%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> AN / Invitation to Lubberland, / With an Account of the great Plenty of that Fruitful Country. / There is all sorts of Fowl and Fish, / with Wine, and store of Brandy; / Ye have there what your hearts can wish, / the Hills are Sugar-Candy. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1685-1685 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/24/2014 33778

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R228248 1 Billy and Molly. Or, The Journey-man Shoemaker. Daniel Cooper Billy and Molly. Or, The Journey-man Shoemaker. THere is a ship we understand, / now riding in the river, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1116 AN / Invitation to Lubberland, / With an Account of the great Plenty of that Fruitful Country. / There is all sorts of Fowl and Fish, / with Wine, and store of Brandy; / Ye have there what your hearts can wish, / the Hills are Sugar-Candy. AN Invitation to Lubberland, With an Account of the great Plenty of that Fruitful Country. There is all sorts of Fowl and Fish, with Wine, and store of Brandy; Ye have there what your hearts can wish, the Hills are Sugar-Candy. 1685-1685 I. Deacon

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THere is a Ship we understand, now riding in the River, 'Tis newly come from Lubberland, the like I think was never: You that a Lazy life do love, i'de have you now go over, They say the Land is not above two thousand Leagues from Dover. The Captain and the Master too, does give us this Relation, And so does all the whole Ships crew, concerning this strange Nation,
The streets are pav'd with Pudden-pies nay, Powder'd-Beef and Bacon, They say they scorn to tell you Lies, who thinks it is mistaken. The King of Knaves & Queen of Sluts reigns there in peace and quiet, You need not fear to starve your Guts, there is such store of Dyet: There may you live free from all care, like Hogs set up a fatting, The Garments which the people wear, is Silver, Silk, and Satten.
The lofty Buildings of this place, for many years have lasted, With Nutmegs, pepper, Cloves & Mace the Walls are there rough-casted, In curious Hasty-Pudding boyl'd, and most ingenious Carving, Likewise they are with Pancakes Tyl'd sure, here's no fear of Starving. The Captain says in e'ry Town, hot Roasted-Pigs will meet ye, They in the streets run up and down, still crying out, Come eat me: Likewise he says at e'ry Feast, the very Fowls and Fishes, Nay, from the biggest to the least, comes tumbling to the Dishes. The Rivers run with Claret fine, the Brooks with rich Canary, The Ponds with other sorts of Wine, to make your hearts full merry: Nay, more then this, you may behold the Fountains flows with Brandy, The Rocks are right Refined Gold, the Hills are Sugar-Candy. Rose-water is the Rain they have, which comes in pleasant Showers, All places are adorned brave, with sweet and fragrant Flowers:
Hot Custards grow on e'ry Tree, each Ditch affords rich Jellies, Now if you will be rul'd by me go there and fill your Bellies. There's nothing there but Holy-days, with Musick out of measure, Who can forbear to speak the praise of such a Land of pleasure? There may you lead a Lazy Life, free from all kind of Labour, And he that is without a Wife, may borrow of his Neighbour. There is no Law nor Lawyers Fees, all Men are free from Fury, For e'ry one does what he please, without a Judge or Jury: The Summer time is warm they say, the Winter's ne'r the Colder, They have no Landlords Rent to pay, each Man is a Free-holder. You that are free to cross the Seas, make no more Disputation, In Lubberland you'l live at Ease, with pleasant Recreation: The Captain waits but for a Gale of prosperous Wind and Weather, And then they soon will hoist up Sail, make haste away together.
Printed for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-street.