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<STC T="G">c.121.g.9[32]</STC>
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<HEAD>LOVE in a BARN.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub"><HI>Or, Right</HI> Country Court&s;hip.</HEAD>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>woman milking a cow</FIGDESC>
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<LG>
<L>COME all ye bri&s;k country girls,</L>
<L>And London la&s;&s;es too;</L>
<L>A merry ditty I have to tell,</L>
<L>Which certainly is true.</L>
<L>In Reygate liv'd a buxome la&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">,</L>
<L>Both beautiful and fair,</L>
<L>Her beauty was her portion,</L>
<L>As hereafter you &s;hall here.</L>
<L>Her father was a farmer,</L>
<L>Who did at Ryegate dwell,</L>
<L>Ju&s;t by liv'd a noble Lord,</L>
<L>Who&s;e name I mu&s;t not tell:</L>
<L>Who&s;e country hou&s;e at Ryegate was,</L>
<L>In the &s;weet plea&s;ant air,</L>
<L>And this Lord he fell in love</L>
<L>With the farmer's daughter fair.</L>
<L>He ofentimes beheld her</L>
<L>A- milking in the moon,</L>
<L>And he mu&s;t go to drink the m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">k</L>
<L>From the cow while it was warm.</L>
<L>The draught of love he drank &s;o &s;weet</L>
<L>By gazing on her charms,</L>
<L>That the &s;weet creature he would oft</L>
<L>W &s;h for in his arms,</L>
<L>He &s;aid, I've &s;lighted ladies,</L>
<L>Of honour, birth, and fame:</L>
<L>Now Cupid has betray'd me</L>
<L>To an innocent country dame.</L>
<L>I mu&s;t reveal my pa&s;&s;ion.</L>
<L>Or for her lo&s;e my life;</L>
<L>If money her virtue will overcome.</L>
<L>I &s;oon will end the &s;tri&s;e.</L>
<L>Next morning he goes to her,</L>
<L>As &s;he a-milking were,</L>
<L>And he began the &s;tory</L>
<L>To the farmer's daughter fair.</L>
<L>Thou faire&s;t of all creatures,</L>
<L>My heart is in love with thee;</L>
<L>If thou can'&s;t love a London Lord,</L>
<L>A Lady thou &s;halt be.</L>
<L>Sir, &s;aid &s;he, What do you mean,</L>
<L>More fit I am, I vow,</L>
<L>To mind my father's dairy,</L>
<L>And feed the pigs and &s;ow.</L>
<L>I cannot dre&s;s up in the mode,</L>
<L>As London la&s;&s;es wear.</L>
<L>Said he, but I will keep a maid,</L>
<L>To wait on thee, my dear.</L>
<L>A maid! &s;aid the country la&s;s,</L>
<L>I can but laugh at that:</L>
<L>Mu&s;t I ride to the church in my &s;hort cloak,</L>
<L>With a feather in my cap?</L>
<L>No, no, my dear, that is the dre&s;s</L>
<L>My jewel thou &s;halt were,</L>
<L>When thou along with me do&s;t go</L>
<L>To take the rural air.</L>
<L>Then, Gaffer, &s;aid the country girl,</L>
<L>Yet &s;omething I've to &s;ay,</L>
<L>Among the ladies I cannot dance,</L>
<L>Except it be the ha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">.</L>
<L>But thou can'&s;t dance in bed, my dear,</L>
<L>And that's the prettie&s;t &s;port.</L>
<L>Ay, never fear, I'll warrent thee,</L>
<L>As well as the be&s;t at court.</L>
<L>This was Right COUNTRY COURTSHIP,</L>
<L>And made the Lord to &s;mile,</L>
<L>But his whole intention was</L>
<L>This maiden to beguile.</L>
<L>But the country girls are not &s;uch fools,</L>
<L>For to be taken in,</L>
<L>So now come here the country bite,</L>
<L>Which &s;he did put on him.</L>
<L>He made her many pre&s;ents</L>
<L>Of watches, jewels, rings,</L>
<L>The girl &s;he was well pleas'd</L>
<L>At &s;ight of &s;uch fine things.</L>
<L>The cow-hou&s;e was the chamber</L>
<L>In which they us'd to court:</L>
<L>At length be mu&s;t bef ooling</L>
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<L>Under her petticoats.</L>
<L>She &s;aid, is this the way</L>
<L>That courtiers come to wooe?</L>
<L>There's no harm, &s;ays he, my dear.</L>
<L>We &s;erve the ladies &s;o.</L>
<L>I do not like the fa&s;hion,</L>
<L>The country girl reply'd.</L>
<L>I will not be a lady</L>
<L>Until I am a bride.</L>
<L>She finding he had &s;tore of gold,</L>
