Editing An Invitation to Lubberland

{{short description|Broadside ballad first printed in 1685}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2021}}
"'''An Invitation to Lubberland'''" was a [[broadside ballad]] first printed in 1685. Many believe {{Who|date=February 2012}} that it inspired the [[hobo]] ballad which formed the basis of the song "[[The Big Rock Candy Mountains]]" recorded in 1928 by [[Harry McClintock]]. Lubberland is the Swedish name for [[Cockaigne]], land of plenty in medieval myth.

==Lyrics==
Sung to the tune of ''Billy and Molly'' or ''The Journey-man Shoemaker'' by Daniel Cooper.

{{quote|<poem>
There is a Ship we understand,
    now riding in the River,
'Tis newly come from Lubberland,
    the like I think was never:
You that a Lazy life do love,
    i'de have you now go over,
They say the Land is not above
    two thousand Leagues from Dover.
...
The Rivers run with Claret fine,
    the Brooks with rich Canary,
The Ponds with other sorts of Wine,
    to make your hearts full merry:
Nay, more then this, you may behold
    the Fountains flows with Brandy,
The Rocks are right Refined Gold,
    the Hills are Sugar-Candy.<ref>{{cite web |title=An Invitation to Lubberland [...] |url=https://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/33778/xml |website=ebba.english.ucsb.edu |accessdate=26 December 2019}}</ref></poem>
|source=Stanzas 1 and 6}}

==Notes==
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==References==
*[http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3953333 Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale]
*[https://archive.org/stream/roxburgheballads07chapuoft/roxburgheballads07chapuoft_djvu.txt The Roxburghe Ballads]
*[http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4234362 National Library of Australia Catalogue entry]
*[http://eebo.chadwyck.com/search/full_rec?SOURCE=pgimages.cfg&ACTION=ByID&ID=V183384 Early English Books Online] (pay site)

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[[Category:17th-century broadside ballads]]