%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Diddle, Diddle. / OR, / The Kind Country Lovers. / With sly insinuations he perswades her / And by the bands of Love, along he leads her. / Relating pleasant stories for to bind her / And all to make her unto him prove kinder. / And so in Love at last they live together / With pleasant dayes enjoying one another. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1681-1681 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/25/2014 33459

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R228199 1 Lavender green, &c. Lavender Green Lavender green, &c. LAvenders green, Diddle, diddle / Lavenders blue Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 752 Diddle, Diddle. / OR, / The Kind Country Lovers. / With sly insinuations he perswades her / And by the bands of Love, along he leads her. / Relating pleasant stories for to bind her / And all to make her unto him prove kinder. / And so in Love at last they live together / With pleasant dayes enjoying one another. Diddle, Diddle. Or, The Kind Country Lovers. With sly insinuations he perswades her And by the bands of Love, along he leads her. Relating pleasant stories for to bind her And all to make her unto him prove kinder. And so in Love at last they live together With pleasant dayes enjoying one another. Diddle, Diddle. OR, The Kind Country Lovers. With sly insinuations he persuades her And by the bands of Love, along he leads her. Relating pleasant stories for to bind her And all to make her unto him prove kinder. And so in Love at last they live together With pleasant days enjoying one another. 1681-1681 J. Wright, J. Clark, W. Thackery and T. Passenger

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LAvenders green, Diddle, diddle Lavenders blue You must love me diddle diddle, cause I love you, I heard one say diddle diddle since I came hither, That you and I diddle diddle must lie together.
My hosttess maid diddle diddle her name was Nell, She was a lass diddle diddle that I loved well, But if she dye diddle diddle by some mishap Then she shall lie diddle diddle under the Tap,
That she may drink Diddle, diddle, when she's a dry, Because she lov'd Diddle, diddle my Dog & I, Coll up your Maids Diddle diddle set them to work, Some to make Hay, Diddle diddle some to the Rock. Some to make Hay, Diddle diddle, some to the Corn Whilst you and I Diddle, didle, keep the bed warm, Let the birds sing Diddle, diddle and the Lambs play, We shall be safe Diddle, diddle out of harms way. James at the George, Diddle, diddle Sue at the Swan, He loves his maid Diddle diddle, she loves her man, But if they chance Diddle, diddle for to be found, Catch them i'th Corn Diddle diddle put them i'th pound. I heard a bird Diddle, diddle sing in my Ear, Maids will be scarce Diddle, diddle, the next New year, For young men are Diddle, diddle so wanton grown That they ne'r mind Diddle, diddle which is their own.
Down in a Vale Diddle, diddle where flowers do grow And the birds sing Diddlle, diddle all on a row. A brisk young man Diddle, diddle met with a Maid, And laid her down, Diddle diddle under the shade. Where they did play Diddle diddle & Kiss & Court, Like Lambs in May Diddle diddle making fine sport. There lives a Lass Diddle, diddle over the Green, She sells good Ale Diddle, diddle think what I mean. Oft have I been Diddle, diddle with her i'th dark And yet I nere Diddle diddle shot at the mark. But now my Dear Diddle, diddle have at thy humm For I do swear Diddle, diddle now I am come. I will be kind Diddle diddle until I dye, Then prethee love Diddle diddle my Dog & I. For thee & I Diddle diddle now are all one, And we will lye Diddle di[d]dle no more alone.
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