%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE / Covetous MOTHER: / OR, / The terible Overthrow of the Two / LOYAL LOVERS. / You that these woful Tidings hear, / Surely your Hearts will bleed, / Who can forbear to shed a Tear, / When they these Liens shall read. 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 33864

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THere was a wealthy young 'Squire, / whom a fair Damsel did love; Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1149 THE / Covetous MOTHER: / OR, / The terible Overthrow of the Two / LOYAL LOVERS. / You that these woful Tidings hear, / Surely your Hearts will bleed, / Who can forbear to shed a Tear, / When they these Liens shall read. THE Covetous MOTHER: OR, The terible Overthrow of the Two LOYAL LOVERS. You that these woful Tidings hear, Surely your Hearts will bleed, Who can forbear to shed a Tear, When they these Liens shall read. ?-?

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THere was a wealthy young 'Squire, whom a fair Damsel did love; Nay, and it was so intire, nothing his Fancy could move: She born of ordinary Parents, when his Friends they did know, They strove to set them at Variance, proving their sad Overthrow. Son, said the indulgent Mother, I pray you now listen to me,
I have consider'd another most suitable to your Degree; That you may rise to Promotion, she is both Virtuous and Fair, Two thousand Pounds to her Portion, therefore your Folly forbear. Mother, those Charms do inflame me, which in my Dear I behold; Therefore, I pray, do not blame me, for True Love is better than Gold
Might I have Wealth out of Measure, nothing can my Mind remove, I'll never Marry for Treasure, give me the Creature I love. I can maintain her like a Lady, she whom I do much adore, I have got Riches already, what need I covet for more? If you give me not one Penny, I have five Hundred a Year; Now if I Marry with any, it shall be Nanny my Dear. Son, if your Love is so rooted, that from her you cannot part, By me it shan't be disputed, take her with all my whole Heart: But she in that was deceitful, as by this Ditty you'll find; Never was Action more hateful, malice remain'd in her Mind. Strait she repair'd to the Creature, vowing to send her away; But with a Smile she did meet her, saying, Dear Daughter, this Day We will go buy your Attire, everything I will provide, 'Tis my unfeigned Desire that you should be my Son's Bride. Thus was the Matter contriv'd, just as his Mother would have; Then to a Captain, in private, she sold her for to be a Slave.
She from Old England did send her, fill'd with much Sorrow and Woe, There was no Soul to defend her, but she was compelled to go. When her Intention was over, then she return'd to her Son; Freely to him did discover presently, what she had done; When he heard what she had acted, his Rapier he strait pulled forth, Raving like one quite distracted, crying, you have ruin'd us both. Then on the Point of his Rapier he did immediately fall; His Life did go out like a Taper, this was the Ruin of all: His Mother more than uncivil, was of a covetous Mind; Money, the Root of all Evil, caus'd this Confusion, we find. Now does his Mother, with weeping, weary out many a Day, While her dear Son he lies sleeping low in a Bed of cold Clay: This is a sad Desolation; she who he much did adore, Now is sent far from the Nation, where she will ne'er see him more.