%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Keepe thy head on thy shoulders, / And I will keepe mine. / OR, / A merry health drunke in Wine and Beere, / Not to them that flyes for't, / But to those that stayes heere. Looks, John University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1641-1641 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 10/22/2018 36095

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R180136 2 Merrily and cherrily, &c. Merrily and Cheerily Merrily and Cheerily, etc. to the same Tune Merrily and Cheerily To the Same Tune THough Wentworths beheaded, / Should any Repyne WHat strength hath an infant / To doe any harme Then merrily and cherrily / Lets drink off our Beere, / Let who as will run for it / Wee will stay heere. | Then merrily and cherrily / Lets drinke off our wine / Keepe thy head on thy shoulders, / I will keepe mine. Then merily and cherily / Lets drink off our wine / Keepe thy head on thy shoulders / I will keepe mine. | Then merrily and cherrily / Lets drinke up our Beere, / Let who as will run for it, / VVe will stay heere. [with variation] Manchester Central Library Blackletter Ballads Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 48 Keepe thy head on thy shoulders, / And I will keepe mine. / OR, / A merry health drunke in Wine and Beere, / Not to them that flyes for't, / But to those that stayes heere. Keep thy head on thy shoulders, And I will keep mine. OR, A merry health drunk in Wine and Beer, Not to them that fly for it, But to those that stay here. Looks, John 1641-1641 Thomas Lambert

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THough Wentworths beheaded, Should any Repyne, Thers others may come To the Blocke besides he! Keepe thy head on thy Shoulders I will keepe mine; For what is all this to thee or to mee? Then merrily and cherrily Lets drink off our Beere, Let who as will run for it Wee will stay heere. What meanes our brave gallants So fast for to flye: Because they are afraid That some danger might be, They car'd not for seeing The Deputy dye, But what is all this to thee or to mee: Then merrily and cherrily Lets drink off our Beere, Let who as will run for it, We will stay heere. Since that Finch and Windebanke First crost the Seas, To shun some great danger Its thought they fore-see; Ther's many hath catched The Running Disease,
But what is all this to thee or to mee? Then merrily and cherrily Lets drinke off our Beere, Let who as will run for it, We will stay heere. Although some by running, To scape had the hap, Which formerly feared They punisht should be Yet others as cunning, Were catcht in the trap, But what is all this to thee or to mee, Then merrily and cherrily Lets drink off our Beere, Let who as will run for it, We will stay heere. A man to doe evill And have too much Grace, Methinkes its a wonder Most strange for to see, So little in person, Yet great by his place: But what is all this to thee or to me, Then merrily and cherrily Lets drinke off our wine Keepe thy head on thy shoulders, I will keepe mine.
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WHat strength hath an infant To doe any harme So long as the keeper Doth it oversee Its fit that a Sucklin Were led by the arme But what is all this to thee or to me? Then merily and cherily Lets drink off our wine Keepe thy head on thy shoulders I will keepe mine. Though Jermin and others Were loath to rehearse, What they thought in England, Here acted should be, Let Davinant write downe Their travells in verse, But what is all this to thee or to me, Then merrily and cherrily Lets drinke up our Beere, Let who as will run for it, We will stay heere. Since no Canterbury, Nor old womans tale, Or dissimulation Will credited be, The Popish Supporters Begin for to faile, But what is all this to thee or to me? Then merrily and cherrily Lets drinke off our wine, Keepe thy head on thy shoulders, I will keepe mine. Though some with much patience Hath suffered long: Who after much tryall [?] lately set free:
And others be punish't Which did them such wrong, But what is all this to thee or to me? Then merrily and cherrily, etc. Suppose that the Masse-Priests And Jesuits all, Which troubled our Nation Should banished be; Weel never be danted At Babylons fall, For what is all this to thee or to me? Then merrily and cherrily, etc. Lets never be sorry For that which is past, That each man ins calling Most Jocond may be. Still hoping long look't for Will come at the last And times at more certaine, We shortly shall see, Then merrily and cherrily Lets drinke of our wine, etc. If that all false Traytors, Were banisht our Land, And that from all Popery It once might be free, Then England and Scotland Might joyne hand in hand Then times will prove better to thee & to me, So merrily and cherrily Weel drinke wine and Beere, Let who as will run for it, We will stay heere.
FINIS. John Lookes. LONDON, Printed for Thomas Lambert, 1641.