%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> A Full and Particular ACCOUNT of a most wounderful WEDEING; which was kept in the / Country, near the Town of Falkirk, without a Bridegroom, &c. To which is added a / Comical Advertisement, and reward for Catching the Run-away Bridegroom. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/06/2011 31471

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T40298 WE hear from Castlecary, that last week / ' a young man who had been paying Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 813 A Full and Particular ACCOUNT of a most wounderful WEDEING; which was kept in the / Country, near the Town of Falkirk, without a Bridegroom, &c. To which is added a / Comical Advertisement, and reward for Catching the Run-away Bridegroom. A Full and Particular ACCOUNT of a most wounderful WEDEING; which was kept in the Country, near the Town of Falkirk, without a Bridegroom, &c. To which is added a Comical Advertisement, and reward for Catching the Run-away Bridegroom. A Full and Particular ACCOUNT of a most wonderful WEDDING; which was kept in the Country, near the Town of Falkirk, without a Bridegroom, &c. To which is added a Comical Advertisement, and reward for Catching the Run-away Bridegroom. ?-?

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WE hear from Castlecary, that last week a young man who had been paying his address to a woman for two years by-past, at length obtained her con- sent to marry him; in consequence of which, she immediately set out for Falkirk, in order to procure provisions and other accessaries for the wedding, which she for- warded in great profusion; and next day she went off attended by all her friends and neighbours to the number fifty or more to meet the Bridegroom, who, on their near approach, sud[d]enly altered his mind, slipt out at the back door, and run off into the adjacent woods. The bride no ways mov- ed at this disappointment, immediately dis- patched some of her Friends to the woods in quest of him, and in the meantime order- ed the music to play up Because he was a Bonney Lad, I bade him ay come back again. Finding on their return, that the bridegroom could not be found, she concluded the enter- tainment with uncommon spirit, by leading down a country dance, to the tune of I lost my love and I care na.---The company were so taken with the brides surprising gaiety on this trying occasion. that they raised a hand- some subscription for her. A SONG to the tune of, I fixd my fancy on he BRIGHT Stirlings power divinely great, What heart is not obeying? A thousand Cupids on her wait, And in her eye are playing She seems the queen of love to reign; For she alone dispenses Such sweets as best can entertain The guest of all the senses. Her face a charming prospect brings, Her breath gives balmy blisses; I hear an angel when she sings, And taste of heaven in kisses. F[o]ur senses thus he feasts with joy, From n[at]ures rich[e]st treasure: Let me then the sense employ, And I shall die with pleasure.
The Brides SONG, to the tune of The kirk wad let me be. TIS I have seven braw new gowns, And ither seven better to make; And yet for a my new gowns, My wooer has turnd his back. Besides I have seven milk-ky, And L-----e he has but three; And yet for a my good ky, The fellow winna hae me. My daddies a delver o dykes, My Mither can card and spin, And I am a fine foge, lass, And the siller comes linking in. The siller comes linking in, And it is f[ull] fair to see, And fifty times wow! O wow! What aile the fellow at me? Whenever our B[e]tty does bark, Then fast to the door I rin, To see gin ony young spark Will light and venture but in: But never a ane will come in, Tho mony a ane gaes by, Syne fur ben the house I rin; And a weary wight am I. When I was at my first prayers, I prayd but tuies i the year, I wishd for a handsome young lad, And a lad with muckle geer. When I was at my neist prayers, I prayed but now and than, shd na my head about gear, I falsto go handsome young man. Now when Im at my last prayrs, I p[r]ay on both night and day, And O! if a beggar wad come, With that same beggar Id gae. And O! and whatll come o me! And O! and whatll I do? That sie a braw lassie as I Soud die for a fellow I trow.
ADVERTISEMENT. For the good of the public, and protection of the fair Sexs character, in all time to come, that no hen-hearted Bridegrooms, unless he has the courage of game-cock, and has plaid the part of a man, be admited into the proclamation of intended matrimony, without bail, that hell attend the bridal and beding thereafter, and that no back doors for the future be kept open on wedding days, whereby they may escape, as this hair braind, capon-headed sheep- taid Bridegrooms has done; some thinks he has bewildered himself in the Wood, to avoid the cares of the World, and the plagues of a married life, others, that he lost he Key of the B[r]ides trunk, and afraid to come before her, others, that he had a full issue, and burnt his tail on hot haggish the night before, and has fled to East Lothian, to mend the high-ways, as harvest comes on. So if he can be found out of a hole, or in of a hole, eating or drinking, courting or kissing, or keeping company with any Women young or old set justice upn him for a Women-hater, a breaker of brides hearts, and you shall obtain reward, the Brides blessing, the prayers of the parish, and a New Song of exaltation to a Troy tune, and high praise a- bove your neighbours.