A pleasant countrey new ditty: merrily shewing how to driue the cold winter away To the tune of, when Phœbus did rest, &c. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A20513 of text S113519 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 6923). 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. 6 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 A20513 STC 6923 ESTC S113519 99848753 99848753 13866 2240849708

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A20513) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 13866) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 986:18) A pleasant countrey new ditty: merrily shewing how to driue the cold winter away To the tune of, when Phœbus did rest, &c. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. [by M. Flesher] for H. G[osson], Printed at London : [ca. 1625] In two parts. Verse - "All hayle to the dayes,". Printer's and publisher's names and publication date from STC. Reproductions of the original in the British Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. eebo A pleasant countrey new ditty: merrily shewing how to driue the cold winter away. To the tune of, when Phœbus did rest, &c. [no entry] 1625 2 871 6 0 0 0 0 0 68.89 D The rate of 68.89 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 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
A pleasant Countrey new Ditty : Merrily shewing how To driue the cold Winter away . To the tune of , When Phoebus did rest , &c.

ALl hayle to the dayes , That merite more praise , Then all the rest of the yeare : And welcome the nights , That double delights , as well the poore as the Peere : Good fortune attend , Each merry mans friend , that doth but the best that he may : Forgetting old wrongs , With Carrols and Songs , to driue the cold winter away . Let misery packe , Wi●● a whip at his backe , to the deep Tantalian flood : In the Lethe profound , Let enny be drown'd , that pines at another mans good : Let sorrowes expence , Be banded from hence , all ●arments of griefe delay : And wholly consort , With mirth and with sport , to driue the cold winter away . T is ill for a mind , To anger inclind , to ruminate iniuries now : If wrath be to seeke , Do not let her thy cheeke , nor yet inhabite thy brow . Crosse out of these bookes , Maleuolent lookes , both beauty and youthes decay : And spend the long night , In honest delight , to driue the cold winter away . The Court in all state , Now opens her gate , and bids a free welcome to most : The City likewise , Though somewhat precise , doth willingly part with her cost : And yet by report , From City and Court , the Countrey gets the day : More Liquor is spent , And better content , to driue the cold winter away . The Gentry there , For cost do not space , the Yeomanry fast in Lent : The Farmers and such , Thinke nothing too much , if they keep but to pay their Rent : The poorest of all , Do merrily call , want , beares but a little sway : For a Song or a tale , Ore a Pot of good Ale , to driue the cold winter away . Thus none will allow , Of solitude now , but merrily gre●ts the time : To make it appeare , Of all the whole yeare , that this is accounted the Prime , December is seene , Apparel'd in greene , and Ianuary fresh as May : Comes dancing along , With a Cup and a Song , to driue the cold winter away .
The second part . To the same tune .
THis time of the yeare , Is spent in good Cheare , kind neighbours together meet : To sit by the fire , With friendly desire , each other in loue to greet : Old grudges forgot , Are put in the Pot , all sorrowes aside they lay : The old and the yong , Doth Car●ll his Song , to driue the cold winter away . Sisley and Nanny , More iocund then any , as blithe as the Month of Iune : Do Caroll and sing , Like birds of the Spring , no Nightingale sweeter in tune : To bring in content , When Summer is spent , in ple●sant delight and play : With mirth and good cheere , To end the old yeere , and driue the cold winter away . The Shepheard , the Swaine , Do highly disdaine , to waste out his time in care : And Clim of the Clough , Hath plenty enough , if but a penny he spare : To spend at the night , In ioy and delight , now after his labours all day : For better then Lands , Is helpe of his hands , to driue the cold winter away . To Maske and to Mum , Kind neighbours will come , with Wassels of ●ot browne Ale ; To drinke and carouse , To all in this house , as merry as Bucks in the pale : Where Cake , Bread and Cheese , Is brought for your fees , to make you the longer stay : At the fire to warme , Will do you no harme , to driue the cold winter away . When Christmas tide , Comes in like a Bride , with Holly and Iuy clad : Twelue dayes in the yeare , Much mirth and good cheare , in euery houshold is had : The Countrey guise , Is then to deuise , some gambole of Christmas play : Whereas the yong men , Do best that they can , to driue the cold winter away . When white-bearded Frost , Hath threatned his worst , and fallen from Branch & Bryer : Then time away cals , From Husbandry Hals , & from the good Countrymans fire : Together to go , To Plow and to sow , to get vs both food and array : And thus with content , The time we haue spent , to driue the cold winter away . FINIS .

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