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T39968 1 Attend you Boatmen and give ear UNKNOWN Attend You Boatmen and Give Ear COme Maidens all, and pitty me. / And now my Grief condole, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 412 A New Song call'd the Farmer's Son, To which is added, Alice Marley. / The Distracted Maiden's Love to the Farmer's Son, A New Song call’d the Farmer’s Son, To which is added, Alice Marley. The Distracted Maiden’s Love to the Farmer’s Son, A New Song called the Farmer’s Son, To which is added, Alice Marley. The Distracted Maiden’s Love to the Farmer’s Son, ?-?

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COme Maidens all, and pitty me. And now my Grief condole, who am perplexd in my mind. And vexed to the Soul; Tis Love has caused my Overthrow, And my ruin now began, For I fixd my Heart, and it never shall part, From a Farmers only Son. He vowd for ever to be true, And I did him believe, But a Press Gang hauld him away, So my Joy they did deceive; For which my Senses fled away,And I distracted run, And now in Bedlam lie confind, For a Farmers only Son. Had I the Golden Indies store, Id freely with it part, To see him whom I love so dear, That has got my tender Heart, So Maids that hear my sad Complaint, Come Mourn as I have done, For sad is my Grief without Relief, For a Farmers only Son. So Ill a Garland make of Straw, And to the Walls complain, For nothing eer shall ease my Grief, Till John comes back again, The boards shall my Bedfellow be, Since all Comforts from me sprung, And the Chains my true Love eer shall be, Tis returns my Farmers Son. Come Great George to Bedlam, And me a Commission give, Ill kill the French and Spaniards all, My True-love to relieve; Their Forts and Castles I will storm, And their Towns I will burn, And the Crown Ill bring to George my King, To set free my Farmers Son. No Fire nor Balls shall me surprize, No Danger I will fear, I will fill the World with great out cries, When my Valour they do hear, Elizas Name shall be forgot, For the great Things I have done, For the Globe I will turn up side down, To revenge my Farmers Son. So Maids that true love ever bore, Advance and go with me, Ill make all Foes i eer do meet, Tremble by Land and Sea, i will to no one Quarter give, But only Sword and Gun, For ill down with all both great and small, To preserve my Farmers Son. As soon as my Commissions signd, To Bedlam Ill bid adieu, My Sword and Gun shall clear the Seas, Of French and Spaniards too; All England Foes my Rage shall feel, And when all this ive done, in Triumph ill return again, And be wed to my Farmers Son. Alice Marley, A New SONG. ALice Marley is grown so fine, She wont get up to serve her Swine
But lies in Bed till Eight or Nine, And surely she does take her Time, And do you ken Alice Marley Honey, The Wife that sells the Barley-honey, Has lost her Pocket and all her Money, And do you ken Alice Marley Honey. Alice Marley is so neat, Its heard for one to walk the Street, But every Lad and Lass they meet, Cries do ye ken Alice Marley Honey, And do you ken, etc. Alice keeps Wine, Gin and Ale, And likewise Plays a good Game with her Tail, When her R----------ll goes she doth him nail, And do ye ken, etc. From Wear Water upon this Town, Theres never a Tradesman up or down, But would freely give a Crown, To play with Alice Marley Honey, And do you ken, etc. The Farmers they do come that way, They drink with Alice every Day, And calls the Fidlers for to play, The Tune of Alice Marley Honey, And do you ken, etc. The Pitman and Keelman trim, They drink Bombo made of Gin, And for to dance they do begin, The Tune of Alice Marley Honey, And do you ken, etc. The Sailors they do call for Flip, As soon as they come from their Ship, And then begins to Dance and skip, The Tune of Alice Marley Honey, And do you ken, etc. Those Gentlemen that goes so fine, Theyll treat her with a Bottle of Wine, And freely theyll sit down and dine, Along with Alice Marley Honey, And do you ken, etc. Alice went up the Butchers Bank, The Butcher click by the Flank, He gave her a hold of his Mutton shank, And do you ken, etc. Soon after got into the Loft, And she began to kittle and Coff, The Butcher he got on and could not get off, And do you ken, etc. In came the Lad with his stript Cap, And he laid somebody on her Back, He stopt a thorn into her Gap, And do you ken, etc. In came the Lad that lived down by, And he with somebody used to lie, He gave her a pint when she was dry, And do you ken, etc. At Durham Races you might have seen, Alice Marley dressd like a Queen. With her Jockey Cap and Whip so keen, And do you ken, etc. Alice Marley had a Horse, And it was bookd at C------r Cross, There was two to one that it would Loss, and do you ken, etc. So conclude those Lines Ive Pennd, Hopeing theres none i do offend, and thus my merry Joke doth End, Concerning Alice Marley Honey, and do you ken, etc.