%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> EPITHALAMIU[M.] / OR, / A Wedding Song: / ON / The Supposed Marriage, of the Supposed Prince of Wales, to the Supposed Gran[d Child of?] / the French King, the Supposed Son of Lewis the 13th. as it was with the Cons[ent of his?] / Holiness (or rather His Wickedness) the Pope of Rome, Solemnized from Paris to [?] / the Third of the last Greek Calends, 1689. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/17/2014 33628

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R176747 1 Lulla by baby, &c. Lilliburlero Lulla by baby, &c. PRAY rub up your Ears, and I'll tell you a thing, / The wonder of Subjects, the Wit of a King: Sing Tantara rara Boys hey, Boys hey, sing Tantara rara Boys hey. Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1013 EPITHALAMIU[M.] / OR, / A Wedding Song: / ON / The Supposed Marriage, of the Supposed Prince of Wales, to the Supposed Gran[d Child of?] / the French King, the Supposed Son of Lewis the 13th. as it was with the Cons[ent of his?] / Holiness (or rather His Wickedness) the Pope of Rome, Solemnized from Paris to [?] / the Third of the last Greek Calends, 1689. EPITHALAMIUM. OR, A Wedding Song: ON The Supposed Marriage, of the Supposed Prince of Wales, to the Supposed Grand Child of the French King, the Supposed Son of Louis the 13th. as it was with the Consent of his Holiness (or rather His Wickedness) the Pope of Rome, Solemnized from Paris to [?] the Third of the last Greek Calends, 1689. ?-?

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PRAY rub up your Ears, and I'll tell you a thing, The wonder of Subjects, the Wit of a King: Then give me attention to what I do Sing, Sing Tantara rara Boys hey, Boys hey, sing Tantara rara Boys hey. The Young Prince of Wales he went over to France, To Fence and to Fiddle, and learn to Dance; And there he did meet with a Mistris by chance: Sing Tantara rara Boys, etc. He spy'd from his Cradle a Princess, that Cry'd, The Dophins young Daughter with Swadling Clouts ty'd: And fell in a Passion, as if he would have dy'd. Sing Tantara rara Boys, etc. The Prince to a minut, was half a year Old; The Princess a quarter, but bucksome and bold, And both they were willing their Loves to unfold. Sing Tantara rara Boys, etc. Young Innocent mumbl'd, and fumbl'd the Wench; And she made him answer, by Smiling in French: But he with his Rattle her passion did quench. Sing Tantara rara Boys, etc. The Mazareen-King, the Most Christian Fox, That Europe Confounded, and Christendom Choaks: He heard of the Woing, and swore by the POX. Sing Tantara rara Boys, etc. Your Right to Three Kingdoms I dare to deny; Then hopeful young Innocent, pray thee stand by: But Old Father Peters, he thus did reply. Sing Tantara rara Boys, etc. The Prince of Waless Right (tho' now by mischance, He lives in your Kingdom, and backward doth dance) [?]as good to England as yours was to France. [Sing] Tantara rara Boys, etc.
At last they agree'd, and both Parties conten[t] The day was appointed, mistakes to preven[t] And the Turk's Great Defender he gave his Con[sent] Sing Tantara rara Boys, etc. Two Ladies of Honour the Parties did bear, The Bride in a Cradle, and him in a Chair But both in the Chappel, did Cry out for fea[r] Sing Tantara rara Boys, etc. The Priest he made hast, and joyned their H[ands] And thus he secur'd them, in Wedlock Ban[ds] Yet neither had Kingdom, nor People, nor [lands] Sing Tantara rara Boys, etc. The Table was cover'd, the Dishes came in; The Bride and the Bride groom to cry did b[egin] For the poor Prince of Wales saw none of his [kin] Sing Tantara rara Boys, etc. When Dinner was ended, to Dancing they w[ent] And Lewis and Mally they Danc'd with consen[t] A Jeg of sweet pleasure which gave them con[tent] Sing Tantara rara Boys, etc. The Popoe had a Daughter both Hansome an[d fair] The only Brid's Maiden, that day, that was t[here] And she, of young Bastards had brought fort[h a pair] Sing Tantara rara Boys, etc. The Princess was Pretty, and Royally Clad; But still Young and Foolish, and hardly well f[ed] But the Prince he was eager to have her a Bed. Sing Tantara rara Boys, etc. When both were a Bed, and the Candle put o[ut] And the Bride-groom drew nearer he S----t in [his clout] And the Wedding did end with a Stink and a [Rout ?] Sing Tantara rara Boys, etc.