EBBA 21222
Magdalene College - Pepys
| Innocent Shepherd and the Crafty Wife / Or, A Dialogue between a Shepherd and his Love. / Brethren, see here what some are Born unto, / If it's your Birth right, what should Women do? / Kind things they think, they do all for the best, / But so or not, we must Contented rest. | |
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| Date Published | 1685-1688 |
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| Imprint | Printed for C. Den[n]isson, at the Stationer-A[rms] within Aldga[te.] |
| License | This may be Printed, R. P. |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 3.209 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 3.209 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | Innocent Shepherd and the Crafty Wife / Or, A Dialogue between a Shepherd and his Love. / Brethren, see here what some are Born unto, / If it's your Birth right, what should Women do? / Kind things they think, they do all for the best, / But so or not, we must Contented rest. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, The Country-Farmer; Or, The Buxom Virgin. |
| First Lines | A Silly poor Shepherd was folding his Sheep, / He walked so long he got Cold in his Feet; |
| Refrain | But the more he laid on the Cuc-colder was he. [with variations; lines 4 and 8 of every stanza] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?195 x 324 |
| Condition | cropped and torn bottom edge, damaged surface |
| Ornament | horizontal rules and cast fleurons |