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<DATE>2008-11-05</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080926.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>The country-mans lamentation for the death of his <HI>cow</HI></HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>A Country Swain of little wit one day,</L>
<L>Did kill his Cow becau&s;e &s;he went a&s;tray;</L>
<L>What's that to I or you, &s;he was his own,</L>
<L>But now the A&s;s for his Cow doth moan:</L>
<L>Mo&s;t pincou&s;ly methink he cries in vain,</L>
<L>For now his Cow, free from hunger, and pain:</L>
<L>What ails the fool to make &s;o great o &s;tir,</L>
<L>She cannot come to him, he may to her.</L>
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<OPENER>To a plea&s;ant Country Tune, called,  <HI>Colly my Cow.</HI></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L>LIttle <HI>Tom Dogget,</HI></L>
<L>what do&s;t thou mean,</L>
<L>To kill thy poor Colly,</L>
<L>now &s;he's &s;o lean:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Sing, Oh poor</HI> Colly;</L>
<L>Colly <HI>my Cow;</HI></L>
<L>For Colly <HI>will give me</HI></L>
<L><HI>no more milk now.</HI></L>
<L>Pruh high, pruh hoe;</L>
<L>Pruh high, pruh hoe,</L>
<L>Pruh, pruh, pruh, pruh, pruh, pruh, pruh,</L>
<L>Tal val daw,</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I had better have kept her,</L>
<L>till fatter &s;he had been,</L>
<L>For now I confe&s;s</L>
<L>&s;he's a little too lean:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Sing, Oh poor <HI>Colly,</HI> &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Fir&s;t in comes the Tanner,</L>
<L>with his Sword by his &s;ide;</L>
<L>And he bids me five Shillings,</L>
<L>for my Cows hide:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Sing, Oh poor <HI>Colly,</HI> &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then in comes the Tallow-chandler,</L>
<L>who&s;e brains were but &s;hallow,</L>
<L>And he bids me two and Six-pence,</L>
<L>for my Cows Tallow:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Sing, Oh poor <HI>Colly,</HI></HI></L>
<L><HI><HI>Colly</HI> my Cow,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For <HI>Colly</HI> will give me</HI></L>
<L><HI>no more milk now:</HI></L>
<L>Pruh high, pruh hoe,</L>
<L>Pruh high, and pruh hoe,</L>
<L>Sing, pruh, pruh, pruh, pruh, pruh pruh,</L>
<L>Tal dal daw.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<P><PB N="79" REF="1"><!-- PDF PAGE 5 -->
<FIGURE>
<SP>
<P>Follow your Amba&s;&s;ador</P>
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<P>Cookoow</P>
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<LG>
<L>THen in comes the Hunt&s;man,</L>
<L>&s;o early in the morn,</L>
<L>He bid me a Penny</L>
<L>for my Cows horn:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Sing, Oh poor <HI>Colly,</HI></HI></L>
<L><HI><HI>Colly</HI> my Cow:</HI></L>
<L><HI>For <HI>Colly</HI> will give me</HI></L>
<L><HI>no more milk now:</HI></L>
<L>Pruh high, pruh hoe,</L>
<L>Pruh high, and pruh hoe,</L>
<L>Sing, pruh, pruh, pruh, pruh, pruh, Pruh</L>
<L>Tal dal daw.</L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then in comes the Tripe-woman,</L>
<L>&s;o fine and &s;o neat,</L>
<L>She bid me three-half-pence</L>
<L>for my Cows feet:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Sing, Oh poor <HI>Colly, &amp;c.</HI></HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then in comes the Butcher,</L>
<L>that nimble, tongu'd youth:</L>
<L>Who &s;aid &s;he was Carrion,</L>
<L>but he &s;poke not the truth:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Sing, O poor <HI>Colly, &amp;c.</HI></HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This Cow had a skin,</L>
<L>was as &s;oft as the &s;ilk,</L>
<L>And three times a day,</L>
<L>my poor Cow would give milk:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Sing, Oh poor <HI>Colly, &amp;c.</HI></HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She every year,</L>
<L>a &s;ine Calf did me bring,</L>
<L>Which fetcht me a pound,</L>
<L>for it came in the Spring:</L>
<L>Sing, <HI>Oh poor</HI> Colly, &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But now I have kill'd her,</L>
<L>I can't her recall:</L>
<L>I will &s;ell my poor Colly,</L>
<L>Hide, Horns, and all:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI>Sing, Oh poor <HI>Colly, &amp;c.</HI></HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Butcher &s;hall have her,</L>
<L>though he gives but a pound:</L>
<L>And he knows in his heart,</L>
<L>that my Colly was &s;ound:</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI><HI>Sing,</HI> Oh poor <HI>Colly, &amp;c.</HI></HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And when he has bought her,</L>
<L>let him &s;ell all together,</L>
<L>The fle&s;h for to eat,</L>
<L>and the hide for Leather.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI><HI>Sing,</HI> Oh poor <HI>Colly, &amp;c.</HI></HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Some &s;ay i'm a Cuckold,</L>
<L>but i'le &s;wear I am none,</L>
<L>For how can it be,</L>
<L>now my horns are gone.</L>
<LG TYPE="refrain">
<L><HI><HI>Sing,</HI> Oh poor <HI>Colly, &amp;c.</HI></HI></L>
</LG>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>Printed for C. Pa&s;&s;inger, at the &s;even &s;tars in the new Buildings, on London-bridge.</P>
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