<L>Says &s;he, I plainly &s;ee,</L>
<L>That he has no intention</L>
<L>That I his bride &s;hall be;</L>
<L>He &s;hall not have my maidenhead,</L>
<L>I &s;olemnly do &s;wea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">,</L>
<L>But I'll bite him of a portion,</L>
<L>Then wed with Ralph my dear.</L>
<L>Next morning came the Lord,</L>
<L>As he was us'd to do,</L>
<L>With a pretence to drink the milk</L>
<L>Warm &s;ir from the cow.</L>
<L>Then with the charming milk-maid</L>
<L>Still fooling he would be,</L>
<L>Says he, five hundred pounds I'll give</L>
<L>One night to lie with thee;</L>
<L>Then afterwards I will thee wed,</L>
<L>So no barm can there be.</L>
<L>Well, If I lo&s;e my maidenhead,</L>
<L>It &s;hall be in my father's barn:</L>
<L>So now the money put me down,</L>
<L>And treat me well with wine,</L>
<L>Then to-night at twelve o'clock,</L>
<L>It is the only time.</L>
<L>He was delighted for to catch</L>
<L>The maiden in the mind,</L>
<L>Then unto the barn he took</L>
<L>A bottle of rheni&s;h wine.</L>
<L>A gang of Gyp&s;ies us'd to lie,</L>
<L>Sir in the barn all night,</L>
<L>Then here this dam&s;el &s;oon &s;he play'd</L>
<L>A country crafty bite.</L>
<L>She told unto the Gyp&s;ies</L>
<L>How &s;he the &s;cheme had laid,</L>
<L>So bid them to conceal them&s;elves</L>
<L>Among the corn and hay.</L>
<L>She &s;aid, I'll give you notice</L>
<L>In every degree;</L>
<L>And if you bite this am'rous blade.</L>
<L>Rewarded you &s;hall b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">.</L>
<L>'Bout twelve o'clock to her he came</L>
<L>Ju&s;t as the apointment were,</L>
<L>When no light but what the moon</L>
<L>Granted unto them there.</L>
<L>Thus they &s;it down among the &s;traw</L>
<L>His arms round her he twines;</L>
<L>Full merrily they to&s;s about</L>
<L>The bottle of rheni&s;h wine.</L>
<L>The girl oft ki&s;s'd the bottle,</L>
<L>But never touch'd the wine,</L>
<L>Until his Lord&s;hip's eyes began</L>
<L>To twinkle very fine.</L>
<L>He laid him down amid&s;t the &s;traw,</L>
<L>And fa&s;t a&s;leep he falls;</L>
<L>The fa mer's daughter then aro&s;e,</L>
<L>And the Gyp&s;ies &s;oon did call:</L>
<L>Says &s;he, Go &s;trip you all buff,</L>
<L>Then down by him golie,</L>
<L>And the little gyp&s;y at his back,</L>
<L>I beg that you would tie.</L>
<L>Both his hands I have made fa&s;t</L>
<L>Not ea&s;y to be undone,</L>
<L>Then as he ri&s;es in a fright,</L>
<L>Like a devil he will run.</L>
<L>Five pound &s;he to the gyp&s;ies gave,</L>
<L>Then home &s;he &s;trait did &s;teer.</L>
<L>The Lord began to awake, &s;ir,</L>
<L>In the morning fair and clear.</L>
<L>He took a roll upon his back,</L>
<L>The gyp&s;y began to &s;queak,</L>
<L>His hands being ty'd he then began</L>
<L>To &s;cramble on his feet.</L>
<L>The gyp&s;ies all were &s;tanding up,</L>
<L>Their coal-black hair hung down,</L>
<L>He took them all for devils in bu&s;t,</L>
<L>And run into the town,</L>
<L>With the ba&s;tard &s;q ua<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">g at his back.</L>
<L>His wig was tag'd with &s;traw,</L>
<L>Sure &s;uch a &s;ight as this</L>
<L>No mortal ever &s;aw.</L>
<L>The &s;ervants were amazed</L>
<L>When they did let him in,</L>
<L>They took the gpp&s;y from his back,</L>
<L>And &s;oon relieved him.</L>
<L>So the child he is like to keep,</L>
<L>For the gyp&s;ies they are gone&punc;;</L>
<L>Thus now he is the talk of all</L>
<L>The women in the town</L>
<L>But yet he is w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ll plea&s;ed</L>
<L>With the pranks that &s;he has play'd,</L>
<L>He &s;aid, I am re&s;olv'd to wed</L>
<L>This virtuous country maid.</L>
<L>For virtue is her portion,</L>
<L>Of that &s;he has her &s;hare&punc;</L>
<L>O now this Lord has married</L>
<L>This furmer's daughte<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="3 letters">.</L>
</LG>
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