Young Man from the Country, The

DESCRIPTION: "When I first went to service, a nursemaid's place I took," and a young man from the country keeps company with her. The first time he comes, her master's coat disappears. Then other things. He ends up in Old Bailey. She is fired. She warns of such men
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1863 (Bodleian broadside Harding B 11(4377)
KEYWORDS: courting theft thief prisoner servant betrayal warning unemployment
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Hugh Anderson, _Farewell to Judges and Juries: The Broadside Ballad and Convict Transportation to Australia, 1788-1868_, Red Rooster Press, 2000, p. 148, "The Young Man from the Country" (1 text, with a tune on p. 558)
Roud #25882
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 11(2932), "The young man from the country," J. Harkness (Preston), 1840-1866; also Harding B 11(4377), "The young man from the country!" H Such (London), 1849-1862; also Firth c.17(142), "The young man from the country!" (unknown, n.d.); also Harding B 11(2452), "The young man from the country" (unknown, n.d.)
NOTES [33 words]: Very common in broadsides and songsters, probably as a warning, but so rare in tradition that I'm not sure it belongs here. Still, it has a Roud number, so I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt. - RBW
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