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HEN first a-courting I did go,

I lov'd a fair maid as my life,

I often told her I did her love, I did her love,

but I never could gain her for my wife.

I serv'd her father winters seven,

from rising sun till nine at night,

Duly and truly as my life, as my life,

but I ne'er could gain my heart’s delight.

I told her father secretly,

his daughter I did daily prize,

He lock'd her up in a room so high, in, &c.

then first began my miseries.

I went to my love's chamber door,

where oft-times I had been before.

For to let her know and understand, and &c.

I was going to some foreign shore.

On shipboard I then went straightaway,

and sailed for fair Flander's shore;

I little thought what should me befal, I &c.

that I ne'er should see my love more.

When to fair Flanders I did come,

no rest nor comfort could I find,

Tho' I did it and with glass in hand, glass, &c.

still my true love ran in my mind,