EBBA 21115
Magdalene College - Pepys
| Grist ground at Last. / OR, / The Frolick in the Mill. / Millers that grind each pretty Lasses Grist, / Consider now how many you have kist: / And see if any with kind Molly can / Compare: if not, pray all from hence be gone. / Yet stay and hear the Song, 'tis rare and new; / And Millers know such things are often true. | |
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| Date Published | 1684-1686 |
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| Imprint | Printed for J. Clark, W. Thackeray, and T. Passinger. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 3.110 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 3.110 |
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| Title | Grist ground at Last. / OR, / The Frolick in the Mill. / Millers that grind each pretty Lasses Grist, / Consider now how many you have kist: / And see if any with kind Molly can / Compare: if not, pray all from hence be gone. / Yet stay and hear the Song, 'tis rare and new; / And Millers know such things are often true. |
| Tune Imprint | Tune of, Give ear a while, &c or, Winchester wedding. |
| First Lines | GIve ear a while to my Ditty, / all you that intend to be merry, |
| Refrain | Says old Symon the King, / says old Symon the King, / With a thread-bare Cloak and a mamsy Nose, / sing hey ding, ding, a ding ding. |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, hinged, 200 x 306 |
| Condition | cropped top and right edges |
| Ornament | cast fleurons |