The Roxburghe ballads . Ill [Roxburg-he Collection, IV. 62. Apparently unique.] %ty more ^aste, tt)e toorse S>peeD; @t, &\)i Unfortunate fHaftis (Complaint, in prfuate as she bit) gtt,Beuuj jjiftecn Hears of age, anil neucr a Suitor get. To the Tune of, 0 no, no, no, not yet; or, What shall I do, shallI dye for love ? [See Note on p. 142, and ballad in vol. vi. p. 246.] WAs ever Country Maid perplext, having both wealth and feature,Or anything Nature directs, to make a prudent Creature,As I, even I, which makes me oft so solitary sit;For Fifteen years of age I am, and never a Suitor yet. Th
The Roxburghe ballads . Ill [Roxburg-he Collection, IV. 62. Apparently unique.] %ty more ^aste, tt)e toorse S>peeD; @t, &\)i Unfortunate fHaftis (Complaint, in prfuate as she bit) gtt,Beuuj jjiftecn Hears of age, anil neucr a Suitor get. To the Tune of, 0 no, no, no, not yet; or, What shall I do, shallI dye for love ? [See Note on p. 142, and ballad in vol. vi. p. 246.] WAs ever Country Maid perplext, having both wealth and feature,Or anything Nature directs, to make a prudent Creature,As I, even I, which makes me oft so solitary sit;For Fifteen years of age I am, and never a Suitor yet. The Fifty Pounds to portion I, upon my Marriage day, Pull truly paid, I tell no lye, then mark what I shall say; My Mother she oft hath told she would a Husband get; For Fifteen years [of age I am, and never a Suitor yet.] 16 There was a Maiden in our town was Married at Fourteen ;Then would not that make me to mean that am not all so green :Besides my comely person, I am of a pregnant wit ;For Fifteen years [of age I
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