%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Wandring Maiden: / Or, True Love at length United. / She search'd the Hills and Mountains round / in grief and discontent, / At length her dearest Love she found, / for whom she did lament: / Then all her tears, and sighs, and fears, / was turned into bliss, / And in his arms, a thousand charms, / she sealed with a kiss. 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 08/31/2021 37517

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R186230 1 To an excellent new Tune Ah! Chloris Awake To an Excellent New Tune OVer hills and high mountains / long time have I gone, British Library - Bagford Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 161 The Wandring Maiden: / Or, True Love at length United. / She search'd the Hills and Mountains round / in grief and discontent, / At length her dearest Love she found, / for whom she did lament: / Then all her tears, and sighs, and fears, / was turned into bliss, / And in his arms, a thousand charms, / she sealed with a kiss. The Wandering Maiden: Or, True Love at length United. She searched the Hills and Mountains round in grief and discontent, At length her dearest Love she found, for whom she did lament: Then all her tears, and sighs, and fears, was turned into bliss, And in his arms, a thousand charms, she sealed with a kiss. ?-? J. Deacon

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Over hills and high mountains long time have I gone, Ah! and down by the fountains, by myself all alone: Through bushes and briers, being void of all care, Through perils and dangers, for the loss of my dear. I am forced and droven unconstant to prove, I am forced and droven away from my love, I am forced and droven from him quite away, By reason I am bound, love, and needs must obey.
Through the shade will I wander, I can do no less, For the grief I lye under no one can express: Neither terror nor danger, I ever will fear, For I will be a ranger to find out my dear. I'll go to some desert and mourn for my dear, And a bunsh of green willows I vow for to wear: And instead of love's token, myself I'll maintain, I'll go to some desert, and I may come again.
For true love is a tryal, beyond all compare, And without all denial my life will ensnare; He is gone and doth leave me in much discontent, For his absence doth grieve me, in tears I lament. Sure if I cannot find him, I well may agree, That the fates have design'd him my ruin to be: Ah! sweet Cupid befriend me, and grant my desire, Or kind Death now come end me, that I may expire. Then her tears they were flowing, down from her fair eyes, But her love little knowing her sorrowful cries; Yet at length when he heared, how she did lament, He then quickly appeared, to her hearts content.
The Mann's Reply. My dear love cease thy weeping, now listen to me, For waking and sleeping, my heart is with thee; My love let nothing grieve thee, dear do not complain, For I never will leave thee, while life doth remain. Then these lovers embraced in each others arms. Their affections was placed in sweet loving charms: Thus they both was united, and free from annoy, Ah! and she is delighted, with her only Joy. Then her trouble was ended, her grief did expel, She in love was befriended, and then all was well; For in him such a blessing, at length she hath found, That beyond all expressing, her joys did abound.
[Prin]ted for J. Deacon, at the Angel in Guiltspur-street, without Newgate.