%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> OF / A MAID that was deep in Love, / With a Souldier brave and bold SIR. / I'l tell you here as true a Tale, / As ever hath been told Sir, / And what brave actions she perform'd, / After she was his Wife Sir: / And how she did behave her self, / To save her Husbands Life Sir, / She marched with him in Wet and Dry, / In Winter and in Summer, / For her Husband was a Musketeer; / And she a famous Drummer. 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 06/20/2014 33967

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R181177 1 Souldiers delight. UNKNOWN Souldiers delight. WHen first this Couple fell in Love / A bargain she did make Sir, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1302 OF / A MAID that was deep in Love, / With a Souldier brave and bold SIR. / I'l tell you here as true a Tale, / As ever hath been told Sir, / And what brave actions she perform'd, / After she was his Wife Sir: / And how she did behave her self, / To save her Husbands Life Sir, / She marched with him in Wet and Dry, / In Winter and in Summer, / For her Husband was a Musketeer; / And she a famous Drummer. OF A MAID that was deep in Love, With a Soldier brave and bold SIR. I'll tell you here as true a Tale, As ever hath been told Sir, And what brave actions she performed, After she was his Wife Sir: And how she did behave her self, To save her Husband's Life Sir, She marched with him in Wet and Dry, In Winter and in Summer, For her Husband was a Musketeer; And she a famous Drummer. ?-?

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I'l tell you here as true a Tale, As ever hath been told Sir, And what brave actions she perform'd, After she was his Wife Sir: And how she did behave herself, To save her Husbands Life Sir, She marched with him in Wet and Dry, In Winter and in Summer, For her Husband was a Musketeer; And she a famous Drummer. To the Tune of the Souldiers delight. Licensed and Entred according to Order.
WHen first this Couple fell in Love A bargain she did make Sir, That when as he had need of her, She would not him forsake Sir, And so they went for two Comrades, Most lovingly Together And play'd their parts actively Like two Birds of a Feather She marched with him in wet and dry Her Husband was a Musketeer, And she a famous Drummer, etc. For she was Daintily Bedect, According to her Colour, And she was like indeed, Just to great Mars's Fellow She marcht, etc.
She had got Mans Aparel on Gay Doublet and brave hose Sir, And lastly she bet a Drum, Her Enemies to appose Sir, When Canons Roar and bullets flies As thick as hail from Skye Sir, She never fear'd her forreign foes, When her Comrades was nigh Sir She stood the brunt in heat and dry, In Winter and in Summer, etc. In every plain where she did go, She shewed herself so valient There's few men might compare with her Her actions were so gallant She manage could a sword full well And to advance a Pike Sir, And for the beating of a Drum You seldom heard the like Sir In frost and Snow in wet and dry In Winter and in Summer, etc. She bet with three Man at one time And won of them a wager Had not one strange chance befallen She had been made Drum Major, Her belly it began to swell And she grew plump and jolly, And she used all the means she could, All for to hide her Belly
[?]ed him in wet and dry [?] and in Summer, etc. Near Tower-hill she quarterd was In famous London City, And more strange News I have to tell, For she was grown so big with Child, Which made her Fellows wonder, And in a Small time after that, Poor Soul she fell a Sunder, etc. But when her painfull hour appeared, I do not Lye nor Flatter, The Woman cut her Codpis points, To see what was the matter, She marcht with him in wet and dry, In Winter and in Summer, etc. But to be brief it came to pass, As I must tell you truly, She was delivered of a Son, The 16th day of July, The women all was kind to her, Whilst that she was in Labour, They furnished her with everything, As Meat and Drink and Clothing, Her Childs Linnen and the Like, They let her want for nothing, Her Husband was a Musketeer, And she a Famaous Drummer, And it seems they played their business well In Winter and in Summer, etc. Let no men, no, no women think, That she hath been dishonest, But what she did was done in love, As she before had promised, To keep her Husbands Company, The truth of all was so Sir, And pleasure him both day and Night, Where ever she did goe Sir, For her Husband was a Musketeer, And she a Famous Drummer,
But it seems they play'd their business well, In Winter and in Summer, etc. Fair Maidens all that hear this Song, Consider what is told here, Concerning of a woman kind, That dearly loved a Souldier, If you with Souldiers be in Love I wish you to prove loyal, For they to you will constant prove. If you put them to tryal, Her Husband was a Musketteer, And she a Famous Drummer, But it seems they play'd their business well. In Winter and in Summer, For Love it is such a pourfull thing, If it be rightly given, There cannot be a better gift, Under the Copes of Heaven, And so brave Souldiers all adieu, Remember what is spoken, Come by my Song, And send it to your Sweet hearts, For a Token, Her Husband was a Musketeer, And she a Famous Drummer, I would that I had such a Mate To walk with me in Summer. In Company she would merry be, And sometimes Sing a Song Sir, And take a Cogg often time, And Drink Strong Beer among Sir, If anyone had angered her, Or done her any evil, She would a made them for to know, They had better Cros'd the Devil, Her Husband was a Musketeer, And she a Famous Drummer, She March'd by day and march'd by night, In Winter and in Summer.