The country-mans new care away To the tune of, Loue will find out the way. Guy, Richard, writer of ballads. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A02413 of text S117717 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 12543.7). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A02413 STC 12543.7 ESTC S117717 99852928 99852928 18283 2240906721

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A02413) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 18283) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1600:18) The country-mans new care away To the tune of, Loue will find out the way. Guy, Richard, writer of ballads. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. E. Purslowe?, [London : ca. 1635?] Attributed to Robert Guy by STC. Imprint suggested by STC. Verse - "If there were imployments". Formerly STC 5873; identified as STC 5873 on UMI microfilm. Reproductions of the original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo The country-mans new care away. To the tune of, Loue will find out the way. [Guy, Robert, writer of ballads.] 1635 2 645 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.5 C The rate of 15.5 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-03 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-05 Sampled and proofread 2002-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-06 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Country-mans new care away . To the tune of , Loue will find out the way .

IF there were imployments for men , as haue béene , And Drummes , Pikes , and Muskets int h ' field to be séene , And euery worthy Souldier had truely their pay , Then might they be bolder , to sing , Care away . If there were no Rooking , but plaine dealing vsed , If honest Religion were no wayes abused , If pride in the Country did not beare sway , The poore , and the Gentry might sing , Care away . If Farmers consider'd the dearenesse of graine , How honest poore Tradesmen their charge should maintaine , And would b●te the price on 't to sing , Care away . We should not be nice on 't , of what we did pay . Af poore Tenants Land-lords , would not racke their rents , Which oft is the cause of their great discontents : If againe good house kéeping int h ' Land did heare sway , The poore that sits wéeping , might sing , Care away . If to liue vprightly all men were concurring , If Lawyers with Clients would vse no demurring , But kindly would vse them , for what they did pay ; They néed not sit musing , but sing , Care away . If Spendthrifts were carefull and would leaue their follies , Ebriety hating , Cards , Dice , Bowling-Alleyes , Or with wantons to dally by night or by day , Their wiues might be merry , and sing , Care away .
The second part . To the same tune .

IF Children to Parents , would dutifull be , If Seruants with Masters ; would deale faithfully , If Gallants poore Tradesmen would honestly pay , Then might they haue comfort , to sing , Care away . There is no contentment , to a conscience that s cleare , That man is most wretched , a bad mind doth beare , To wrong his poore Neighbour , by night or by day , He wants the true comfort to sing , Care away . But he that is ready , by goodnesse to labour , In what he is able to helps is poore Neighbour , The Lord will euer blesse him by night and by day , All ioyes shall possesse him to sing , Care away . Would wiues with their husbands , and husbands with wiue , In loue and true friendship would so lead their liues , As best might be pleasing , to God night and day , Then they with hearts easing , might sing , Care away . No crosse can be greater , vnto a goodmind , Than a man to be matched with a woman vnkind , Whose tongue is never quiet , but scolds night and day , That man wants the comfort to sing , Care away . A vertuous woman a husband that hath , That 's giuen vnto lewdnesse , to enuy and wrath , Who after wicked women , does hunt for his prey , That woman wants comfort , to sing , Care away . Were there no resorting , to houses of vice , Or were there no courting a wench that is nice , Yet ere she will refuse it , the wanton will play , Poore men might be merry , and sing , Care away . Like true subiects loyall , to God let vs pray , Our good King so Royall , to preserue night and day : With the Quéen , Prince and Nobles , the Lord blesse them aye : Then may we all haue comfort , to sing , Care away .