%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> An excellent New SONG, Called, / The Gentlemans Resolution. / FOR / A Pleasant Country Life. 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 06/29/2021 36764

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R227593 COme, come, come, come,...let us leave,.. / Let us, let us leave the Town, come, come, come, come, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 39 An excellent New SONG, Called, / The Gentlemans Resolution. / FOR / A Pleasant Country Life. An excellent New SONG, Called, The Gentleman's Resolution. FOR A Pleasant Country Life. ?-? Charles Barnet

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I. COme, come, come, come,...let us leave,.. Let us, let us leave the Town, come, come, come, come, Come, come, come, come, let us leave,.. Let us, let us, let us leave the Town, & in some lovly place Where Crouds and Noise, where Crouds and Noise Were never, never, never, never known, Re-sol------ve to spend our days, In pleasant, pleasant Sha---------des, In pleasant, pleasant Shades upon the Grass At Night ourselves we'll lay, Our days in harmless sports shall pass, Our days in harmless sports, in harmless sports shall pass, Thus time shall sli------de away. II. Call, call, call, call,...call the Coach,.. Call the, call the Coach away, call, call, call, call, Call, call, call, call,..call the Coach,.. Call the, call the, call the Coach away, & let us go in time To Woods and Groves, to Woods and Groves, Let's hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, straight, Where Charm------ing Birds do Sing, Their Tuneful, Tuneful No------tes, Their Tuneful, Tuneful Notes does sound each day, There let us on the Ground Within each others Arms to lye, Within each others Arms, each others Arms to lye, And tumble o------n the Ground.
III. What, what, what, what,..is there in,.. Is there, is there in this Town, what what what what? What, what, what, what,..is there in,.. Is there, is there, is there in this Town but lewd Debauchery We Drink all night, we Drink all night, And tipple, tipple, tipple, tipple on, Till Bot------tles fly about, Then Whinnyard, Whinnyard's dra----wn, Then whinnyard, whinnyard's drawn & one's ran thro This is the Trade o'th Town. Then let's a Country life all live, Then let's a Country life, a Country life all live Where Lewdness i------s not known. IV. Come, come, come, come,...let us go,.. Let us, let us go with speed, come, come, come, come,... Come, come, come, come, let us go,.. Let us, let us, let us go with speed & leave this nasty Town For wine and Punk, for wine and Punk, Does ever, ever, ever, ever make Us Ma------d by being Drunk, Then follow, follow Boy------s, Then follow, follow Boys, let's goe while sound To Pleasure Night and Day, Where fresh young Country Maids are found, Where fresh young Country Maids, young Country Maid[s] are foun[d] To pass the ti------me away.
Printed for Charles Barnet.