The west-country jigg: or, Love in due season. A longing maid which had a mind to marry, complaining was, that she so long should tarry; at length a brisk young lad did chance to spy her, and liking of her well, resolv'd to try her: and courting her, and vowing to be constant, they there clapt up a bargain in an instant. To a pleasant new tune, called, New Exeter. With allowance. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06522 of text R227469 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W1403). 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. 4 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 B06522 Wing W1403 Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[144] Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[506] 99887348 ocm99887348 183604 2248539281

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B06522) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183604) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A2:4[144]; A5:2[395]) The west-country jigg: or, Love in due season. A longing maid which had a mind to marry, complaining was, that she so long should tarry; at length a brisk young lad did chance to spy her, and liking of her well, resolv'd to try her: and courting her, and vowing to be constant, they there clapt up a bargain in an instant. To a pleasant new tune, called, New Exeter. With allowance. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for P. Brooksby, at the Golden-ball, near the Hospital-gate in West-smithfield., [London] : [ca. 1680] Place and date of publication suggested by Wing. Verse: "When Sol with his beams ..." Item at A5:2[395] imperfect: trimmed affecting imprint. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University, Houghton Library and the British Library. eng Broadsides -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. First loves in literature -- Early works to 1800. Love poetry, English -- England -- Early works to 1800. Ballads -- England -- 17th century. eebo The west-country jigg: or, Love in due season. A longing maid which had a mind to marry, complaining was, that she so long should tarry; at length a b anon 1680 2 527 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-09 Sampled and proofread 2008-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The West-Country Jigg : OR , Love in Due Season . A Longing Maid which had a mind to marry , Complaining was , that she so long should tarry ; At length a brisk young Lad did chance to spy her , And liking of her well , resolv'd to try her : And courting her , and vowing to be constant , They there clapt up a bargain in an instant . To a pleasant New Tune , called New Exeter .

With Allowance .

WHen Soll with his Beams , Had guilded the Streams , And Nymphs , and Young Shepherds awakt from their Dreams : I heard a Sad Moan In a Neighbouring Grove from a Voice all alone . A Languishing Maid , By Cupid Betray'd ; Was Sighing , and Sobbing , And often she said : Love ! Cruel to me : When shall I be Eas'd Of my Misery . 'T is known I am Fair , And Brisk as the Air ; Not one in a thousand With Me can Compare : Yet ne'r a Young-man Will ease me of Sadness , to help me ! that can . My time I do spend , Yet want I a Friend To Rally , and Dally , And please me to th' End : Which makes me to say , O Cupid ! Great Cupid ! I love no Delay .

ALL Night in my Bed , With Cares in my Head , And weeping , and wailing , I wish I were Wedd : And yet no Relief I find in the Morning For all my sad Grief . How happy 's the Birds Which Mate in the Woods ? Enjoying most freely , Their Love without words ; Whilst I do complain Of Young-mens Unkindness And Cruel Disdain . A Young-man hard by , This Maid did Espy ; Admiring her Beauty , He to her did hye : Quoth he , pritty Saint , It grieves my Heart for to hear your Complaint . What think you of me ? I 'm active and free ; And willing to serve you In every Degree : And by this sweet Kiss , To proffer my Service It is not amiss . The Bonny Young Maid was nothing afraid ; But modestly Blushing , unto him , she said : Since you are so free , If you will be Constant , We two may agree . Quoth he , thou shalt find Me Loyal , and Kind , And Ready , and willing To pleasure thy Mind : then do you not fear But I will be Constant My Joy and my Dear . this made her Rejoyce , And with Cheerful Voice , Quoth she , mine own Dearest , thou shalt be my Choice : take Heart and take Hand , I always will be at thy will and Command . then did they retire , With Longing Desire ; Expecting , and waiting For quenching Loves fire : And now lives most free , Although a Quick Bargain was made as you see .