Give me the willow-garland, or, The maidens former fear, and latter comfort. At first she for a husband made great moan, but at the last she found a loving one. To a dainty new tune, called, Give me the willow-garland. L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680? 1674-1679? Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B04814 Wing P3365B Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[119] 99887156 ocm99887156 181868 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B04814) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 181868) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A2:3[119]) Give me the willow-garland, or, The maidens former fear, and latter comfort. At first she for a husband made great moan, but at the last she found a loving one. To a dainty new tune, called, Give me the willow-garland. L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680? 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for F[rancis]. Coles, T[homas]. Vere, J[ohn]. Wright, and J[ohn]. Clarke., [London] : [between 1674-1679] Signed: L.P. [i.e. Laurence Price]. Verse: "As I walked forth ..." Place, date of publication, and publisher's names from Wing. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University, Houghton Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. 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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. 2008-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-06 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-07 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Give me the Willow-Garland , Or , The Maidens Former Fear , and Latter Comfort . As first she for a Husband made great moan , But at the last she found a loving one . To a dainty new Tune , called , Give me the willow-garland . AS I walked forth in the merry month of June , To hear the Nightingale sing her best tune : I spy'd a young Maid , which sighed and said , My time I have wasted in vain , much lov● I have spent , which makes me repent , Do them that holds me in d●sdain : Take pitty , quoth she , some gentle body , Give me the Willow-Garland , for none will have me . I am in my conscience full sixteen years old , Yet still go unmarried which makes my heart cold : there 's many you see that 's younger then me , That suckles sweet babes at the brest that lives at their ease , and carries the Keys Of many fair Cupboard and Chest : Take pitty , &c. Some men will give handkerchiefs some will give gloves , And some will give Bodkins , to purchase maids loves : but I like a friend , my money did lend , And never did ask it again : and them that received , in whom I believed , Have put me to sorrow and pain : Take pitty , &c. When William at first , come a wooing to me , Good Lord then how jocond , and frolick was he ? he clip'd me , he kis'd me , he hug'd me in his arms , He promis'd to make me his wife : but he was mistaken , and I am forsaken , Which causes much sorrow it strife : Take pitty , quoth she , some gentle body , Give me the Willow-Garland , for none will have me , THe next that came to me was smirking fine Thomas , and like sweet William , did make me a promise , but when this young Lad , his will of me had He gave me a Judas-like kiss , so parted away , the truth 't is to say , I ne'r saw him from that time to this : Take pitty , quoth she , some gentle body ; Give me the Willow-Garland , for none will have me . Then John the brave Gallant , with a Sword by his side , Came to me and told me , he 'd make me his bride : but in this brave youth . I found but small truth , although he did vow and protest , to me to prove true , yet he bad me adieu , and prov'd quite as bad as the rest : Take pitty , &c. There was Richard and Robert , c●me both on one day , But they like the others soon vanish'd away : and since that time , whilst spring was in prime , I have had of suitors great plenty , I dare to be bold , if they were all told , That they were at least 3 & twenty , Take pitty , &c. Now seeing that fortune hath me so much crost , That all my old sweet-hearts , are quite gone and lost , my self i●●e commend to God Cupid my friend , And to him will heartil● pray , to send me a love that constant will prove , And never to straggle away . Take pitty , &c. There 's nothing at all that belongs to a man , But in a short warning well fit him I can : I have silver and gold , which my Father never told , I have very good cloaths to my back I have house and land , and good goods at command , T is only a husband I lack ; Take pitty , &c. You see how my Visage , is grown pale and wan , You well may perceive 't is for want of a man : my Pulses do beat , and my body doth sweat , and my sences are all at great strife my belly doth ake & my heart-strings will break If I cannot be made a Wife . And therefore , quoth she , some gentle body , Make me a Willow-Garland , or else marry me , At last came a young-man of courage most bold . Saying , sweet-heart , I care not for Silver nor Gold : but if thou w●lt prove like the Turtle-Dove , Right faithful & true to thy friend , then will I be thine , and thou shalt be mine , And i●le love thée unto my lives end Your Servant , quoth she , my True love , quoth he , Clap hands on the bargain , and so w●'l agree . And now this young woman is eas●d of her pain , For she never after was known to compl●in : he made her his wife , and she lives a br●ve life , Attyred in garments most brave , and all things at will her mind to fulfil , at every command she 'l now have , Her Husband is kind , they are both of a mind , According as Nature , and Love doth them bind , Farewel now , quoth she , to the green Willow-tree , I have got a Husband that well pleaseth me . L. P. FINIS . Printed for F. Coles , T. Vere , J. VVright , and F. Clarke ,