The Merchant's SON, / AND THE / BEGGAR-WENCH of HULL.

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1 NONE Friar in the Well, The YOU gallants all, I pray draw near, / And you a pleasant jest shall hear; Fa, la, &c. Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1397 The Merchant's SON, / AND THE / BEGGAR-WENCH of HULL. The Merchant's SON, AND THE BEGGAR WENCH of HULL. ?-?

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YOU gallants all, I pray draw near, And you a pleasant jest shall hear; How a Beggar Wench of Hull, A Merchant's Son of Yoek did gull. Fa, la, etc.

One morning on a certain day, He cloath'd himself in rich array; And took with him, as it was told, The sum of sixty pounds in gold. Fa, la, etc.

So mounting on a prancing steed, He towards Hull did ride with speed, Where in his way he chanc'd to see A Beggar Wench of mean degree. She asked him for some relief. And said with tears of seeming grief, That she had neither house nor home, But for her living was forc'd to roam. He seemed to lament her case, And said, Thou hast a pretty face: If thou wilt lodge with me, he cry'd, With gold thou shalt be satisfy'd. Her silence seem'd to give consent, So to a little house they went; The landlord laugh'd to see him kiss The Beggar Wench, a ragged miss! He needs must have a supper drest, And call'd for liquor of the best; And there they toss'd off bumpers free, The jolly Beggar Wench and he. A dose she gave him, as 'tis thought, Which by the landlady was bought; For all the night he lay in bed, Secure as if he had been dead.

Then did she put on all his cloaths, His coat, his breeches, and his hose; His hat, his perriwig, likewise, And seiz'd upon the golden prize. Her greesy petticoat and gown, In which she rambled up and down, She left the merchant's son in lieu Her bag of bread and bacon too. Down stairs like any spark she gows, Five guineas to the host she throws, And smiling then she went away, And ne'er was heard of to this day. When he had took his long repose, He look'd about, and miss'd his cloaths, And saw her rags lie in the room, How he did storm, nay fret, and fume. Yet wanting cloaths and friends in town[,] Her greasy petticoat and gown He did put on, and mounted strait, Bemoaning his unhappy fate. You would have laugh'd to see the dress Which he was in; yet ne'ertheless, He homewards rid, and often swore He'd never kiss a Beggar more.

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