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T39942 CUpid, as you shall understand, / Has acted a knavish part, Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 809 A NEW SONG. A NEW SONG. A NEW SONG. ?-?

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CUpid, as you shall understand, Has acted a knavish part, His bow was bent, an arrow sent Quite thro an old mans heart; His age was fourscore and sixteen, He had a great mind to wed A plump, young jade; for why? tis said, He longd for a maidens head. Resolvd he was to court a lass With a black and rolling eye, With milk-white skin, and double chin, Which caused his courage to rise; Then this old man brushd up his beard, By fancies he was led To court a maid; for why? tis said, He longd for a maidens head. Then he did for his crutches call, That a wooing he might go; And when he came before his dame He made her a bow so low; He said, Can you fancy a good old man, Who has a great mind to wed? My charming fair, I do declare I long for a maidens head. The damsel made him this reply: What makes you in such heat? So old and grey therefore I pray, Think on your winding sheet: Your age is fourscore and sixteen, With you Ill never wed; What would you have? Think on your grave, And not of a maidens head. Besides the world would think it strange My passion should be so strong, So much in years as it appears Old age cannot tarry long: For women that are both blind and lame They have a great mind to wed; Its so with me, my dear, said he, I long for a maidens head. Do you think I am going to marry one Thats troubled with stone and gout, Diseasd, I know, from top to toe, Can hardly crawl about: You cannot please a woman well In the toys of a marriage-bed, What would you have? Think on your grave, And not on a maidens head. This old man went home in discontent, And troubled very sore, And, like an ape, he hangd himself, An hundred wanting four; His crutches did behind him lay, Alone as he lay dead, To testify that he did die For the sake of a maidens head. This damsel mourns with pleasant smiles, And every tear that falls Would drown a town, or quite wash down An hundred castle-walls: Its said she wrote upon his tomb, So fair for to be read, Here lies one, underneath this stone, Who died for a maidens head.