%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE / DUMB MAID: / OR, / The Young Gallant Trappan'd. / A Young Man did unto her a Wooing come, / But she pretended much that she was Dumb; / But when they both in Marriage-bands were ty'd, / The Doctors Skill was likewise with her try'd; The Doctor he set her Tongue on the Run, / She Chatters now, and never will have done. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1680-1680 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 02/29/2012 31751

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R490127 1 To a new tune called, Dum, dum, dum. / OR, I would I were in my own Countrey I Would I Were in My Own Country To a new tune called, Dum, dum, dum. / OR, I would I were in my own Country ALl you that pass along, / Give ear unto my Song, But alack, and alas, she / was Dumb, dumb, dumb. | Her tongue, tongue, tongue. [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 68 THE / DUMB MAID: / OR, / The Young Gallant Trappan'd. / A Young Man did unto her a Wooing come, / But she pretended much that she was Dumb; / But when they both in Marriage-bands were ty'd, / The Doctors Skill was likewise with her try'd; The Doctor he set her Tongue on the Run, / She Chatters now, and never will have done. THE DUMB MAID: OR, The Young Gallant Trappan'd. A Young Man did unto her a Wooing come, But she pretended much that she was Dumb; But when they both in Marriage-bands were ty'd, The Doctors Skill was likewise with her try'd; The Doctor he set her Tongue on the Run, She Chatters now, and never will have done. THE DUMB MAID: OR, The Young Gallant Trepanned. A Young Man did unto her a Wooing come, But she pretended much that she was Dumb; But when they both in Marriage-bands were tied, The Doctor's Skill was likewise with her tried; The Doctor he set her Tongue on the Run, She Chatters now, and never will have done. 1680-1680

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ALL you that pass along, Give ear unto my Song, Concerning a Youth that was young, young, young[:] And of a Maiden fair, Few with her might compare, But alack, and alas, she was Dumb, dumb, dumb. She was beautious, fresh, and gay Like the pleasant flowers in May, And her Cheeks was as round as a Plum, plum, plum: She was neat in every part, And she stole away his heart, But alack, and alas, she was Dumb, dumb, dumb. At length this Country Blade, Wedded this prety Maid, And he kindly Conducted her home, home, home: Thus in her Beauty bright, Lay all his whole Delight, But alack, and alas, she was Dumb, dumb, dumb. Now will I plainly show What work this Maid could do Which a patren may be, for girls young, young, youn[g,] O she both day and night, In working took delight, But alack, and alas, she was dumb, dumb, dumb. She could Brew & she could bake, She could wash, wring, and shake, She could sweep the House with a Broom, broom, broom; She could Knit, and Sow, & Spin, And do any such like thing, But alack, and alas, she was dumb, dumb, dumb.
But at last this man did go The Doctors skil to know, Saying, Sir can you cure a Woman of the Dumb: O it is the easiest part That belongs unto my art, For to cure a Woman, of the dumb, dumb, dumb. To the Doctor he did her bring, And he cut her chatering string, And he set her Tongue on the run, run, run: In the morning he did rise, And she filld his house with cries, And she rattled in his ears Like a drum, drum, drum. To the Doctor he did go, with his heart well filld with woe, Crying Doctor, I am undone, done, done: Now shes turnd a scolding Wife, And I am weary of my Life, Nor I cannot make her hold Her tongue, tongue, tongue. The Doctor thus did say, When she went from me away, She was perfectly Cured of the dumb, dumb, dumb. But its beyond the Art of man, Let him do the best he can, For to make a scolding Woman hold her tongue, tongue, tongue. So as you to me came, Return you back again, And take you the Oyl, of Hazel strong: With it anoint her body round, when she makes the house to sound, So perhaps you may charm her tongue, tongue, tongue.
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