EBBA 21907
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The VVest-Countrey Cheat upon Cheat; / OR, / No Jest like a True Jest. / Here in this Song you may behold and see, / What base deceit in chusing Mates there be, / Young-men and Maidens all henceforth be wary, / Stand fast to them you do intend to marry: / For in my mind, it seems strange and unkind, / That Lovers now should turn with every wind: / Butcher and Barber, both, pray live in peace, / And with your Wives let unity increase. | ||
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| Date Published | 1674-1679 | |
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| Imprint | Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, / J. Clarke. | |
| License | With Allowance. | |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys | |
| Page | 4.247 | |
| Location | Pepys Library | |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.247 | |
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| Part 1 | Part 2 | |
| Title | The VVest-Countrey Cheat upon Cheat; / OR, / No Jest like a True Jest. / Here in this Song you may behold and see, / What base deceit in chusing Mates there be, / Young-men and Maidens all henceforth be wary, / Stand fast to them you do intend to marry: / For in my mind, it seems strange and unkind, / That Lovers now should turn with every wind: / Butcher and Barber, both, pray live in peace, / And with your Wives let unity increase. | The second part, |
| Tune Imprint | The Tune is, Hy, ho, my Honey. | to the same tune. |
| First Lines | BRave West=Country blades come listen, / i'le sing you a harmless Song, | When the Barber he perceived / the Butcher had stolen his Bride: |
| Refrain | But the Butcher he cheated the Barber, / and the Barber couzen'd his Brother; / Then was this handsomely done, for one man to cheat the other? | But the Butcher he cheated the Barber, / and the Barber couzen'd his Brother: / Then was this handsomely done, for one man to cheat the other? |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?195 x 306 | |
| Condition | guard pasted over top edge, cropped all edges | |
| Ornament | cast fleurons | |