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T35164 I Pray attend unto this Jest, / A youthful Maiden in the West, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 492 3: 493 THE / Fair MAID of the WEST; / Who sold her Maidenhead for a High-crown'd Hat. THE Fair MAID of the WEST; Who sold her Maidenhead for a High-crown’d Hat. THE Fair MAID of the WEST; Who sold her Maidenhead for a High crowned Hat. 1763-1763

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I Pray attend unto this Jest, A youthful Maiden in the West, She was gay and handsome too, As I truth may tell to you. And therefore now I pray attend, Unto these lines which I have pennd, And if you do not say the same, I think you will be much to blame.
Upon a day it happened so, That she would to market go, Taking her money great and small, To buy a high-crownd hat withal. As soon as eer she did come there, Unto a shop she did repair; Where soon a youthful batchelor, Did fix his wanton eyes on her.
Kind Sir, said she, a hat Id have, And pray let me have what I crave, One that is fine and light to wear; He strait did fit her to a hair. What is the price? she then replyd, Seven Shillings I have denyd; I will fit you well he said, Because you are a hansome Maid. Ill let you have it for a crown, If that youll let me lay you down Upon my soft and downy bed, There to enjoy your Maidenhead. She seemd to blush and stand a while, At length she answered with a smile, What Maidenhead and money too, No, kind sir, that will not do. He strait did whisper in her ear, I will befriend thee now my dear, Let me enjoy my hearts delight, And you shall have the Hat outright. This maid she did no longer stand, But struck the bargain out of hand: And having given the youth content, She took her Hat and away she went. Now as she past along the way, She to herself these words did say, With a fine Hat I now am sped, And all for a silly Maidenhead. Then coming to her mother strait, This hopeful bargain to relate, O Mother! O mother! as Im true, I have a Hat and Money too
Why Hussey, her Mother then replyd, How was the haberdasher paid? He had my Maidenhead said she, Which was a great plague unto me. The good old wife flew in a rage, And nothing could her wrath assuage, Thrusting her daughter out of doors, And said, shed never own her more. If this same Hat she did not take, And to the town again make haste, And give it him with whom she had lain, And bring her Maidenhead back again. With sighs and tears she did lament, As to the market town she went, To tell the shopkeeper therefore, He must her Maidenhead restore. For why, my mother wont agree, That I should part with it, said she. Why then come in, I will freely part With it to thee with all my heart. As soon as she did it receive, Poor heart she did no longer grieve, But made a curtsey to the ground, Because she had this kindness found. Then home again this lass did hie, And told her mother presently, An honest man he seemd to be, For he restord it willingly. Well daughter had it not been so, It might have been your overthrow; But since he did it you restore, See that you play the fool no more.
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