The ragman: or, A company that fell at oddes one day, which of them should carry the cunny skins away, they strove who should have it, but none of them wise, for the usurer and the devill carry away the przie [sic]. To the tune of Upon the highest mountaines, or, The absence of my mistresse. Lookes, John. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06917 of text S103927 in the English Short Title CatalogTextual 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 B06917 Interim Tract Supplement Guide BR f 821.04 B49[46] 99887579 ocm99887579 182304 2248539986

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B06917) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182304) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A3:3[48]) The ragman: or, A company that fell at oddes one day, which of them should carry the cunny skins away, they strove who should have it, but none of them wise, for the usurer and the devill carry away the przie [sic]. To the tune of Upon the highest mountaines, or, The absence of my mistresse. Lookes, John. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for Fr. [Grove, London : ca. 1652] Author, publisher, and date of publication suggested by Wing L3030B. Verse: "There was a ragman and a mad man ..." In two parts, printed side by side. Imperfect: mutilated, affecting text and imprint. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng Devil -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo The ragman: or, A company that fell at oddes one day, which of them should carry the cunny skins away, they strove who should have it, but none of the Lookes, John. 1652 1 812 3 0 0 0 0 0 36.95 D The rate of 36.95 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-01 Sampled and proofread 2010-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2010-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Ragman : OR , A Company that fell at oddes one day , Which of them should carry the Cunny skins away , They strove who should have it , but none of them wise , For the Usurer and the Devill carry away the przie . To the Tune of Upon the highest Mountaines , or , The absence of my Mistresse

THere was a Ragman and a mad man As they travelled on a day , There came a Begger and a Bagman And stole the Cunny skins away : Quoth the mad man to the Ragman I have it in my braine , to make the Begger and the Bagman Bring the Cunny skins againe . Then with a cup of fuddle The Mad man he did take The Bagman on the noddle Till his braines began to ake , till the Begger he did stagger He had drunke himselfe so blind : thus they payd them till they made them Leave the Cunny skins behind . It was a Lock-smith and a Drinker As they went forth on a day , They met a Black-smith and a Tinker Stole the Cunny skins away ? quoth the Lock-smith to the Drinker I will take him o're the braine , I 'le make the Black-smith and the Tinker Bring the Cunny skins againe . Thou shalt finde me as good mettle The Drinker he did say , As any is in the Kettle He beates upon each day : quoth the Lock-smith ( then the Black-smith ) Also by me shall finde I 'le so fuddle Vulcans noddle Till he leave the Cunny skins behinde . There was a Cobler and a Broome-man As they did meet one day , There came a Carman and a Plowman Stole the Cunny skins away , quoth the Cobler to the Broome-man W'le so toxicate the braine we 'le make the Carman and the Plowman Bring the Cunny skins againe . We will call them to a parley , The Broome-man thus did say , How they sow their Dates and Barley . And how they cut their Grasse and Hay , then the Carman leg and arme man With Barly broth wée 'le hind , wée 'le not forsake them till we make them Leave the Cunny sknis berhinde .
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IT was a Ioyner and a Rope maker As they went on the way There came a Brewer and a Baker Stole the Cunny skins away quoth the Ioyner to the Rope maker T is in a merry vaine . make the Brewer and the Baker Bring the Cunny skins againe . Quoth the Ioyner to the Brewer Though that malt in price doe fall Yet still he will be sure For to make his drinke too small the Rope maker told the Baker Your knavery we shall finde which if we take you we shall make you Leave the Cunny skins behind . It was a Glover and a Weaver As they met on the way There came a Fidler and a Pedler Stole the Cunny skins away . quoth the Glover to the Weaver I will take him o're the braine wée 'le make the Fidler and the Pedler Bring the Cunny skins againe . The Weaver with his Treddle So fast about him laid Till the Fidler puld out 's Fiddle And then a Lesson plaid whilst the Glover with strong liquor So well their caps had lin'd which made the Fidler and the Pedler Leave the Cunny skins 〈◊〉 It was a Broaker and a Taylor As they met on a day Came the Hangman and the Jaylor Stole the Cunny skins away quoth the Broker to the Taylor wée 'le take them on the braine , and make the Hangman and the Jalyor Bring the Cunny skins againe . Quoth the Broaker , if the Hangman I chance withall to méete His sides I will so bang ( man ) He shall hardly stand on 's féete , quoth the Taylor with the Jalyor No pleasure I can finde , but if we take them we shall make them Leave the Cunny skins behind . It was a Royster and a Revell As they did méete one day , Came an Vsurer and the Devill Stole the Cunny skins away : quoth the Royster to the Revell Wée 'le take them on the braine wee 'le make the Vsurer and the Devill Bring the Cunny skins againe . The Royster with his Rapier At the Devill he did runne , And at him he did vapour , But could not make him shunne , whilst the Revell he did cavell Crying out we have foule play for the Vsurer and the Devill Beares the Cunny skins away .
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London Printed for Fr. 〈…〉