The northern ladd, or, The fair maids choice : who refus'd all for a plowman, counting her self therein most happy : a country lass who many suitors had, some good, some mean, the worst of them not bad : a weaver, taylor, shoo-maker, first came, vvith many more of ample note and fame : a barber, baker, miller, and the like, yet unto none of those her sails she'd strike : but in a rustick she is only pleas'd, a plowman only has her fancy eas'd : to the tune of, There was a lass in Cumberland, &c.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The northern ladd, or, The fair maids choice : who refus'd all for a plowman, counting her self therein most happy : a country lass who many suitors had, some good, some mean, the worst of them not bad : a weaver, taylor, shoo-maker, first came, vvith many more of ample note and fame : a barber, baker, miller, and the like, yet unto none of those her sails she'd strike : but in a rustick she is only pleas'd, a plowman only has her fancy eas'd : to the tune of, There was a lass in Cumberland, &c.