%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The Politick Countreyman. / Plainly setting forth the many misfortunes of those men who have / mist of their aims in choosing a wife, also discovering the vast difference be- / tween the London Mistrisses and the Country Dames. 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 05/27/2021 37655

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R227332 1 Hey boys up go we, Or, Jenny Gin Jenny Gin Hey Boys Up Go We, or, Jenny Gin SInce Women they are grown so bad / I'le lead a single life, but wishes are in vain. [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 163 The Politick Countreyman. / Plainly setting forth the many misfortunes of those men who have / mist of their aims in choosing a wife, also discovering the vast difference be- / tween the London Mistrisses and the Country Dames. The Politic Countryman. Plainly setting forth the many misfortunes of those men who have missed of their aims in choosing a wife, also discovering the vast difference between the London Mistresses and the Country Dames. ?-? J. Wright, J. Clark, W. Thackery, and T. Passenger

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SInce Women they are grown so bad I'le lead a single life, Not one in ten there's to be had will make a careful wife: Therefore I think 'tis best for me single for to remain, For some are bound and would be free, but wishes are in vain. One man he hath a scolding wife, that ne'r will quiet be; But wearies him out of his life: oh! what ill luck had he To marry one whose wicked tongue doth cause him to complain, But knows not how to ease his wrong since mourning is [i]n vain.
Another hath a drunken wife that spends all she comes near, And drunkenness oft breedeth strife, it plainly doth appear: And let him chide her all he can, a Sott she will remain, And he cannot be freed again, all vexing is in vain. Another hath a wanton one, whose lust he can't suffice; And good men are too oft undone by such, whose rowling eyes On all men gaze; as if they could by looks their wills obtain, And never will do what they should: good Counsel is in vain.
Another hath an idle pack that will not get her Bread, Nor keep good Clothes upon her back, but loves to lie in bed: Good Counsel she doth still refuse, reproof she doth disdain, Her friends she strangely will abuse that checks her, though in vain. But he that with a Slut doth meet hath the worst luck of all, She stinks as she doth walk the street, her nasty beast they call: And if you strive to make her neat, then will she scold amain; That with her you dare hardly eat, to help this 'tis in vain. Then you that have good careful wives esteem them as a prize, Tender them as you do your lives, or Apples of your eyes: For it a certain Treasure proves, and love will there remain, There's nothing that their love removes; all strivings are in vain.
Oh! give to me the Countrey lass that loves the Milking-paile, For she'l be constant, and alas! nought can with her prevail: She loves the man that drives the Plow, and sometimes sowes the grain, He that to her doth make a vow his love is not in vain. The lusty lad that stoutly Bows, he loves the Dayry maid; She's constant, wheresoe're she goes no wantonness is played: All looseness she doth clear despise. and looseness doth disdain, The Plowman she doth Idolize, she loves, but not in vain. Now to conclude, and speak my mind, pray count it not a jest; Observe, and you shall clearly find a Countrey lass is best: For she is clear, without deceit, and constant will remain; He that with such a girle doth meet his love is not in vain.
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