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<NAME>Emma Leeson Huber</NAME>
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<HEAD>A mo&s;t excellent Ballad of an Old Man and his Wife, VVho in their want and mi&s;ery &s;ought to their Children for &s;uccour, by whom they were di&s;dained, and &s;cornfully &s;ent them away &s;uccourle&s;s, and Gods vengeance &s;hewed on them for the &s;ame.</HEAD>
<OPENER>Tune of, <HI>Pri&s;cillca.</HI></OPENER>
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<L>IT was an Old man and his Poor Wife,</L>
<L>in great di&s;tre&s;s did fall,</L>
<L>They were &s;o feeble with age God wot,</L>
<L>they could not work at all:</L>
<L>A Gallant Son they had</L>
<L>which lived wealthily,</L>
<L>To him they went with a full intent,</L>
<L>to ea&s;e their mi&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ry:</L>
<L><HI>Alack and alas for woe.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>A hundred miles when they had gone,</L>
<L>wi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">h many a weary &s;tep,</L>
<L>At length they &s;aw their Sons fair hou&s;e,</L>
<L>which made their hearts to leap,</L>
<L>They &s;at them on the Green</L>
<L>their Ho&s;e and Shoos to trim,</L>
<L>They put their bands about their Necks,</L>
<L>again&s;t they &s;hould enter in:</L>
<L><HI>Alack,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Unto the Door with trembling Ioynts</L>
<L>when the&s;e Old couple came,</L>
<L>The Woman with a &s;haking hand,</L>
<L>the Old Man blind and lame;</L>
<L>Full mannerly they knockt,</L>
<L>fearing for to offend,</L>
<L>At la&s;t their Son frowningly came,</L>
<L>unto them in the end;</L>
<L><HI>Alack,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Good folks, qd. he, what would you have?</L>
<L>methinks you are too bold,</L>
<L>Why get you not home to your own Country,</L>
<L>now you are lame and old?</L>
<L>With that they both reply'd,</L>
<L>with &s;orrow, care. and grief,</L>
<L>Here are we come to thee our &s;on,</L>
<L>for &s;uccour and relief:</L>
<L><HI>Alack and alas for woe.</HI></L>
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<L>THis is the Father gentle Son,</L>
<L>and I thy loving Mother,</L>
<L>That brought thee up &s;o tenderly,</L>
<L>and lov'd thee above all other,</L>
<L>I bore thee in my womb,</L>
<L>the&s;e brea&s;ts did nouri&s;h thee,</L>
<L>And as it chanc'd, I often danc'd,</L>
<L>thee on my tender knee;</L>
<L><HI>Alack and alas for woe.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>And humbly now me intreat</L>
<L>our dear and loving Son,</L>
<L>That thou wilt do for us in our age,</L>
<L>as we for you have done:</L>
<L>Now nay not &s;o, he &s;aid,</L>
<L>your &s;uit is all in vain,</L>
<L>'Tis be&s;t for you I tell you true,</L>
<L>to get you home again:</L>
<L><HI>Alack,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The worlds not now as when I was born,</L>
<L>all things are grown more dear,</L>
<L>My charge of children likewi&s;e is great,</L>
<L>as plainly doth appear,</L>
<L>The be&s;t that I can do,</L>
<L>will hardly them maintain,</L>
<L>Therefore I &s;ay, he packing away,</L>
<L>and get you hame again.</L>
<L><HI>Alack,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG>
<L>The old man with his Hat in his Hand,</L>
<L>full many a Leg did make,</L>
<L>The woman wept and wrung her hands,</L>
<L>and pray'd for Chri&s;t his &s;ake,</L>
<L>Not &s;o to &s;end them back,</L>
<L>di&s;tre&s;&s;ed and undone,</L>
<L>But let us lye in &s;ome Barn here by,</L>
<L>Quoth &s;he, me loving Son:</L>
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<L>By no means he would thereto con&s;ent</L>
<L>but &s;ent them &s;oon away,</L>
<L>Quoth he, you know the peril of the Law,</L>
<L>if long time here you &s;tay,</L>
<L>The Stocks and Whiping-poa&s;t</L>
<L>&s;hall fall unto your &s;hare,</L>
<L>Then take you heed, and with all &s;peed;</L>
<L>to your Country repair.</L>
<L><HI>Alack,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<L>Away then went this woful Old man,</L>
<L>full &s;at in heart and mind,</L>
<L>With weeping tears his Wife did lament,</L>
<L>their Son was &s;o unkind:</L>
<L>Thou wicked Wretch, quoth they,</L>
<L>for this thy cruel deed,</L>
<L>The Lord &s;ent thee as little pitty,</L>
<L>when thou do&s;t &s;tand in need:</L>
<L><HI>Alack,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<L>His Children hearing their Father &s;et</L>
<L>his Parents thus at naught,</L>
<L>In &s;hort time after to have his Land,</L>
<L>his death they &s;ubti<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">lty wrought;</L>
<L>What cau&s;e have we quoth they,</L>
<L>more kindne&s;s to expre&s;s,</L>
<L>Then he unto his Parents did,</L>
<L>in their great wretchedne&s;s:</L>
<L><HI>Alack,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>They Murdered him in piteous &s;ort,</L>
<L>they weigh'd not his intreats;</L>
<L>The more he pray'd compa&s;&s;ionately,</L>
<L>the greater were his threats</L>
<L>Speak not to us quoth they,</L>
<L>for thou the death &s;halt dye,</L>
<L>And with that word a dagger and &s;word,</L>
<L>they mangled him mon&s;trou&s;ly.</L>
<L><HI>Alack,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<LG>
<L>When they had got his Silver and Gold,</L>
<L>according to their mind,</L>
<L>They buried him in a &s;tinking Ditch</L>
<L>were no man &s;hould him find;</L>
<L>But now behold and &s;ee</L>
<L>Gods vengeance on them all,</L>
<L>To gain their Gold their Couzin came,</L>
<L>and &s;tew them great and &s;mall,</L>
<L><HI>Alack,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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<L>He came among them with a great Club</L>
<L>in dead of time of the night,</L>
<L>Yea two of the Sons he brain'd therewith</L>
<L>and taking of his flight</L>
<L>The Murderer taken was,</L>
<L>and &s;uffered for the &s;ame,</L>
<L>De&s;ervedly for that cruelty,</L>
<L><HI>Alack and alas therefore,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
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