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<DATE>2009-04-06</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B081113.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<STC T="S">19554</STC>
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<DIV1 TYPE="ballad">
<PB N="370" REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 5 -->
<HEAD>A new Ballad of the Souldier and <HI>Peggy</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>To a new Northerne Tune.</OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<P><FIGURE>
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<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>IT was a brave Souldier</L>
<L>that long liv'd in warres,</L>
<L>He would into <HI>England,</HI></L>
<L>to try his affaires,</L>
<L>A brave gallant Creature,</L>
<L>enchanted his eye:</L>
<L>It is for thy love <HI>Peggy,</HI></L>
<L>I dye, I dye.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She had a good Husband</L>
<L>that loved Her well,</L>
<L>For Gold and for money,</L>
<L>none did her excell.</L>
<L>Yet <HI>Peggy</HI> would li&s;ten</L>
<L>to the Souldiers cry,</L>
<L>It is for thy love <HI>Peggy,</HI></L>
<L>I dye, I dye.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O pretty <HI>Peggy,</HI></L>
<L>let &s;orrowes remove,</L>
<L>And grant me a ki&s;&s;e</L>
<L>in token of love:</L>
<L>O take th&eacute;e a thou&s;and,</L>
<L>on's but a few,</L>
<L>Ile leave my owne hu&s;band,</L>
<L>to travel with you.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O pretty <HI>Peggy,</HI></L>
<L>if thou wilt be mine,</L>
<L>All the gold that I get,</L>
<L>it &s;hall be thine:</L>
<L>Father and Mother,</L>
<L>thou&s;e never &s;o mere,</L>
<L>If thou wilt goe over Sea</L>
<L>with a Souldier.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She tooke the keyes from her &s;ide,</L>
<L>to her che&s;t &s;he's gone,</L>
<L>All the gold that &s;he hath,</L>
<L>with her &s;he'ath tane:</L>
<L>She left the Babe Motherle&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>and the bed bare,</L>
<L>And &s;he is gone over &s;ea</L>
<L>with a Souldier.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>As <HI>Peggy</HI> and the Souldier,</L>
<L>went over a plaine,</L>
<L>He twinked at her,</L>
<L>&s;he &s;miled againe:</L>
<L>He courted her bravely,</L>
<L>as Young men &s;hould doe,</L>
<L>And ever &s;aid <HI>Peggy,</HI></L>
<L>I love none but you.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>As <HI>Peggy</HI> went up the &s;treet,</L>
<L>&s;o did &s;he downe,</L>
<L>All that did m&eacute;et her</L>
<L>askt whither &s;he was bound:</L>
<L>She an&s;wered them quickly,</L>
<L>&s;he could not tell where,</L>
<L>For &s;he mu&s;t goe ever &s;ea</L>
<L>with a &s;ouldier.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Her Husband came home</L>
<L>&s;o late in the night,</L>
<L>He asked for <HI>Peggy</HI></L>
<L>his ioy and delight,</L>
<L>They an&s;wer him quickly,</L>
<L>they could not tell where,</L>
<L>For &s;he was gone over &s;ea</L>
<L>with a Souldier.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="371" REF="1" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 5 -->
<HEAD>The &s;econd part,</HEAD>
<OPENER>to the &s;ame Tune.</OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L>HE &s;adled his hor&s;e</L>
<L>and rode to the &s;hoare,</L>
<L>Thinking to take <HI>Peggy,</HI></L>
<L>before &s;he got ore:</L>
<L>He asked for <HI>Peggy,</HI></L>
<L>but &s;he was not there,</L>
<L>For &s;he was gone over &s;ea,</L>
<L>with a Souldier.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I pray th&eacute;e good nur&s;e</L>
<L>be good to my child,</L>
<L>And thou&s;e have thy wages,</L>
<L>at every months end:</L>
<L>Thou&s;e nether want money,</L>
<L>wine nor good cheare,</L>
<L>Though <HI>Peggy</HI> be over &s;ea,</L>
<L>with a Souldier.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He cur&s;ed the Carpenter</L>
<L>that made the &s;hip,</L>
<L>And eke the Plummer,</L>
<L>for plumming &s;o d&eacute;epe:</L>
<L>He banned the wind</L>
<L>and the water &s;o cl&eacute;ere,</L>
<L>That carried her over &s;ea</L>
<L>with a &s;ouldier</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>She had not beene over &s;ea,</L>
<L>pa&s;&s;ing months thr&eacute;e,</L>
<L>Ere &s;he would come home againe,</L>
<L>if it might be,</L>
<L>To &s;peake with her hu&s;band,</L>
<L>this matter to cl&eacute;ere,</L>
<L>Becau&s;e &s;he had bin over &s;ea</L>
<L>with a &s;ouldier.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>This wanton lewd woman,</L>
<L>is come home againe,</L>
<L>When all her plea&s;ure,</L>
<L>and coine it was &s;pent:</L>
<L>She could no longer,</L>
<L>in <HI>Ireland</HI> &s;tay,</L>
<L>For &s;he had no gold</L>
<L>nor money to pay.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I pray you &s;w&eacute;et husband,</L>
<L>will you forgive me,</L>
<L>And all that's ami&s;&s;e,</L>
<L>amended &s;hall be:</L>
<L>Ile live with my husband,</L>
<L>and Babie &s;o deare,</L>
<L>And Ile never goe, againe,</L>
<L>with a &s;ouldier.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Come hither &s;w&eacute;et <HI>Peggy,</HI></L>
<L>thou art welcome to me,</L>
<L>So all that's ami&s;&s;e</L>
<L>amended may be.</L>
<L>I pray God forgive my &s;innes,</L>
<L>and Ile forgive th&eacute;e,</L>
<L>If thou'l live at home,</L>
<L>with thy Babie and me.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>All you good wives,</L>
<L>that heare this my &s;ong,</L>
<L>Live at home with your husbands</L>
<L>and doe them no wrong:</L>
<L>For youth it is wanton,</L>
<L>and will have a fling,</L>
<L>And <HI>Peggy</HI> is at home</L>
<L>with her husband againe.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And thus of my &s;ong,</L>
<L>I will make an end,</L>
<L>Praying for Gods favour,</L>
<L>for women and men,</L>
<L>De&s;iring them all</L>
<L>in their Countrey to &s;tay,</L>
<L>And neuer to wander</L>
<L>&s;o vainely away</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>Printed at London for <HI>F. Coules</HI> dwelling in the Old-Baily.</P>
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