EBBA 20028
Magdalene College - Pepys
| A most excellent Ballad, of an old man and his wife, who in their great want and misery sought to / Children for succour, by whom they were disdained, and scornefully sent away succourlesse, and Gods / vengeance shewed vpon them for the same. | |
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| Date Published | 1620? |
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| Imprint | Printed at London for E.[A.] |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 1.43 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 1.43 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | A most excellent Ballad, of an old man and his wife, who in their great want and misery sought to / Children for succour, by whom they were disdained, and scornefully sent away succourlesse, and Gods / vengeance shewed vpon them for the same. |
| Tune Imprint | To the tune of Priseilla. |
| First Lines | IT was an old man which with his poore / ( wife |
| Refrain | Alack and alas for woe, [with variations] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet folio, 273 x 194 |
| Condition | cropped top and left edges, cropped and torn right edge, damaged surface, uneven inking |
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