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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>The Beautiful SHEPHERDESS of <HI>ARCADIA: A new Pa&s;toral Song of a courteous young Knight, and a &s;uppo&s;ed Shepherd's Daughter of</HI> Arcadia, <HI>in</HI> Peloponne&s;us.</HEAD>
<OPENER><HI>To the Tune of,</HI> The Shepherd's Daughter, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>THere was a Shepherd's Daughter</L>
<L>came tripping on the way.</L>
<L>And there &s;he met a courteous Knight,</L>
<L>which cau&s;ed her to &s;tay:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang dildo lee.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Good-morrow to you beauteous Maid,</L>
<L>the&s;e words pronounced he,</L>
<L>O I &s;hall dye this day, he &s;aid,</L>
<L>if I've not my will of thee:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Lord forbid, the Maid reply'd,</L>
<L>that &s;uch a thing &s;hould he,</L>
<L>That ever &s;uch a courteous Knight</L>
<L>&s;hould dye for love of me:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He took her about the middle &s;o &s;mall,</L>
<L>and laid her on the plain,</L>
<L>And after he had got hs will,</L>
<L>he took her up again:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now you have had your will, kind Sir,</L>
<L>and put my body to &s;hame,</L>
<L>Even as you are a courteous Knight,</L>
<L>tell me what is your name?</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Some do call me <HI>Jack,</HI> Sweet-heart,</L>
<L>and &s;ome do call me <HI>John,</HI></L>
<L>But when I come to the King's fair court,</L>
<L>they call me <HI>Sweet William:</HI></L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He &s;et his foot into the &s;tirrup,</L>
<L>and away then he did ride;</L>
<L>She tuckt her girdle about her middle,</L>
<L>and ran clo&s;e by his &s;ide:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when &s;he came to the broad water,</L>
<L>&s;he &s;et her brea&s;t and &s;wam;</L>
<L>And when &s;he was got out again,</L>
<L>&s;he took her heels and ran:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He never was the courteous Knight</L>
<L>to &s;ay, Fair Maid will you ride?</L>
<L>Nor &s;he was never &s;o loving a Maid</L>
<L>to &s;ay, Sir Knight abide:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When &s;he came to the King's fair court,</L>
<L>&s;he knocked at the ring,</L>
<L>So ready was the King him&s;elf</L>
<L>to let this fair Maid in:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>your body Chri&s;t &s;ave and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>You have a Knight within your court</L>
<L>this day hath robbed me:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>What hath he robbed thee of, Sweet-heart,</L>
<L>of purple or of pall?</L>
<L>Or hath he took thy gay gold ring</L>
<L>from off thy finger &s;mall?</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He hath not robbed me, my Liege,</L>
<L>of purple or of pall,</L>
<L>But he hath got my maiden-head,</L>
<L>which grieves me wor&s;t of all:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now if he be a batchelor</L>
<L>his day i'll give to thee,</L>
<L>But if he be a married man</L>
<L>high hanged &s;hall he be:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He called down his merry men all</L>
<L>by one, by two and by three;</L>
<L><HI>Sweet William</HI> us'd to be the fir&s;t,</L>
<L>but now the la&s;t comes he:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He brought her down full forty pound</L>
<L>ty'd up within a glove,</L>
<L>Fair Maid, I give the &s;ame to thee,</L>
<L>and &s;eek another love:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Oh, i'll have none of your gold, &s;he &s;aid,</L>
<L>nor i'll have none of your fee,</L>
<L>But I mu&s;t have your fair body,</L>
<L>the King hath given me:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Sweet William</HI> ran and fetcht her then</L>
<L>five hundred pound in gold,</L>
<L>Saving, Fair Maid take this to thee,</L>
<L>thy fault will never be told:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>'Tis not thy gold that &s;hall me tempt,</L>
<L>the&s;e words then an&s;wered &s;he;</L>
<L>But I mu&s;t have your own body,</L>
<L>&s;o the King hath granted me:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
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<L>That ever any Shepherd's Daughter</L>
<L>&s;hould be a fair Lady of mine:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang dildo lee.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>Would I had drank the puddle water,</L>
<L>when I did drink the ale,</L>
<L>That ever any Shepherd's Daughter</L>
<L>&s;hould have told me &s;uch a tale:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A Shepherd's Daughter as I was,</L>
<L>you might have let me be,</L>
<L>I'd ne'r a come to the King's fair court</L>
<L>to have crav'd any love of the~e:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He &s;et her on a milk-white &s;teed,</L>
<L>and him&s;elf upon a gray,</L>
<L>He hung a bugle about his neck,</L>
<L>and &s;o they rode away:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when they came unto the place</L>
<L>where marriage-rites was done,</L>
<L>She prov'd her&s;elf a Duke's Daughter,</L>
<L>and he but a Squire's Son:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now you have married me, Sir Knight,</L>
<L>your plea&s;ures will be free;</L>
<L>If you make me Lady of one good town,</L>
<L>I'll make thee Lord of three:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Accur&s;ed be the gold, he &s;aid,</L>
<L>if thou had&s;t not been true,</L>
<L>That &s;hould a parted thee from me,</L>
<L>to have chang'd thee for a new:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang,</HI> &amp;c.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Their hearts being &s;o linked fa&s;t,</L>
<L>and joyned hand in hand,</L>
<L>He had hath pur&s;e and per&s;on too,</L>
<L>and all at his command:</L>
<L><HI>Sing trang dildo lee.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<P><HI>London:</HI> Printed for <HI>A. M.</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">. <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">. and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"></P>
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