%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> A True CHARACTER / OF / Sundry Trades & Callings / OR, / A New Ditty of innocent Mirth. / This Song is New, and perfect true, / there's none can this deny; / For I am known, Friend to be one / that scorns to tell a Lye. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1685-1685 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 03/07/2012 32049

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R476498 1 Old Simon the KING Old Simon the King Old Simon the King NOw Gentlemen sit ye all Merry, / i'le sing you a Song of a Want, A Doctor without any Stomach, / will make but a pittiful Dinner, Good people I tell unto you, / these Lines they are absolute New, / For I hate and dispise the telling of Lies, / this Ditty is merry and true. Good people I tell unto you, / these Lines they are absolute New, / For I hate and dispise the telling of Lies, / this Ditty is merry and true. Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 352 A True CHARACTER / OF / Sundry Trades & Callings / OR, / A New Ditty of innocent Mirth. / This Song is New, and perfect true, / there's none can this deny; / For I am known, Friend to be one / that scorns to tell a Lye. A True CHARACTER OF Sundry Trades & Callings OR, A New Ditty of innocent Mirth. This Song is New, and perfect true, there's none can this deny; For I am known, Friend to be one that scorns to tell a Lye. A True CHARACTER OF Sundry Trades & Callings OR, A New Ditty of innocent Mirth. This Song is New, and perfect true, there's none can this deny; For I am known, Friend to be one that scorns to tell a Lie. 1685-1685 P. Brooksby

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NOw Gentlemen sit ye all Merry, ile sing you a Song of a Want, Ile make you as merry as may be, though Monies begin to grow scant: A Woman without ere a Tongue, she never can Scold very loud, Tis just such another great Want, when the Fidler wants his Crowd: Good people I tell unto you, these Lines they are absolute New, For I hate and dispise the telling of Lies, this Ditty is merry and true.
A Ship thats without ere a Sail, may be driven the Lord knows whither Tis just such another sad want, as the Shooe-maker wants his Leather: A Man that has got but one Legg, will make but a pittiful Runner, And he that has no Eyes in his head, will make but a sorrowful Gunner: Good people I tell unto you, these Lines they are absolute New, For I hate and dispise the telling of Lies, this Ditty is merry and true.
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A Doctor without any Stomach, will make but a pittiful Dinner, And he that has got no Victuals to eat, will quickly look thinner and thinner: A Bell without ever a Clapper, will make but a sorrowful sound, And he that has no Land of his own, may work on another Mans Ground: Good people I tell unto you, these lines they are absolute New, For I hate and dispise the telling of Lies, this Ditty is merry and true. A Black-smith without his Bellows, he need not to rise very soon, And he that has no Cloaths to put on, may lye in his Bed till Noon: An Inn-keeper without any Custom, will never get store of Wealth, And if he has ner a Sign to hang up, he may ene go hang up himself: Good people, etc. A Miller without any Stones, he is but a sorrowful Soul, And if that he has no Corn to grind, he need not stand taking of Toll: The Taylor we know he is loath to take any Cabbidge at all, If he has no Silk, Stuff or Cloth, to do that good Office withal: Good people, etc. A Woman without ere a Fault, she like a bright Star will appear, But a Brewer without any Mault, will make but pittiful Beer: A Man that has got but one Shirt, when ere it is washt for his Hide, I hope it cant be no great hurt, to lye in his Bed till tis dryd, Good people, etc.
A Mountebank without his Fools, and a Skip-kennel turnd out of place, A Tinker without any Tools, they are all in a sorrowful case: You know that a Dish of good Meat, it is the true stay of Mans Life, But he that has nothing to eat, he need not to draw out his Knife: Good people, etc. A Pedler without ere a Stock, it makes him look pittiful Blew, A Shepherd without ere a Flock, has little or nothing to do: A Farmer without any Corn, he neither can give, sell, or lend, A Hunts-man without ere a Horn, his Wife she must stand his good Friend, Good people, etc. A Plow-man that has ner a Plow, I think he may live at his ease, A Dairy without ere a Cow, will make but bad Butter and Cheese: A Man that is pittiful Poor, has little or nothing to loose, And he that has never a Foot, it saves him the buying of Shooes: Good people, etc. A Warren without ere a Coney, is Barren, and so much the worse, And he that is quite without money, can have no great need of a Purse; I hope there is none in this place, that now is displeasd with this Song: Come buy up my Ballads apace, and ile pack-up my Awls and be gone; Good people I tell unto you, these lines they are absolute New, [F]or I hate and dispise the telling of Lies, this Ditty is merry and true.
Printed for P. Brooksby, at the Golden-Ball in Pye-Corner.