EBBA 21026
Magdalene College - Pepys
| Room for a Jovial Tinker, Old Brass to mend. / OR, Here is a Tinker full of Mettle, / The which can mend, pot, pan, or Kettle; / For stopping of holes is his delight, / His work goes forward day and night: / If there be any Woman brave, / Whose Couldrons need of mending have; / Send for this Tinker, ne'r deny him, / He'l do your work well if you try him: / A proof of him, i'le forthwith show, / 'Cause you his workmanship may know. | |
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| Date Published | 1680-1682 |
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| Imprint | Printed for M. C[o]les, T. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray and T. Passinger. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 3.31 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 3.31 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | Room for a Jovial Tinker, Old Brass to mend. / OR, Here is a Tinker full of Mettle, / The which can mend, pot, pan, or Kettle; / For stopping of holes is his delight, / His work goes forward day and night: / If there be any Woman brave, / Whose Couldrons need of mending have; / Send for this Tinker, ne'r deny him, / He'l do your work well if you try him: / A proof of him, i'le forthwith show, / 'Cause you his workmanship may know. |
| Tune Imprint | The Tune is, Behold the man, &c. |
| First Lines | IT was a Lady of the North, / she lov'd a Gentleman, |
| Refrain | With a hey ho hey derry derry down, / with hey trey down down derry, |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?210 x 268 |
| Condition | torn left top corner, and torn right and bottom edges, holed, creased, damaged surface, uneven inking |
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