The Beautiful SHEPHERDESS of ARCADIA: A new Pastoral Song of a courteous young Knight, and a supposed Shepherd's Daughter of Arcadia, in Peloponnesus.  
To the Tune of, The Shepherd's Daughter, etc.  
 
 

THere was a Shepherd's Daughter  
came tripping on the way.  
And there she met a courteous Knight,  
which caused her to stay:  
Sing trang dildo lee.   

Good-morrow to you beauteous Maid,  
these words pronounced he,  
O I shall die this day, he said,  
if I've not my will of thee:  
Sing trang, etc.   

The Lord forbid, the Maid replied,  
that such a thing should he,  
That ever such a courteous Knight  
should die for love of me:  
Sing trang, etc.   

He took her about the middle so small,  
and laid her on the plain,  
And after he had got his will,  
he took her up again:  
Sing trang, etc.   

Now you have had your will, kind Sir,  
and put my body to shame,  
Even as you are a courteous Knight,  
tell me what is your name?  
Sing trang, etc.   

Some do call me Jack, Sweetheart,  
and some do call me John,  
But when I come to the King's fair court,  
they call me Sweet William:  
Sing trang, etc.   

He set his foot into the stirrup,  
and away then he did ride;  
She tucked her girdle about her middle,  
and ran close by his side:  
Sing trang, etc.   

But when she came to the broad water,  
she set her breast and swum;  
And when she was got out again,  
she took her heels and ran:  
Sing trang, etc.   

He never was the courteous Knight  
to say, Fair Maid will you ride?  
Nor she was never so loving a Maid  
to say, Sir Knight abide:  
Sing trang, etc.   

When she came to the King's fair court,  
she knocked at the ring,  
So ready was the King himself  
to let this fair Maid in:  
Sing trang, etc.   

O 〈…〉  
your body Christ save and 〈…〉  
You have a Knight within your court  
this day hath robbed me:  
Sing trang, etc.   

What hath he robbed thee of, Sweetheart,  
of purple or of pall?  
Or hath he took thy gay gold ring  
from off thy finger small?  
Sing trang, etc.   

He hath not robbed me, my Liege,  
of purple or of pall,  
But he hath got my maidenhead,  
which grieves me worst of all:  
Sing trang, etc.   

Now if he be a bachelor  
his day i'll give to thee,  
But if he be a married man  
high hanged shall he be:  
Sing trang, etc.   

He called down his merry men all  
by one, by two and by three;  
Sweet William used to be the first,  
but now the last comes he:  
Sing trang, etc.   

He brought her down full forty pound  
tied up within a glove,  
Fair Maid, I give the same to thee,  
and seek another love:  
Sing trang, etc.   

Oh, i'll have none of your gold, she said,  
nor i'll have none of your fee,  
But I must have your fair body,  
the King hath given me:  
Sing trang, etc.   

Sweet William ran and fetched her then  
five hundred pound in gold,  
Saving, Fair Maid take this to thee,  
thy fault will never be told:  
Sing trang, etc.   

'Tis not thy gold that shall me tempt,  
these words than answered she;  
But I must have your own body,  
so the King hath granted me:  
Sing trang, etc.   

 
 
That ever any Shepherd's Daughter  
should be a fair Lady of mine:  
Sing trang dildo lee.   

Would I had drank the puddle water,  
when I did drink the ale,  
That ever any Shepherd's Daughter  
should have told me such a tale:  
Sing trang, etc.   

A Shepherd's Daughter as I was,  
you might have let me be,  
I'd ne'er a come to the King's fair court  
to have craved any love of thee:  
Sing trang, etc.   

He set her on a milk-white steed,  
and himself upon a grey,  
He hung a bugle about his neck,  
and so they road away:  
Sing trang, etc.   

But when they came unto the place  
where marriage-rites was done,  
She proved herself a Duke's Daughter,  
and he but a Squire's Son:  
Sing trang, etc.   

Now you have married me, Sir Knight,  
your pleasures will be free;  
If you make me Lady of one good town,  
I'll make thee Lord of three:  
Sing trang, etc.   

Accursed be the gold, he said,  
if thou hadst not been true,  
That should a parted thee from me,  
to have changed thee for a new:  
Sing trang, etc.   

Their hearts being so linked fast,  
and joined hand in hand,  
He had hath purse and person too,  
and all at his command:  
Sing trang dildo lee.    

Licenced and Entered according to Order   

London: Printed for A. M. ●. ●. and 〈…〉