%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> A song in the Comedy call'd THE OLD BATCHEL / ER. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1693-1693 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 10/12/2018 36181

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1 NONE [unknown] Thus to a ripe consen-ting Maid, poor old poor old, re[-]pent-ing / Delia said; Would you long preserve your Lover, would you still, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. : A song in the Comedy call'd THE OLD BATCHEL / ER. A song in the Comedy called THE OLD BACHELOR. 1693-1693

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Thus to a ripe consen-ting Maid, poor old poor old, repent-ing Delia said; Would you long preserve your Lover, would you still, would you still, would you still his Goddess reign; never never let him all discover, never, never let him, never, never, let him much obtaine; never, never let him all discover; never, never let him; never, never let him much obtaine. Men will admire adore and dye, while wishing, whyle wishing----- at ----- your feet they lye: But admitting their embraces, wakes 'em from, wakes, em from the golden dreams nothing's new beside our faces, ev'ry woman, ev'ry womanis the same; nothing's new beside our faces, ev'ry woman, ev'ry woman is the same.
Mr. H. Purcell.