%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Country-mans care in choosing a Wife: / OR, A young Batchelor hard to be pleased, / A Wife he'l have, yet will be sure to chuse / One that he loves, the rest he doth refuse; / And many sorts of Maids, he by hath past, / Being all unfit for him; until at last / Upon a Farmers Daughter he doth pitch, / That's a good Huswife, vertuous, neat, and rich. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/25/2014 32916

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R227039 1 I'le have one I love, &c. Or, The Yellow-hair'd Laddy. Yellow-Haired Laddy, The I'll have one I love, &c. Or, The Yellow-haired Laddy. I Am a brisk Youngster, / and fain would be Wed; though I live the less while. [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 540 The Country-mans care in choosing a Wife: / OR, A young Batchelor hard to be pleased, / A Wife he'l have, yet will be sure to chuse / One that he loves, the rest he doth refuse; / And many sorts of Maids, he by hath past, / Being all unfit for him; until at last / Upon a Farmers Daughter he doth pitch, / That's a good Huswife, vertuous, neat, and rich. The Country-mans care in choosing a Wife: OR, A young Batchelor hard to be pleased. A Wife he’l have, yet will be sure to chuse One that he loves, the rest he doth refuse; And many sorts of Maids, he by hath past, Being all unfit for him; until at last Upon a Farmers Daughter he doth pitch, That’s a good Huswife, vertuous, neat, and rich. The Country man's care in choosing a Wife: 'OR, A young Bachelor hard to be pleased, A Wife he'll have, yet will be sure to choose One that he loves, the rest he doth refuse; And many sorts of Maids, he by hath past, Being all unfit for him; until at last Upon a Farmer's Daughter he doth pitch, That's a good Housewife, virtuous, neat, and rich. ?-?

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I Am a brisk Youngster, and fain would be Wed; And have a good Wife for to please me in Bed; But I fear that in chusing, they should me beguile: Then ile have one I love, though I live the less while. Ile not have a Girl that is bred at the Court; For fear she be given to wanton and sport; On every Gallant shes apt for to smile; Then ile have, etc.
A Citizens Daughter I dare not to take: The steps of her Mother shel never forsake: Shel make me look out, you may see them a mile: Then ile have, etc. No maker of Buttons, nor yet of Bone-lace; Shall ere be my love, though I dye on the place; Although they do mince it, and simper and smile; Yet ile have one I love, though I live the less while.
MY Hostesses Daughter, she must be denyd; Because that I fear she hath often been tryd; Be sure she would fit me at Hedge, or at Stile, But ile have one I love, though I live the less while. She that hath much Suitors, ands loath to be won; And many a Young-man she perhaps hath undone. It is not her cunning that shall me beguile: For ile have, etc. A Wench thats imperious, and strives for to rule; If that I should take her, youd count me a Fool: She woud make my Noddle as sore as a Bile; But ile have, etc. And she that is proud, and hath nought to begin; I would not for such a one give a Sleeves Pin; As soon as a better, my Bed shel defile; Then ile have, etc.
Ile not have a Cook-Maid, for she is too black; And when she doth sweat, her Smock sticks to her Back: Shel scold, and shel brawl, you may hear her a mile: But ile have, etc. The Lass that is fair, to be sure she is proud; And she that is little, you know she is loud; Against a good Husband, theyr apt to revile; Then ile have, etc. But now for to tell you the depth of my mind; A Rich Farmers Daughter, I have in the Wind; For her I will Ride, if it be forty mile; And ile have, etc. Tis she is my Betty, my Dear and delight; Who hath my affection, by day and by night: To her I will go, and ile make her to smile; For ile have my own Love, though I live the less while.
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