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<DATE>2009-05-03</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B081115.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>A merry new Song how a Bruer meant to make a Cooper cuckold&punc; and how deere the Bruer paid for the bargaine.</HEAD>
<OPENER><HI>To the tune of, <HI>In Somertime.</HI></HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>IF that you li&s;t now merry be,</L>
<L>Lend li&s;tning eares a while to me:</L>
<L>To heare a &s;ong of a Bruer bold,</L>
<L>That meant a Cooper to cuckold.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Cooper walked downe the &s;tr&eacute;ete,</L>
<L>And with the Bruer chanc'd to m&eacute;ete:</L>
<L>He called worke for a Cooper dame,</L>
<L>The Bruer was glad to heare the &s;ame.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Cooper quoth the Bruer come hether to me,</L>
<L>Perchance I haue &s;ome worke for th&eacute;e:</L>
<L>If that they doings I doe well like,</L>
<L>Thou &s;halt haue worke for all this w&eacute;eke.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Cooper with cap and curte&s;ie low,</L>
<L>Said ready I am my tunning to &s;how,</L>
<L>To doe your worke &s;ir euery deale,</L>
<L>I doe not doubt to doe it well.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then quoth this lu&s;tie Bruer tho,</L>
<L>If thou my worke doe&s;t meane to doe:</L>
<L>Come to me to morrow before it be day,</L>
<L>To hoope vp the&s;e olde tubs out of the way.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And &s;o to make vp my merry rime,</L>
<L>The Cooper the next day ro&s;e betime</L>
<L>To the Bruers gate he tooke his race</L>
<L>And knocked there a great pace.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Bruer leapt from his bed to the flore,</L>
<L>And to the Cooper he opned the dore:</L>
<L>He &s;hewed him his worke without delay,</L>
<L>To the Coopers wife then he tooke the way.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Cooper he called at mind at la&s;t,</L>
<L>His hatchet he had left at home for ha&s;t:</L>
<L>And home for his hatchet he mu&s;t goe,</L>
<L>Before he could worke the cau&s;e it was &s;o.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when he came his hou&s;e &s;omwhat nere</L>
<L>His wife by fortune did him heare:</L>
<L>Alas &s;aid &s;he, what &s;hift &s;hall we make,</L>
<L>My hu&s;band is come you will be take.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O Lord (&s;ayd the Bruer) what &s;hall I doe,</L>
<L>How &s;hall I hide me: where &s;hall I goe:</L>
<L>Said &s;hee if you will not be e&s;pide,</L>
<L>Cr&eacute;epe vnder this Fat your &s;elfe to hide.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Bruer he crept vnder the &s;ame,</L>
<L>And blundering in the Cooper came:</L>
<L>About the &s;hop his Tubs he ca&s;t,</L>
<L>To finde out his hatchet all in ha&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then his cur&s;t wife began to prate,</L>
<L>If thou let out my Pig ile breake thy pate,</L>
<L>A Pig &s;aid the Cooper I knew of none,</L>
<L>If thou had&s;t not &s;poke the pig had bin gone</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If it be a Sow-pig &s;aid the Cooper,</L>
<L>Let me haue him ro&s;ted for my &s;upper:</L>
<L>It is a Bore-pig man &s;aid &s;he,</L>
<L>For my owne dyet and not for th&eacute;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>It is hard if a woman cannot haue a bit,</L>
<L>But &s;traightway her hu&s;band mu&s;t know of it</L>
<L>A Bore-pig &s;aid the Cooper &s;o me thinks,</L>
<L>He is &s;o rami&s;h fie how he &s;tinkes.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Well &s;ayd the Cooper &s;o I might thriue,</L>
<L>I would he were in thy belly a liue.</L>
<L>I thanke you for your wi&s;h good man,</L>
<L>It may chance it &s;hall be there anon,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Bruer that vnder the Fat did lye,</L>
<L>Like a Pig did a&s;&s;ay to grunt and crie:</L>
<L>But alas his voice was nothing &s;mall,</L>
<L>He cryed &s;o big that he mard all.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Wife &s;aid the Cooper this is no pig,</L>
<L>But an old hog he grunteth &s;o big,</L>
<L>He lift vp the Fat then by and by,</L>
<L>There lay the Bruer like a Bore in a &s;tie.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Wife &s;aid the Cooper thou wilt lie like a dog</L>
<L>This is no pig but a very old hog:</L>
<L>I &s;weare quoth the Cooper I doe not like him,</L>
<L>Ile knock him on the head ere ile k&eacute;epe him.</L>
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<LG>
<L>O Lord &s;aid the Bruer &s;erue me not &s;o,</L>
<L>Hold thy hand Cooper and let me goe:</L>
<L>And I will giue th&eacute;e both Ale and B&eacute;ere,</L>
<L>To find thy hou&s;e this &s;ixe or &s;eauen yeare.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I will none of thy Ale nor yet of thy B&eacute;ere,</L>
<L>For feare I be poi&s;oned within &s;eauen y&eacute;ere:</L>
<L>Why &s;ayd the Bruer if thou mi&s;tru&s;t,</L>
<L>Hold here the keyes of my be&s;t che&s;t.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And there is gold and &s;iluer &s;tore,</L>
<L>Will &s;erue th&eacute;e &s;o long and &s;omewhat more:</L>
<L>If there be &s;tore quoth the Cooper I &s;ay,</L>
<L>I will not come emptie handed away.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The Cooper went and filled his hat,</L>
<L>The Bruer &s;hall pay for v&s;ing my Fat:</L>
<L>The hooping of twentie tubs euery day,</L>
<L>And not gaind me &s;o much as I doe this way.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When he came againe his hou&s;e within,</L>
<L>Packe away <ABBR>qd</ABBR> he Bruer with your broken &s;hin:</L>
<L>And vnder my Fat cr&eacute;epe you no more,</L>
<L>Except you make wi&s;er bargaines before.</L>
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