The plow-man's reply. To the merry milk-maid's delight. The milk-maids humour he doth well approve, and for her kind expressions, doth her love; maintrining [sic] still, a country life to be the true enjoyment of sweet liberty: and how for pleasure, and for profit, they do till the ground, and reap the corn and hey. Tune of, I am a weaver by my trade, &c

People / Organizations

• Thomas Passinger Sr. ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for W. Thackeray, T. Passenger, and W. Whitwood, [1666 - 1679]

Publication year

1666-1679

ESTC No.

R233608

Grub Street ID

105095

Description

1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 1°.

Note

Bodleian Library ballads database suggests publication date "between 1666 and 1679"; Wing suggests "[1670-77]"

Verse - "I am a plow-man brisk and young,"