EBBA 37029
British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
| The Sorrowful Damsels Lamentation / For Want of a Husband. / This Maiden sure was in a Longing Temper, / And Young men they are to blame that would venture, / It is a pity any Damsel she / Should Want the help of a Young man's Company. / This Maidens Fortune proves so very Hard, / That never a Young does her no more Regard: / But Young men hereafter be sure to have a Care, / They do not bring Young Maidens to Despair. | |
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| Date Published | 1672-1696 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden Ball in Pye-corner. |
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| Collection | British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads |
| Location | British Library |
| Shelfmark | C.22.f.6.(180.) |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | The Sorrowful Damsels Lamentation / For Want of a Husband. / This Maiden sure was in a Longing Temper, / And Young men they are to blame that would venture, / It is a pity any Damsel she / Should Want the help of a Young man's Company. / This Maidens Fortune proves so very Hard, / That never a Young does her no more Regard: / But Young men hereafter be sure to have a Care, / They do not bring Young Maidens to Despair. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, The Country Farmer. |
| First Lines | I am a poor maiden lives in great distress, / I am sorely tormented now I do confess |
| Refrain | To see so many get Husbands and I can get none. |
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