Ed de Moel

Child Ballads - End-Notes

The West-Country Damosel's Complaint

  
  The West-Country Damosels Complaint,
or,
The Faithful Lovers Last Farewel.
  Being the relation of a young maid who pined herself to death for the love of a young man, who, after he had notice of it, dyed likewise for grief.
  Careless young men, by this a warning take How you kind virgins, when they love, forsake; Least the same fate oretake you, and you dye For breach of vows and infidelity. Be kind, but swear not more then what you mean, Least comick jests become a trajeck scean.
To the tune of Johnny Armstrong.
a.  203. leaves (so in all) seems doubtful, but I can conjecture nothing better, gleams is just possible.
b.  23. thou shalt unto.
34. runs beneath thy.
112. times stood.
204. that wanting.
224. will no longer.

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