The brand new Shepherd sate him down, The newest reasonable Housemaid she received nigh He pull’d away their Bagpipes wond’rous sweet, And you will play’d Melodiously; He play’d their including a tune, Which he produced it fair Maid Sing, O! the new Musick from thy Bagpipes nice, Renders all the my personal Nerves so you’re able to Ring.
O! Shepherd, O! Shepherd, quoth she, In the event your big date create however, allow they; I pray today get involved in it me personally o’er again, To have anxiety I will skip it, The guy play’d they once more, When he had over prior to, And you can gave it fair Maid much happiness, They pleas’d their a lot more about.
My personal Dearest Swain quoth she, A Thousand minutes adieu; And, if We possibility to remove my Ways, Locate they, I shall come to you.
Cf. Simpson, BBBM, p. cuatro “Ah Horrible bloody future” [4/4]; Dance Master song “Merry Milkmaids” [6/4]; Pamelia #75 [4/4]; SMM #373. A shorter song across the same outlines is actually “The Maid out-of Tottenham” during the Choyce Drollery , 1656 and you may variant adaptation so you’re able to “London is actually an excellent City” inside the Tablets so you’re able to Throw up Depression , IV, 1719. Very similar is actually “The newest Hazlebury Girl” when you look at the Cecil Sharp’s MSS and you can “The fresh new Highs and lows” inside the Purslow’s Marrow Bones .
[There are many different cuckolding tales about eron , Les Penny Nouvelles Nouvelles , or any other Renaissance series away from common reports, that have been drawn up on for the tales informed for the broadside ballads, and therefore try a popular subject to have broadside ballads. Here’s one particular story from which is placed into verse more than once.
A Cuckold by Consent;
The brand new frollick miller you to definitely intic’d a maid, When he did thought, so you can resorts within his lawless sleep; However, she decieved him out-of their intent, And in their unique place his Wife to be she delivered. Continue reading “In the Merry Musician , 1716, due to the fact “This new Farmer’s Child away from Merry Wakefield”
