%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Dumb Maid, / Or, The Young Gallant Trappand. / A Young Man did unto Her a wooing come, / But She pretended much that she was Dumb; / But when they both in Marriage-bands were tyed, / The Doctors Skill was likewise with Her tryed: / The Doctor set her Tongue upon the Run, / She Clatters now, and never will have done. 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 07/08/2021 36898

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R229257 1 Dum, dum, dum, / OR, I would I were in my own Countrey I Am the Duke of Norfolk Dum, Dum, Dum, / or, I Would I Were In My Own Country ALL you that pass along, / give ear unto my Song, But alack, and alace, she / was Dum, dum, dum. [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 117 The Dumb Maid, / Or, The Young Gallant Trappand. / A Young Man did unto Her a wooing come, / But She pretended much that she was Dumb; / But when they both in Marriage-bands were tyed, / The Doctors Skill was likewise with Her tryed: / The Doctor set her Tongue upon the Run, / She Clatters now, and never will have done. The Dumb Maid, Or, The Young Gallant Trappanned. A Young Man did unto Her a wooing come, But She pretended much that she was Dumb; But when they both in Marriage-bands were tied, The Doctor's Skill was likewise with Her tried: The Doctor set her Tongue upon the Run, She Clatters now, and never will have done. ?-?

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ALL you that pass along, give ear unto my Song, Concerning a Youth that was young, young, young: And of a Maiden fair. Few with her might compare, But alack, and alace, she was Dum, dum, dum. She was beautious, fresh, and gay, Like the pleasant flowers in May. And her Cheeks was as round as a Plum, plum, plum: She was neat in every part, And she stole away his heart, But alacke, and alace, she was Dum, dum, dum. At length this Country Blade, Wedded this pretty Maid, And he kindly Conducted her home, home, home: Thus in her Beautie bright, Lay all his whole delight, But alack, and alace, she was Dum, dum, dum. Now will I plainly show What work this Maid could do, Which a Patern might be for Girls young, young, young: O she both day and night, In working took delight, But alack, and alace, she was Dum, dum, dum. She could Brew and she could Bake. She could wash, wring, and shake, She could sweep the House with a Broom, broom, broom: She could Knit, and Sow, and spin, And do many such like thing, But alack, and alace, she was Dum, dum, dum. But at last this man did go, The Doctors skill to know, Saying, Sir can you cure a Woman of the Dum:
O it is the easiest part That belongs unto my Art, For to cure a Woman, of the Dum, dum, dum. To the Doctor he did her bring, And he cut her chattering string, And he set her Tongue on the run, run, run: In the morning he did rise, And she fill'd his house with cryes, And she rattled in his ears like a Drum, drum, drum. To the Doctor he did go, With his heart well fill'd with woe, Crying Doctor I am undone, done, done: Now she's turn'd a scolding Wife, And I am weary of my Life, For I cannot make her hold her Tongue, tongue, tongue. The Doctor thus did say, When she went from me away, She was perfectly Cured of the Dum, dum, dum: But it's beyond the Art of man, Let him do the best he can, For to make a scolding Woman hold her tongue, tongue, tongue. So as you to me came, Return you back again, And take you the Oyl, of Hazel strong: With it anoynt her body round, When she makes the house to sound, So perhaps ye may charm her tongue, tongue, tongue.
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