EBBA 21012
Magdalene College - Pepys
| A NOBLE RIDDLE / Wisely Expounded: OR / The Maids answer to the Knights three Questions. / She with her excellent wit and Civil carriage, / Won a young Knight to joyn with her in Marriage; / This gallant Couple now is Man and Wife, / And she with him doth lead a pleasant life. | |
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| Date Published | 1692-1695 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for W. Thackeray, E.M. and A.M. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 3.19 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 3.19r |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | A NOBLE RIDDLE / Wisely Expounded: OR / The Maids answer to the Knights three Questions. / She with her excellent wit and Civil carriage, / Won a young Knight to joyn with her in Marriage; / This gallant Couple now is Man and Wife, / And she with him doth lead a pleasant life. |
| Tune Imprint | Tune is, Lay the bent to the bonny broom. |
| First Lines | THere was a Lady of the North=Country / lay the bent to the bonny broom, |
| Refrain | lay the bent to the bonny broom, (line 2 of each stanza); fa la la la, fa la la la ra re (line 4 of each stanza) |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, hinged, 195 x 300 |
| Condition | cropped left edge, torn bottom right corner, creased, damaged surface, uneven inking, verso shows through |
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