%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Jovial Tom of all Trads, / OR, The Various Cries of London-City, / Ye Noble-Hearted Jolly Blades, / this truth of me you have; / Tho' TOM be of so many Trades, / he scorns to play the Knave. 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 03/01/2016 34805

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R33618 1 A Begging we will go A-Begging We Will Go A Begging we will go MY name is Tom of all Trades, / I range the Land about, And a trading I will go, / i'le go, i'le go, / And a trading I will go. Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1 Jovial Tom of all Trads, / OR, The Various Cries of London-City, / Ye Noble-Hearted Jolly Blades, / this truth of me you have; / Tho' TOM be of so many Trades, / he scorns to play the Knave. Jovial Tom of all Trads, OR, The Various Cries of London-City. Ye Noble-Hearted Jolly Blades, this truth of me you have; Tho’ TOM be of so many Trades, he scorns to play the Knave. Jovial Tom of all Trades, OR, The Various Cries of London-City, Ye Noble Hearted Jolly Blades, this truth of me you have; Though TOM be of so many Trades, he scorns to play the Knave. ?-? J. Back

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MY name is Tom of all Trades, I range the Land about, And have good store of trading, let who's will go without: And a trading I will go, i'le go, i'le go, And a trading I will go. I am a Chimny-Sweeper, as black as any Cole, I call up Maids a mornings, to sweep their smoaky hole: And a trading, etc.
Sometimes I am a Tinker, and on my Pans I rap, Sometimes I am a Cooper, to stop the Water-gap, And a trading, etc. I am a Coster-Monger, and through the street I cry, My curious fruit without dispute, will make you Apple-pye: And a trading I will go, will go, will go, And a trading I will go.
I am a brave Shoo-maker, and one of Crispins crew, And has within my Budget, the bones of old Sir Hugh: And a trading, etc. I sell both Tape and Fillet, with Codpiss, points, and pins, With ends of Gold and silver, maids sell your Coney-skins, And a trading, etc. Here's dainty Hamp-Shire Honey, for why the case is thus, I fain would take some money, to fill my empty purse: And a trading, etc. Sometimes I am a Taylor, a calling much in use, Well furnished with Cabbidge, besides a roasted Goose: And a trading, etc. Sometimes I am a Broom-man old shooes, or boots, or hats, But in the Winter Season, i'le furnish you with Sprats: And a trading, etc. Old Brass I am for buying, when profit I can find, Sometimes I come still crying, your knives and Sheers to grind, And a trading, etc.
Sometimes I am a Mountebank, and make a revel rout, With plaisters for your Corns Sir, and Pills to cure the gout: And a trading, etc. Sometimes I am a Sharper, when other trading falls, And then again a Barber, see hear my washing-Balls, And a trading, etc. There's no one can be riper, then I for these affairs, Sometimes I am a Piper, I play before the Bears: And a trading, etc. But yet for all those callings, I am a Miller born, And out of e'ry Bushel, I pinch a peck of Corn, And a trading, etc. Farewel tis time in reason, to bid you all adieu, I'le find another season, to come and visit you: And a trading I will go, i'le go, i'le go, And a trading I will go.
FINIS. Printed for J. Back, at the Black Boy on London-Bridge.