EBBA 37718
British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
| The Country Lass for me, / Give me the bonny Country Lass, / take you the Girls o'th City, / The Country Girls do them surpass, / though London Girls are witty; / The Country Girls in Honesty, / do Citizens surpass, / Then once again I do proclaim, / none like the Country Lass. | |
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| Date Published | 1672-1696 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for P. Brooksby, in West-smithfield. |
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| Collection | British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads |
| Location | British Library |
| Shelfmark | C.22.f.6.(98.) |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | The Country Lass for me, / Give me the bonny Country Lass, / take you the Girls o'th City, / The Country Girls do them surpass, / though London Girls are witty; / The Country Girls in Honesty, / do Citizens surpass, / Then once again I do proclaim, / none like the Country Lass. |
| Tune Imprint | The Tune is, Hey Boys up go we. |
| First Lines | COme Lovers all, both great and small, / and listen to my Ditty, |
| Refrain | none like the Country Lass [with variation] |
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| Notes | https://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/37718/citation
ESTC Dates: [1680 - 1685] |