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<DATE>2014-10-09</DATE>
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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140630.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<IDG S="marc" R="UM" ID="B27227">
<STC T="W">N564</STC>
<STC T="G">C.20.f.9[883]</STC>
<STC T="C">R228941</STC>
<BIBNO T="umi">99888055</BIBNO>
<VID>193121</VID>
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<DIV1 TYPE="song">
<PB REF="1" MS="y">
<PB REF="1" MS="y">
<HEAD>A New BALLAD of King John and the Ab|bot of Canterbury.</HEAD>
<OPENER><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">o the Tune of, <HI>The King and the Lord Abbot.</HI></OPENER>
<LICENSE LANG="eng">
<P>With Allowance,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Ro. L' E&s;tr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ng<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
</LICENSE>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>woodcut of king</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE>
<FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>woodcut of gentleman</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></P>
<LG>
<L>ILe tell you a Story; a Story anon,</L>
<L>Of a noble Prince &amp; his Name was King Iohn.</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> he was a Prince, and a Prince of great might,</L>
<L>He held up great Wrongs, he put down grea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ight,</L>
<L><HI>Derry down, down hey derry down.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Ile tell you a Story, a Story &s;o merry,</L>
<L>Concerning the Abbot of <HI>Canterbury,</HI></L>
<L>And of his Hou&s;e-keeping and high Renown.</L>
<L>Which made him re&s;ort to fair <HI>London</HI> Town<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">.</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>down,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> Father Abbot? 'tis told unto me,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> a far better Hou&s;e then,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> keeping and High Renown,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> Trea&s;on again&s;t my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">rown</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I hope my Liege that you owe me nogrudge,</L>
<L>For &s;pending of my true gotten goods:</L>
<L>If thou do&s;t not an&s;wer me que&s;tions three,</L>
<L>Thy head &s;hall be taken from thy Body:</L>
<L><HI>Derry down,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When I am &s;et on my &s;teed &s;o high</L>
<L>With my Crown of Gold upon my head,</L>
<L>Among&s;t all my Nobility with joy and much mi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">th</L>
<L>Thou mu&s;t tell me to one penny what I am worth</L>
<L><HI>Derry down,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And the nevr Que&s;tion you mu&s;t not &s;lout,</L>
<L>How long I &s;hall be riding the World about</L>
<L>And the third Que&s;tion thou mu&s;t not &s;hrink;</L>
<L>But tell to me truly what I do think:</L>
<L><HI>Derry down</HI></L>
</LG>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<LG>
<L>O The&s;e are hard Que&s;tions for my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> ow wit,</L>
<L>For I cannot an&s;wer your Grace as yet,</L>
<L>But if you will give me but three days &s;pace</L>
<L>I'le do my endeavour to an&s;wer your Gra<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e;</L>
<L><HI>Derry down, down hey derry down.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O three days &s;pace I will the give,</L>
<L>For that is the longe&s;t day thou ha&s;t to live,</L>
<L>And if thou do&s;t not an&s;wer the&s;e que&s;tions right</L>
<L>Thy head &s;hall be taken from thy body qu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">e:</L>
<L><HI>Derry down,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And as the Shepherd was going to his &s;old,</L>
<L>H<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;py'd the old Abbot come riding alone,</L>
<L>How now Ma&s;ter Abbot? you'r Welcome home:</L>
<L>What News have you brought from good K. <HI>John.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Derry down.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sad news, &s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">ws, I have th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e to give,</L>
<L>For I have but three days &s;pace for to live</L>
<L>If I do not <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> him que&s;tions three,</L>
<L>My head will be taken from my body</L>
<L><HI>Derry down</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When he is &s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> on his Steed &s;o high:</L>
<L>With his Cr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters"> of Gold upon his head,</L>
<L>Among &s;hall his Nobility with joy and much <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters">th</L>
<L>I mu&s;t tell him to one penny what he is worth&punc;</L>
<L><HI>Derry down.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And the next que&s;tion I mu&s;t not &s;lout,</L>
<L>How long he &s;hall be riding the World abo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">,</L>
<L>And the third que&s;tion thou mu&s;t not &s;hrink,</L>
<L>But tell to him truly what he does think;</L>
<L><HI>Derry down,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>O Ma&s;ter did you never hear it yet,</L>
<L>That a Fool may learn a Wi&s;eman wh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>Lend <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e but your Hor&s;e &amp; your apparel.</L>
<L>Ile <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> to fair <HI>London</HI> and an&s;wer the Quarrel&punc;</L>
<L><HI>Derry down,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Now I am &s;et on my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"> high,</L>
<L>With my Crown of G<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ll<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> u<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">on my<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>Among&s;t all my Nobility with<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>Now tell me <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">o one penny what I<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L><HI>Derry down,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>For thirty peace our<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>Among&s;t the fal&s;e Iews<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>And nine and twenty's the worth of tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">,</L>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> I think thou <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">t one penny<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L><HI>Derry down.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And the next que&s;tion<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>How long I &s;hall be riding <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">he<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>You mu&s;t ri&s;e with the Sun, and ride with the &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">redge</L>
<L>Vntill the next morning he ri&s;es age<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>And then I am &s;ure you will make no<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>But in twenty four hours you'l ride<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L><HI>Derry down,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And the third que&s;tion you<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>But tell to me truly what I do think:</L>
<L>All that I can do, and 'twill make you merr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"></L>
<L>For you think i'm the Abbot of <HI>Cant<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">rbury,</HI></L>
<L>But i'm his poor Shepherd <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> pouring &s;ee</L>
<L>A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters">am come to beg pardon for he and for<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L><HI>Derry down,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The King he turn'd him aboue and<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>Saying, thou &s;halt be the Abbot the<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>O<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">to my Grace, there is no &s;uch<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span">,</L>
<L>For I can neither Write <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> Read&punc;</L>
<L><HI>Derry down,</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then four pounds a week will I give<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L>For this merry <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> felt thou ha&s;t told un<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters"></L>
<L>And tell the old Abbot when thou co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span">,</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;t brought him a pardon from good<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></L>
<L><HI>Derry down, down hey, derry down.</HI></L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
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<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<P><HI>Printed for</HI> P. Breck<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">by <HI>at the</HI> Golden<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 span"></P>
</DIV1>
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