by Sir Alexander Boswell (1775 - 1822)
The poor pedlar (Y maelerwr)
Language: English
Come ye nice maidens, come hither to hur, Buy if it please ye some laces and rippons; If to your back you your palate prefer, Here's leeks bred in Wales, now, and Hereford pippins. Ne'er sold I better in all my porn days; Handsome young men, and beautiful misses; Buy, then, some garters, or laces for stays, Buy them for two-pence, and sell them for kisses. What, nopoty puys, now! O splutter and nails, The ugly curs'd crew would let Watkyn be starving! And is it for this that hur pin'd up her tails, And trudg'd from Dolgelly, and round by Caernarvon? Watkyn ap Williams, it makes thy blood boil, Hur blood, the pure blood, too, of noble Llewellyn! Here has hur travell'd, with trouble and toil, To a fair, pless her poty! where nothing is selling.
Authorship:
- by Sir Alexander Boswell (1775 - 1822) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "The poor pedlar (Y maelerwr)", JHW. XXXII/4 no. 344, Hob. XXXIb no. 53. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2011-09-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 137