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Magdalene College - Pepys
Faint Heart never won fair Lady: / OR, / Good Advice to Batchelors / How to Court and Obtain a Young Lass.
Date Published 1682-1692 ?
Author
Standard Tune
Imprint Printed and Sold by J. Millet, next door to the/ Flower-de-Luce in Little-Brittain.
License Licensed according to Order.
Collection Magdalene College - Pepys
Page 3.21
Location Pepys Library
Shelfmark Pepys Ballads 3.21
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  Part 1
Title Faint Heart never won fair Lady: / OR, / Good Advice to Batchelors / How to Court and Obtain a Young Lass.
Tune Imprint To the Tune of, Lilli burlero.
First Lines YOu that a fair Maids heart would obtain, / eagerly Court, and Ogle and Kiss;
Refrain Touse her, tempt her, hap at a venture, / tho' she cry, Fie Sir, pray you be gone; / Do but you try Sir, she'll sooner dye Sir / than you shall leave her wishing alone. (with variations; not final stanza)
Album Page 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 290
Condition cropped left edge, creased, off-center shadow-impression
Ornament cast fleurons