The new song here is from of one’s unmarried layer things, so there was duplicates of one’s tune in John Gay’s The brand new Begger’s Opera , Air #forty-five, 1728, and Charles Coffey’s The latest Merry Cobler , Air #8, 1735
The latest Shepherd sate your down, The reasonable Housemaid she drew nigh He pull’d away his Bagpipes wond’rous nice, And you will play’d Melodiously; He play’d their unique including a track, Which he generated which reasonable Housemaid Sing, O! the fresh Musick regarding thy Bagpipes nice, Helps make all my personal Nervousness so you can Ring.
O! Shepherd, O! Shepherd, quoth she, Whether your go out manage but permit it; I pray now play it me personally o’er once again, Having concern I ought to ignore it, The guy play’d it once more, As he had over in advance of, And you will offered this fair Housemaid far happiness, They pleas’d their about.
My personal Dearest Swain quoth she, A beneficial Thousand minutes adieu; And you can, if ever I possibility to dump my Means, To obtain they, I’ll come your way.
Cf. Simpson, BBBM, p. cuatro “Ah Cruel bloody fate” [4/4]; Dancing Master track “Merry Milkmaids” [6/4]; Pamelia #75 [4/4]; SMM #373. A smaller tune over the same contours try “The newest Maid out of Tottenham” inside the Choyce Drollery , 1656 and version version in order to “London area are a fine Town” in the Tablets so you’re able to Throw up Depression , IV, 1719. Very similar are “Brand new Hazlebury Girl” inside Cecil Sharp’s MSS and “The fresh new Ups and downs” in Purslow’s Marrow Skeleton .
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The new frollick miller one intic’d a maid, When he did thought, to help you resort in the lawless sleep; However, she decieved him of his intent, And also in their own area their Wife-to-be she delivered. The Tune is actually, The fresh Bedrooms making
Family members does it delight one hear me talk about a beneficial merry jest one to late befell, Of the as good a beneficial miller as always put stone, But really was not pleased together with his own. But he was fooled at nighttime, And you may grabbed his own for anothers mark.
Up on a period of time it chanced very, A genuine maid on the mill performed go, So you can grind her father a group from corn, The latest miller’s center together with her performed burn Yet the guy, &c.
Also to get his purpose best, He was the cause of maid to stay all day, And you will told you it could be nearly morn, Before which he you’ll grin’d her corn: But really he, &c.
As soon as your day are done and you may invested, Home to his family this new miller ran; The guy got the brand new housemaid that have him collectively, To exactly who the guy thus performed have fun with his language. But the guy, &c.
Sweet=center, quoth the guy, I share with thee now, Which i have made a secret pledge, That we that it evening have to sit that have thee, And you may thou shalt enjoys thy grist tole-totally free. But the guy, &c.
Home I have a secret place, Where none but my head traffic would been, Thy rooms indeed there by yourself are going to be, And that i will come to sleep to thee. But really he, &c.
Sweet heart I prithee feel stuff, With maidens silence gives concur, It’s mission to say no, For I’ve pledged they should be very. But really he, &c.
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