The Roxburghe ballads . he Author wasnot improbably Laurence Price, who had written Farewell to St. Giless,circa 1654 : a ballad reprinted in our Amanda Group of Bagford Foems,p. *485, (Ballad Society Publication), 1880.] *#* Although quite different in diction, a close similarity in both the subjectand details unites this earlier ballad of The Gallant She-Souldier (sung toLaurence Prices own tune, named from first line of his Merry MansResolution, Farewell to St. Giless) and the later version, signed with hisinitials , given for comparison on p. 730. 730 [Roxburghe Collection, III. 234 ;
The Roxburghe ballads . he Author wasnot improbably Laurence Price, who had written Farewell to St. Giless,circa 1654 : a ballad reprinted in our Amanda Group of Bagford Foems,p. *485, (Ballad Society Publication), 1880.] *#* Although quite different in diction, a close similarity in both the subjectand details unites this earlier ballad of The Gallant She-Souldier (sung toLaurence Prices own tune, named from first line of his Merry MansResolution, Farewell to St. Giless) and the later version, signed with hisinitials , given for comparison on p. 730. 730 [Roxburghe Collection, III. 234 ; Ouvry, II. 2, imperfect =Lind., 1302]. ©t)e famous JKHoman SDrumimv; ©r, otiltrier, alio Bote £&e tornt tottjjjjirn to tlje tonrg; auD also of maup uraue actionstfiat slje performed, after Jje Jjao made Dec §10 toife:tljat gcre be erprest in tJ3t0 ensuing 3Dittp> To the Tune of, Wet and Weary. [See p. 492, and Note, 732].. OF a Maiden that was deep in love with a Souldier brave & bold sir,Ile tell you here as true a tale, as ever hath been told, Sir;And what brave actions she performd, after she was his Wife, Sir;And how she did behave her selfe, to save her Husbands life, Sir:She marcht ivitli him, in wet and dry, in Winter and in Summer,For he ivas then a Musketier, and she became a Drummer. 6 When first this couple fell in love, a bargain she did make, sir,That when that he had need of her, she would not him forsake, sir;And so they went for two Comrades, most lovingly together,And plaid their parts most actively, like two Birds of one marcht ivith him, in wet and dry, in Winter, §-c. 12 She had got mans apparel on, gay doublet and brave hose, sir;And manfully she beat her Drum, her enemies to oppose, sir;And she was daintily bedeckt, acording to her Colours :And she was like a man indeed, just to great Mars his marcht ivith him, in toet and dry, 8fc. 18 The Famous Woma
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