The new Shepherd sate your down, The fresh new fair Housemaid she received nigh The guy pull’d out their Bagpipes wond’rous nice, And you may play’d Melodiously; The guy play’d her such as for instance a track, That he produced this reasonable Housemaid Play, O! the brand new Musick out of thy Bagpipes sweet, Makes the my Nervousness to Band.

O! Shepherd, O! Shepherd, quoth she, If for example the day do however, permit they; I hope now get involved in it me o’er again, To own concern I should skip they, He play’d it over again, As he got over ahead of, And you will offered which fair Maid far pleasure, It pleas’d their particular more about.

My personal Dearest Swain quoth she, A good Thousand minutes adieu; And you can, when I opportunity to dump my Way, To obtain they, I am going to come your way.

Cf. Simpson, BBBM, p. 4 “Ah Vicious soft future” [4/4]; ce site Dancing Master song “Merry Milkmaids” [6/4]; Pamelia #75 [4/4]; SMM #373. A smaller tune across the same traces was “New Housemaid from Tottenham” in the Choyce Drollery , 1656 and variation variation in order to “London is an excellent Area” in the Pills so you can Provide Melancholy , IV, 1719. Much the same was “Brand new Hazlebury Girl” in the Cecil Sharp’s MSS and you may “The new Pros and cons” during the Purslow’s Marrow Skeleton .

[There are various cuckolding reports throughout the eron , Les Penny Nouvelles Nouvelles , or other Renaissance collections regarding well-known tales, that were pulled upon into tales told in the broadside ballads, hence was a famous topic to have broadside ballads. The following is one facts from which try put into verse over and over again.

An effective Cuckold because of the Consent;

New frollick miller one intic’d a housemaid, As he performed thought, to help you resorts in the lawless sleep; But she decieved your out-of his intention, Plus their particular place his Wife-to-be she sent. The fresh Song is, New Beds making

Family unit members can it delight you to hear me describe an excellent merry jest you to definitely later befell, Of the of the same quality a great miller as ever laid stone, Yet wasn’t happy with his own. However, he was deceived at night, And got their own to possess anothers draw.

Through to a time they chanced very, A proper maid into the factory performed wade, So you can work her dad a batch away from corn, The miller’s center with her performed shed Yet the guy, &c.

In order to obtain their goal right, He caused the housemaid to remain all day, And you may told you it will be almost morn, Just before he could grin’d their particular corn: Yet the guy, &c.

So when the day try complete and you may invested, Where you can find their household the new miller went; The guy took the brand new housemaid having him with each other, To which he ergo performed use their tongue. But he, &c.

Sweet=center, quoth he, I tell thee now, Which i are making a key hope, Which i this evening must sit which have thee, And you will thou shalt provides thy grist tole-100 % free. But the guy, &c.

At your home We have a secret room, In which not one however, my master travelers create already been, Thy rooms indeed there by yourself will likely be, And i also may come to sleep so you can thee. Yet the guy, &c.

The latest song is from 1 of one’s single piece issues, there is copies of your tune in John Gay’s This new Begger’s Opera , Air #forty five, 1728, and you will Charles Coffey’s The brand new Merry Cobler , Heavens #8, 1735

Sweet heart We prithee feel content, With maidens silence provides agree, It’s purpose to state zero, To have We have sworn it can be so. Yet he, &c.

After that to his spouse the new miller said, I age maid, And you will resorts her regarding parlor lower than, For the woman is a great man’s youngster I know: But he was tricked at night, And you can got his personal for anothers draw.