EBBA 21139
Magdalene College - Pepys
| Crums of Comfort / For the / YOUNGEST SISTER. / The youngest Sister in despair, / At last did comfort find, / Which banisht all her grief and care, / And eas'd her troubled mind, / A kind young man did promise her / That she should married be, / She answered him again Kind Sir, / Thereto I'm wondrous free. | |
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| Date Published | 1672-1696 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden in Ball West-Smithfield. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 3.129 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 3.129 |
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| Title | Crums of Comfort / For the / YOUNGEST SISTER. / The youngest Sister in despair, / At last did comfort find, / Which banisht all her grief and care, / And eas'd her troubled mind, / A kind young man did promise her / That she should married be, / She answered him again Kind Sir, / Thereto I'm wondrous free. |
| Tune Imprint | To a pleasant new West country Tune. |
| First Lines | I Have a good old Father at home, / an ancient man is he, |
| Refrain | That I should marry'd be [with variations] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 183 x 293 |
| Condition | damaged surface, uneven inking |
| Ornament | funerary border: 97 x 4, vertical rules and cast fleurons |