EBBA 21692
Magdalene College - Pepys
| Cumberland Nelly. / Or, The North Countrey Lovers. / A youngman of a very brisk behaviour, / Most cunningly got into Nellys favovr, / And being he so well did please her mind, / She was to him in all things wondrous kind, / For at the length they made a match in sporting / To gang to bed, and use no further courting. | |
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| Date Published | 1662-1692 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for J. Coniers at the Black Raven in Duck Lane, |
| License | With Allowance. |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 4.25 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.25 |
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| Title | Cumberland Nelly. / Or, The North Countrey Lovers. / A youngman of a very brisk behaviour, / Most cunningly got into Nellys favovr, / And being he so well did please her mind, / She was to him in all things wondrous kind, / For at the length they made a match in sporting / To gang to bed, and use no further courting. |
| Tune Imprint | Tune of, The Lass that comes to bed to me. |
| First Lines | THere was a Lass in Cumberland, / a bonny Lass of high degree: |
| Refrain | Oh! to bed to me, to bed to me, / the Lass that comes to bed to me; / How blith and bonny may she be, / the Lass that comes to bed to me. [with variations in final stanza] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 300 |
| Condition | cropped top and right edges, set-off from opposite page visible |
| Ornament | vertical rules |