The merry hay-makers; or, Pleasant pastime, between the young men and maids, in the pleasant meadows. To an excellent new tune. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B04347 of text R180553 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing M1864A). 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. 3 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 B04347 Wing M1864A ESTC R180553 47012533 ocm 47012533 174500 2240871724

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B04347) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 174500) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2690:44) The merry hay-makers; or, Pleasant pastime, between the young men and maids, in the pleasant meadows. To an excellent new tune. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. Printed for C. B. in Pye-corner., [London]: [between 1689 and 1694] Date of publication taken from Wing (2nd ed.) Contains 4 illustrations. "Licensed according to Order." Reproduction of original in: University of Glasgow. Library. eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo The merry hay-makers; or, pleasant pastime, between the young men and maids, in the pleasant meadows. To an excellent new tune. Licensed according to [no entry] 1689 1 469 8 0 0 0 0 0 170.58 F The rate of 170.58 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2008-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE Merry Hay-Makers ; OR , Pleasant PASTIME , BETWEEN THE Young Men and Maids , in the Pleasant Meadows . To an Excellent New Tune .

Licensed according to Order .

IN our Country , in our Country , where Kuff●lers they was a Backing ; And the rarest pastime that ever you see , was when Hay-cocks they were a making . to be . There 's Timmy , and Tommy , with Bottle and Bag , as soon as the Lasses beheld them , Because they did not give them what they d●d lack , adzuggers they swore they would geld them . to be . And did you not know one Volking the Smith , and Mary that went to the D●iry ; Oh give me quoth she a thing that is soft , for to make me look Buxem and Airy . to be . And down in a dale there was tumble down Dick , with Mary , and Sarah , and Susan . They being in hast for to play the old trick , they leapt into bed with their shoos on . to be . And some they will Fo●k , and some they will ●●ke , when merrily they were a ●uassing . And if you had but soon how Jones buttocks did wag , ● would a broke a many sides out of laughing . to be .

young Bridget came next and plaguely Next , with fury she fell upon Robin , His Clatter de-vengance adzuggers she claw'd , 'cause he with young Kate had been bobbing . to be . With that he mote bold with speed to take hold , of Bridgets young Chitter-de-widgeon , He threw her along , but did it no wrong , because it was just upon fledging . to be . Her mother came by , and as she drew nigh , the sight put her into a laughter ; His buttocks the hang'd , and bid him be hang'd , for playing the fool with her daughter . to be . The men and the maids they love their comrades , above any paultry riches ; Quoth Nancy to Dick adzuggers I 'm sick , for something thou hast in thy Bréeches . to be . What sayst thou me so then to it we 'll go , thou shalt have thy earnest desire ; For thou art the Lass , I swear by the Mass , which I above all do admire . to be . At making of Hay they frolick and play , as you may observe by this ●●tty , And when they are crackt , away they are packt , for Virgins away to the City .

Printed for C. B. in Pye-Corner .