%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> News from Hide-Park. / OR, / A very merry passage which hapned betwixt a North Country Gentleman, and a very Gaudy / Galland Lady of pleasure, whom he took up in the Parke, & conducted her (in her own Coach) / home to her Lodgings, and what chanced there, if you'll venter Attention the Song will / declare. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1663-1663 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 03/07/2012 31799

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R180927 1 The Crost Couple Crossed Couple, The; Tantara Rara Tantivy The Crossed Couple ONe Evening a little before it was dark, / I call'd for my Gelding & rid to Hide-parke, sing tan tara tara tan tivee [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 250 News from Hide-Park. / OR, / A very merry passage which hapned betwixt a North Country Gentleman, and a very Gaudy / Galland Lady of pleasure, whom he took up in the Parke, & conducted her (in her own Coach) / home to her Lodgings, and what chanced there, if you'll venter Attention the Song will / declare. News from Hide-Park. OR, A very merry passage which hapned betwixt a North Country Gentleman, and a very Gaudy Galland Lady of pleasure, whom he took up in the Parke, & conducted her (in her own Coach) home to her Lodgings, and what chanced there, if you'll venter Attention the Song will declare. News from Hide-Park. OR, A very merry passage which happened between a North Country Gentleman, and a very Gaudy Gallant Lady of pleasure, whom he took up in the Park, & conducted her (in her own Coach) home to her Lodgings, and what chanced there, if you'll venture Attention the Song will declare. 1663-1663 F. Coles, T. Vere, and J. Wright.

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ONe Evening a little before it was dark, sing tan tara rara tan tivee, I calld for my Gelding & rid to Hide parke, on tan tara rara tan-tivee: It was in the merry Month of May, When Meadows &Fields were gaudy & gay, And Flowers apparelld as bright as the day, I got upon my tan-tivee. The Park shone brighter than the Skyes, sing tan tara rara tan-tivee: With jewels and gold, and Ladies eyes, that sparkled and cryd come see me: Of all parts of England, Hide-park hath the name For Coaches & Horses, and Persons of fame, It looked at first sight, like a field full of flame, Which made me ride up tan-tivee. There hath not been seen such a sight since Adams for Perriwig, Ribbon, and Feather, Hide-park may be termd the Market of Madams or Lady-Fair, chuse you whether:
their gowns were a yard too long for their legs, They shewd like the Rian-bow cut in rags, A Garden of Flowers, or a Navy of Flags, when they did all mingle together. Among all these Ladies I singled out one to p[r]attle of love and folly; I found her not coy, but jovial as Jone, or Betty, or Margret, or Moly: With hono[r]s & love, and stories of Chances, My spirits did move & my blood she advances, With twenty quonundrums, & fifty five fancies Id have been at her tan-tivee. We talkt away time until it g[r]ew dark, the place did begin to grow privee; For Gallants began to draw out of the Park: their horses did gallop tan-tivee: But finding my courage a little to come, I sent my bay-Gelding away by my Groom, And profferd my service to wait on her home, In her coach we went both tan-tivee.
I Offerd & profferd, but found her straight lacd she cryd, I shall never believe ye? This armful of Sattin I bravely embracd, and fain would have been at tan-tivee. Her lodging was pleasant for scent & for sight, She seemd like an Angel by Candle-light, And like a bold Archer I aimd at the white, tan-tivee, tan-tivee, tan-tivee. With many denials she yielded at last, her Chamber being wondrous privee, That I all the night there might have my repast to run at the Ring tan-tivee: I put off my cloaths, and I tumbled to bed: She went in her Closet to dress up her head, But I peepd in the key-hole to see what she did, which put me quite beside my tan-tivee. She took of her head-tire, & shewd her bald pate, her cunning did very much grieve me, Thought I to my self, if it were not so late, I would home to my lodgings, believe me. Her hair being gone, she seemd like a Hagg. Her bald-pate did look like an Estritches Egg, This Lady (thought I) is as right as my legg, she hath been too much at tan-tivee. The more I did peep, the more I did spy, which did unto amazement drive me: She put up her finger and out dropt her eye; I prayd that some power would relieve me,
But now my resolves was never to trouble her, Or venture my Carkis with such a blind hobler, She lookt with one eye just like Heuson the Cobler. when he usd to ride tan-tivee. I peept & was still more perplexed therewith, thought I thot be midnight Ile leave thee, She fetcht a yawn, and out fell her te[e]th, this Queen had intents to deceive me: She drew out her Handkercheif as I suppose, To wipe her high forhead & oft dropt her nose, Which made me run quickly and put on my hose the Devil is in my tan-tivee. She washt all the Paint from her visage & then she lookt just (if you will believe me) Like a Lancashire witch of fourscore and then; and as the Devil did drive me, I put on my cloaths & cryd witches & whores, I tumbled down stairs, broke open the doors, And down to my country again to my Boys, Next morning I rid tan-tivee. You North-country Gallants that live pleasant lives let not curiosity drive ye, To leave the fresh air, and your own Tennants wives for Sattin will sadly deceive you; For my part I will no more be such a Meacock, To deal with the plums of a Hide-park P[e]acock, But find out a russet coat wench, & a he[y]cock, and there I will ride tan-tivee.
London, Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and J. Wright. FINIS.