EBBA 20190
Magdalene College - Pepys
| [Rocke the cradle Iohn, or / ] Children after the rate of 24 in a yeare, / Thats 2 euery month as plaine doth appeare, / Let no man at this strang story wonder. | ||
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| Date Published | 1635? | |
| Author | Lawrence Price | |
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| Imprint | London, Printed for E. B. | |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys | |
| Pages | 1.404, 1.405 | |
| Location | Pepys Library | |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 1.404-405 | |
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| Additional Information | ||
| Part 1 | Part 2 | |
| Title | [Rocke the cradle Iohn, or / ] Children after the rate of 24 in a yeare, / Thats 2 euery month as plaine doth appeare, / Let no man at this strang story wonder. | The second part. |
| Tune Imprint | It goes to the tune, of Over and Under. | To the same tune. |
| First Lines | THere was a country gallant, / that wasted had his tallent, | IN the morning if I thee desire, / thou must rise vp and make a fire, |
| Refrain | Rocke the Cradle, rocke the Cradle, / rocke the Cradle Iohn, / Ther's many a man rockes the cradle, / when the childs none of his owne. [with variations; not final stanza] | Rocke the cradle, &c. |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet folio, originally left part, 276 x 153 | 1/2 sheet folio, originally right part, 275 x 155 |
| Condition | cropped top edge, creased, uneven inking | cropped right edge, damaged surface |
| Ornament | cast fleurons | cast fleurons |