Young Jemmy

DESCRIPTION: Broadsides about James, Duke of Monmouth. "Young Jemmy is a fine lad, That's royally descended, With every virtue clad." "Or, "Brave Monmouth, England's glory, Hated by none but Papist and Tory."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1681 (broadside Firth b.20(84))
KEYWORDS: royalty bastard political
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1649 - Birth of James Scott, the future Duke of Monmouth, the illegitimate son of the future King Charles II
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Chappell-PopularMusicOfTheOldenTime, pp. 523-525, "Young Jemmy" (fragments of 2 or more texts, 1 tune)
Chappell/Wooldridge-OldEnglishPopularMusic II, pp. 36-38, "Young Jemmy" (fragments of 2 or more texts, 1 tune)
Roud #V5498
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, ; Firth b.20(84), "Young Jemmy, an Excellent New Ballad," A. Banks (London), 1681; also Douce Ballads 2(259b), "Young Jemmy, or The Princely Sheapheard," P. Brooksby (London), 1672-1696
NOTES [228 words]: This is a collective entry for several broadsides about James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685), none of which entered into tradition. For more about Monmouth, see the notes to "The Monmouth Rebel." It is also worth seaching the Bodleian site for the subject "Duke of Monmouth"; there are several pieces there on the topic of Monmouth and his downfall that may or may not have been intended as songs. These include:
-- The down-fall of the Whiggs: or The duke of Monmouths journey into the North (Bodleian Vet. A3 c.29(14); Roud V20549)
-- Monmouth worsted in the west: or, His care and grief for the death of his poor souldiers (Bodleian Wood E 25(116); Roud V20542)
-- Monmouth routed. Together, with his promise and resolution to return again (Bodliean Firth c.23(71); Roud V20542)
-- Monmouth degraded or James Scot, the little King in Lyme. A song (Bodleian Firth c.15(34)=Wood 417(140), Roud V20541)
-- Monmouth routed, and taken prisoner, with his pimp the lord Gray. A song (Bodleian Firth c.15(35), Roud V20546)
-- The glory of the West, or, The virgins of Taunton-Dean (Bodleian Wood 417(144))
-- The western rebel; or, The true Protestant standard set up (Bodleian Ashm. G 16(120)=Firth b.20(127); Roud V1659)
-- A new ballad from Whigg-land (Ashm. G 16(159), Roud V28566)
-- Ignoramus: an excellent new song (Ashm. G 16(162)=Firth b.20(82)=Wood 417(80))
- RBW
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