EBBA 21017
Magdalene College - Pepys
| A New Western BALLAD, / Of a Butcher that Cuckolded the Farmer. / Good Husbands all be loving to your wives, / For that's the way to live contented lives; / But if you'r negligent, you may be sure / They'l ne'r want that they can elsewhere procure | |
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| Date Published | 1685-1688 |
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| Imprint | Printed for R. Kell at the Anchor in Py=Corner. |
| License | This may be Printed, R.P. |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 3.22 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 3.22v |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | A New Western BALLAD, / Of a Butcher that Cuckolded the Farmer. / Good Husbands all be loving to your wives, / For that's the way to live contented lives; / But if you'r negligent, you may be sure / They'l ne'r want that they can elsewhere procure |
| Tune Imprint | Tune of, Ladies of London. |
| First Lines | A Farmer of Tanton-dean Town in the West / had a Wife both obliging and w[i]t[t]y; |
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| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, hinged, 200 x 320 |
| Condition | cropped top edge, damaged surface, recto shows through |
| Ornament | vertical rules and cast fleurons |