EBBA 20091
Magdalene College - Pepys
| Sure my Nurse was a witch, / OR, / The merry Night-wench. / Who when her child doth cry, merry to make him, / Doth sing unto it, Come take him beggar, take him. | ||
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| Date Published | 1630? | |
| Author | Robert Guy | |
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| Imprint | London, Printed for H. G. | |
| License | ||
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys | |
| Pages | 1.204, 1.205 | |
| Location | Pepys Library | |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 1.204-205 | |
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| Additional Information | ||
| Part 1 | Part 2 | |
| Title | Sure my Nurse was a witch, / OR, / The merry Night-wench. / Who when her child doth cry, merry to make him, / Doth sing unto it, Come take him beggar, take him. | The second part. |
| Tune Imprint | To the tune of See the golding, or watton townes end. | To the same Tune. |
| First Lines | IN Londons Citty faire, / a merry Nurse doth dwell, | THe giddy headed Shopkeeper / loues gadding here, and there, |
| Refrain | Come take him beggar, take him, / here take him beggar, take him, / He cryes and will not quiet be, / then take him beggar take him. [with variations in final stanza] | Come take him beggar, take him, / here take him beggar, take him, / He cryes and will not quiet be, / then take him beggar take him. [with variations in final stanza] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet folio, originally left part, 290 x 144 | 1/2 sheet folio, originally right part, 288 x 150 |
| Condition | cropped top edge, creased, damaged surface, uneven inking | cropped top edge, uneven inking |
| Ornament | cast fleurons | cast fleurons |