EBBA 37721
British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
| The Couragious Cook-maid. / OR, / Hey for the North Countrey. / Being a Leicestershire frolick performed by an Esquires Cook-Maid, who (being disguised in Mans / apparel) robbed five Taylors upon the High-way of five pounds, which they had newly receiv- / ed of her Master, for work which they had done, she having no Weapons about her but a large / Black-Pudding, which they supposed in the Night to be a Pistol, they very quietly delivered / their Money, which she carrying home, caused much mirth and [l]aughter throughout the whole / Family. Likewise how she Conjured for the money when they came to her Master, to set forth / Hue and Cry after the Padder, &c. | |
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| Date Published | 1674-1679 ? |
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| Imprint | [Printed for F. Coles, T.] Vere, J. Wright, and I. Clarke. |
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| Collection | British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads |
| Location | British Library |
| Shelfmark | C.22.f.6.(101.) |
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| Title | The Couragious Cook-maid. / OR, / Hey for the North Countrey. / Being a Leicestershire frolick performed by an Esquires Cook-Maid, who (being disguised in Mans / apparel) robbed five Taylors upon the High-way of five pounds, which they had newly receiv- / ed of her Master, for work which they had done, she having no Weapons about her but a large / Black-Pudding, which they supposed in the Night to be a Pistol, they very quietly delivered / their Money, which she carrying home, caused much mirth and [l]aughter throughout the whole / Family. Likewise how she Conjured for the money when they came to her Master, to set forth / Hue and Cry after the Padder, &c. |
| Tune Imprint | Tune of, The City Caper, Or: Digby, &c. |
| First Lines | OF late in the North a fine frolique did pass, / five Taylors was robbed by a jovial young lass |
| Refrain | Then finikin Taylors who follow the trade, / Remember the Pudding, and Doll the Cookmaid. [with variation] |
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| Notes | Missing portion of imprint supplied by EBBA 33541.
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