tell her when I meant to marry. | O then my Love and Ile be married. [with variation] Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 356 The young-mans Resolution / To the / MAIDENS REQUEST. / Being a Witty Dialogue, betwixt a / YOUNG MAN And a MAID. / Wherein she asked him when he intends to marry, / And he resolves her how long he will tarry. The young-mans Resolution To the MAIDENS REQUEST. Being a Witty Dialogue, betwixt a YOUNG MAN And a MAID. Wherein she asked him when he intends to marry, And he resolves her how long he will tarry. The young man's Resolution To the MAIDENS REQUEST. Being a Witty Dialogue, between a YOUNG MAN And a MAID. Wherein she asked him when he intends to marry, And he resolves her how long he will tarry. Shirley, John ?-?

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AS I was walking under a Grove, within my self as I supposed; My mind did oftentimes remove, and by no means could be disclosed, At length by chance a friend I met, which caused me long time for to tarry, And then of me she did entreat, to tell her when I meant to marry. Sweet heart, quoth I, if you would know, then mark these words, and Ile reveal it; Since in your mind you bear it so, and in your heart you do conceal it; She promised me for to make no words, but of such things I would be warry, And thus in brief I did begin to tell her when I meant to marry. When shrove-tide falls on Easter week, and Christmass in the midst of July, And Lawyers for no Fees will plead, and Taylors they live just and truly; When all deceits are quite put down and truth by all men is preferred, And Indigo dyes red and brown, O then my Love and I[]le be married. When Saffron grows on every tree, and every stream flows Milk and Honey, And Sugar grows on Carter fields, and Usurers refuse good Money: When Countrey-men for Judges sit, and Lambmass falls on February, And Millers they their Toll forgets, O then my Love and I will marry. The second Part to the same Tune. WHen Men and Beasts in Ocean flows, & Fishes in green fields are feeding: When Muscle shells in the streets do grow, and Swans upon dry Rocks are breeding; When Cockle shells are Diamond Rings, and Glass to Pearl may be compared, And Gold is made of the gray Goose wings; O then my Love and Ile be married. When Summer doth not dry up mire, and men on earth do leave to flatter; When Bakers they do use no fire, and Brewers they do use no water: When mountains are by men removed, and England into France is carried, And all Maids prove true to their Lovers, O then my Love and Ile be married.
When Hostesses do reckon true, and Dutch-men leave off drinking Brandy; When Cats do bark, and Dogs do mew, and Brimstone is took for Suggar-candie. Or when that Whitsuntide doth fall within the Month of January, And Coblers work without an Awle, O then my Love and I will marry. When Women knows not how to scold, and Maids of sweet-hearts nere are thinking: When Men ithe fire complains of cold, and Ships on Salisbury-plain fear sinking; When Horse-coursers turn honest Men, and London into York is carried, Or when you out of One can take Ten, its then my Love and Ile be married. When Candlesticks do serve for Bells, and Frying-pans are usd for Ladles; Or when in the Sea they dig for Wells, and Porrage Pots they make for Cradles: When Maids forget to go a Maying, and a Man on his back an Ox can carry; Or when the Mice with the Cat be playing, tis then my Love and Ile be married. Good Sir, since you have told me when, you are resolved for to marry; I wish with all my heart till then that for a Wife you still may tarry: For if all young men were of your mind, and Maids no better were preferred; I think it would be when the Devils blind, that we and our Lovers should be married.
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