The country-mans new care away To the tune of, Loue will find out the way. Guy, Richard, writer of ballads. 1635 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2003-01 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A02413 STC 12543.7 ESTC S117717 99852928 99852928 18283 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A02413) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 18283) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1600:18) The country-mans new care away To the tune of, Loue will find out the way. Guy, Richard, writer of ballads. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. E. Purslowe?, [London : ca. 1635?] Attributed to Robert Guy by STC. Imprint suggested by STC. Verse - "If there were imployments". Formerly STC 5873; identified as STC 5873 on UMI microfilm. Reproductions of the original in the British Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. 2002-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2002-04 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-05 TCP Staff (Oxford) Sampled and proofread 2002-05 Judith Siefring Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-06 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion The Country-mans new care away . To the tune of , Loue will find out the way . IF there were imployments for men , as haue béene , And Drummes , Pikes , and Muskets int h ' field to be séene , And euery worthy Souldier had truely their pay , Then might they be bolder , to sing , Care away . If there were no Rooking , but plaine dealing vsed , If honest Religion were no wayes abused , If pride in the Country did not beare sway , The poore , and the Gentry might sing , Care away . If Farmers consider'd the dearenesse of graine , How honest poore Tradesmen their charge should maintaine , And would b●te the price on 't to sing , Care away . We should not be nice on 't , of what we did pay . Af poore Tenants Land-lords , would not racke their rents , Which oft is the cause of their great discontents : If againe good house kéeping int h ' Land did heare sway , The poore that sits wéeping , might sing , Care away . If to liue vprightly all men were concurring , If Lawyers with Clients would vse no demurring , But kindly would vse them , for what they did pay ; They néed not sit musing , but sing , Care away . If Spendthrifts were carefull and would leaue their follies , Ebriety hating , Cards , Dice , Bowling-Alleyes , Or with wantons to dally by night or by day , Their wiues might be merry , and sing , Care away . The second part . To the same tune . IF Children to Parents , would dutifull be , If Seruants with Masters ; would deale faithfully , If Gallants poore Tradesmen would honestly pay , Then might they haue comfort , to sing , Care away . There is no contentment , to a conscience that 's cleare , That man is most wretched , a bad mind doth beare , To wrong his poore Neighbour , by night or by day , He wants the true comfort to sing , Care away . But he that is ready , by goodnesse to labour , In what he is able to helps is poore Neighbour , The Lord will euer blesse him by night and by day , All ioyes shall possesse him to sing , Care away . Would wiues with their husbands , and husbands with wiue , In loue and true friendship would so lead their liues , As best might be pleasing , to God night and day , Then they with hearts easing , might sing , Care away . No crosse can be greater , vnto a goodmind , Than a man to be matched with a woman vnkind , Whose tongue is never quiet , but scolds night and day , That man wants the comfort to sing , Care away . A vertuous woman a husband that hath , That 's giuen vnto lewdnesse , to enuy and wrath , Who after wicked women , does hunt for his prey , That woman wants comfort , to sing , Care away . Were there no resorting , to houses of vice , Or were there no courting a wench that is nice , Yet ere she will refuse it , the wanton will play , Poore men might be merry , and sing , Care away . Like true subiects loyall , to God let vs pray , Our good King so Royall , to preserue night and day : With the Quéen , Prince and Nobles , the Lord blesse them aye : Then may we all haue comfort , to sing , Care away .