EBBA 20712
Magdalene College - Pepys
| THE bad Husband's Information of ill Husbandry; / Or, He goes far that never turns. / SHEWING, / How a Good fellow spent most of his Estate, / But did repent before it was too late: / Wishing all others to take warning by this, / And strive in time to mend what is amiss, / | |
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| Date Published | 1672-1696 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden Ball in Pye Corner. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 2.89 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 2.89 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | THE bad Husband's Information of ill Husbandry; / Or, He goes far that never turns. / SHEWING, / How a Good fellow spent most of his Estate, / But did repent before it was too late: / Wishing all others to take warning by this, / And strive in time to mend what is amiss, / |
| Tune Imprint | Digby's Farewel: Or The Jovial Crew |
| First Lines | YOu bonny boon blades that are company keepers, / Come hither and listen unto this my Song, |
| Refrain | For surely I thought it would never be day. / Until I had brought my Estate to decay. [stanzas 1-3,5,8] It made me to sigh and am ready to cry, / O what an ill Husband and Drunkard was I; [stanzas 9-12; with variations] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, folded, 180 x 338 |
| Condition | cropped bottom edge |
| Ornament | cast fleurons |