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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B081110.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
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<HEAD>The lovely Northern La&s;&s;e,</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<L>Who in the Ditty here complaining, &s;hewes</L>
<L>What harme &s;he got milking her Daddies Ewes.</L>
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<OPENER>To a plea&s;ant Scotch tune, called, <HI>The broom of Cowdon knowes</HI></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>THrough Lidder&s;dale as lately I went,</L>
<L>I mu&s;ing on did pa&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>I heard a Maid was di&s;content</L>
<L>&s;he &s;igh,d and &s;aid alas:</L>
<L><HI>All maids that ever deceived was,</HI></L>
<L><HI>beare a part of the&s;e my woes,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For once I was a bonny La&s;&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>when I milkt my daddies Ewes.</HI></L>
<L><HI>With O, the broome, the bonny broom</HI></L>
<L><HI>the broome of Cowdon knors,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Faine would I be in the North Countrey,</HI></L>
<L><HI>to milke my daddies Ewes.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>My Love into the held did come.</L>
<L>when my daddie was from home,</L>
<L>Sugred words he gave me there,</L>
<L>prais'd me for &s;uch a one:</L>
<L>His honny breath and lips &s;o &s;oft,</L>
<L>and his alluring eye.</L>
<L>And tempting tongue hath woed me off,</L>
<L>now forces me to cry.</L>
<L><HI>All maids, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He ioyed me with his pretty chat,</L>
<L>&s;o well di&s;cour&s;e could he,</L>
<L>Talking of this thing and of that,</L>
<L>which greatly liked me:</L>
<L>I was &s;o greatly taken with his &s;peech,</L>
<L>and with his comely making,</L>
<L>He u&s;ed all the meanes could be,</L>
<L>to inchant me with his &s;peaking,</L>
<L><HI>All maids &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>In Danby Forre&s;t I was borne,</L>
<L>my beauty did excell,</L>
<L>My parents dearely loved me,</L>
<L>till my belly began to &s;well:</L>
<L>I might have been a Princes peere,</L>
<L>when I came over the knoes,</L>
<L>Till the Shepheards boy beguiled me,</L>
<L>milking my dadies Ewes,</L>
<L><HI>All maids, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When once I fell my belly &s;well:</L>
<L>no longer might I abide</L>
<L>My mother put me out of doores,</L>
<L>and bange'd me back and &s;ide:</L>
<L>Then did I range the world &s;o wide,</L>
<L>wandring among&s;t the knoes,</L>
<L>Cur&s;ing the boy that helped me,</L>
<L>to fold my daddies Ewes.</L>
<L><HI>All maids, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Who would have thought a boy &s;o young,</L>
<L>would have u&s;ed a Maiden &s;o,</L>
<L>So to allure her with his tongue,</L>
<L>and then from her to goe,</L>
<L>Which hath alas procured my woe,</L>
<L>to credit his faire &s;hewes,</L>
<L>Which now to late repent I doe,</L>
<L>the milking of the Ewes,</L>
<L><HI>All maids that ever deceived was,</HI></L>
<L><HI>beare a part of the&s;e my woes,</HI></L>
<L><HI>For once I was a bonny La&s;&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>when I milkt my dadies Ewes.</HI></L>
</LG>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
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<HEAD>The &s;econd Part,</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame tune.</OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>ALL Maidens faire then have a care,</L>
<L>when you a milking goe,</L>
<L>Tru&s;t not to young mens tempting tongus,</L>
<L>that will deceive you &s;o,</L>
<L>Then you &s;hall finde to be unkinde,</L>
<L>and glory in your woes,</L>
<L>For the Shepheards boy beguiled me,</L>
<L>folding my Daddies Ewes.</L>
<L><HI>All Maids &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If you your Virgin-honours keep,</L>
<L>e&s;teeming of them deare,</L>
<L>You need not then to waile and weep,</L>
<L>or your parents anger feare:</L>
<L>As I have &s;aid of them beware,</L>
<L>would glory in your woes,</L>
<L>You then may &s;ing with merry cheere,</L>
<L>milking your daddies Ewes.</L>
<L><HI>All Maids, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>A young man hearing her complaint.</L>
<L>did pitty this her ca&s;e,</L>
<L>Saying to her &s;weet beautious Saint,</L>
<L>I grieve &s;o faire a face</L>
<L>Should &s;orrow &s;o, then &s;weeting know,</L>
<L>to ea&s;e the of thy wooes,</L>
<L>Ile goe with thee to the North Country,</L>
<L>to milke thy daddies Ewes,</L>
<L><HI>All Maids, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><HI>Leander</HI> like I will remaine,</L>
<L>&s;till con&s;tant to thee ever,</L>
<L>As <HI>Pyramus,</HI> or <HI>Troyalus,</HI></L>
<L>till death our lives &s;hall &s;ever?</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Let me be hated evermore,</L>
<L>of all men that me knowes,</L>
<L>If fal&s;e thee Sweet heart I be,</L>
<L>milking thy daddies Ewes,</L>
<L><HI>All Maids, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then mode&s;tly &s;he did reply,</L>
<L>might I &s;o happy be,</L>
<L>Of you to finde a husband kinde,</L>
<L>and for to marry me,</L>
<L>Then to you I would during life,</L>
<L>continue con&s;tant &s;till,</L>
<L>And be a true obedient wife,</L>
<L>ob&s;erving of your will.</L>
<L><HI>With O the broom, the bonny broom,</HI></L>
<L><HI>the broom of Cowdon knoes,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Faine would I be in the North Countrey,</HI></L>
<L><HI>milking my daddies Ewes.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus with a gentle &s;oft imbrace,</L>
<L>he took her in his armes,</L>
<L>And withe ki&s;&s;e he &s;miling &s;aid,</L>
<L>Ile &s;hield thee from all harmes,</L>
<L>And in&s;tantly will marry thee,</L>
<L>to ea&s;e thee of thy woes,</L>
<L>And goe with thee to the North Countrey,</L>
<L>to milke thy Daddies Ewes.</L>
<L><HI>With O the broom, &amp;c.</HI></L>
</LG>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>London Printed for <HI>Fr. Coles,</HI> in the Old-Bayly.</P>
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