%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE MERRY / BAG-PIPES: / The Pleasant Pastime betwixt a Jolly Shepherd and a Country Damsel, / on a Mid-Summers-Day in the Morning. 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 06/24/2014 33796

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R227298 1 March Boys, &c. March, Boys March Boys, &c. A Shepherd sat him under a Thorn, / he pull'd out his Pipe and began for to play, if thou wilt Pipe Lad, I'll Dance to thee, / To thee, to thee, derry, derry, to thee, &c. Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1050 THE MERRY / BAG-PIPES: / The Pleasant Pastime betwixt a Jolly Shepherd and a Country Damsel, / on a Mid-Summers-Day in the Morning. THE MERRY BAGPIPES: The Pleasant Pastime betwixt a Jolly Shepherd and a Country Damsel, on a Midsummer's Day in the Morning. ?-? C. Bates

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A Shepherd sat him under a Thorn, he pull'd out his Pipe and began for to play, It was on a Mid-Summers-day in the morn, for honour of that Holy-day: A Ditty he did Chant along, goes to the Tune of Cater-Bordee, And this was the burthen of his Song, if thou wilt Pipe Lad, I'll Dane to thee, To thee, to thee, derry, derry, to thee, etc. And whilst this Harmony he did make, a Country Damsel from the Town, A Basket on her Arm she had, a gathering Rushes on the Doun:
Her Bongrace was of wended Straw, from the Sun's hot Beams her face is free And thus she began when she him saw, if thou wilt Pipe Lad, I'll Dance to thee, etc. Then he pull'd out his Pipe and began to sound, whilst tempting on her Back she lay, But when his quivering note she found, how sweetly then this Lass could play: She stop'd all jumps and she reveal'd, she kept all time with harmony, And looking on him, sighing-said, if thou wilt Pipe Lad, I'll dance to thee, To thee, to thee, derry, derry, to thee, etc.
She never so much as blusht at all, the Musick was so charming sweet, But e'er and anon to him she'd call, and bid him be active, turn and meet: As thou art a bouny Shepherd's Swain, I am a Lass am come to wooe thee. To play me another double strain, and doubt not but I will Dance to thee, To thee, to thee, derry, derry, to thee, etc. Altho' I am but a silly Maid, who ne'r was brought up at Dancing-School, But yet to the Jig that thou hast plaid, you find that I can keep time and rule: Now see that you keep your stops aright, for Shepherd I am resolv'd to view thee, Now play me the Damsel's chief Delight, and never doubt but I'll Dance to thee, To thee, to thee, derry, derry, to thee, etc. The Shepherd again did tune his Pipe, and plaid her a Lesson loud and shrill, The Damsel his face did often wipe, with many a thank for his good will: And said I was ne'r so pleas'd before, and this is the first time that I knew thee, Come play me this very Jigg once more, and never doubt but I'll Dance to thee, To t[h]ee, to thee, derry, derry, uo thee, etc. The Shepherd he said, as I am a Man, I have kept playing from Morning till Noon, Thou know'st I can do no more then I can, my Pipe is clearly out of Tune: To ruine a Shepherd I'll not seek, said she, for why should I undo thee, I can come again to the Down next week, and thou shalt Pipe and I'll dance to thee, To thee, to thee, derry, derry, to thee.
FINIS. Printed for C. Bates next door to the Crown-Tavern in West-Smithfield.