EBBA 21148
Magdalene College - Pepys
| JOANS Victory / Over her Fellow-Servants. / A Young-man that with many Maids does dwell, / Thought Joan the rest in beauty did excell; / Mall was to coy, Jenny was too bold, / Kate was to stale, and Nanny was a scold: / That he dislikes them all, and would with none / Be pleas'd, but with his fair and dearest Joan. | |
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| Date Published | 1672-1696 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for P. Brooksby, at the Gol-/ den-Ball, near the Hospital-gate,/ in VVest-smithfield. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 3.137 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 3.137 |
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| Title | JOANS Victory / Over her Fellow-Servants. / A Young-man that with many Maids does dwell, / Thought Joan the rest in beauty did excell; / Mall was to coy, Jenny was too bold, / Kate was to stale, and Nanny was a scold: / That he dislikes them all, and would with none / Be pleas'd, but with his fair and dearest Joan. |
| Tune Imprint | Tune of, My own sweet Nichol a Cod. |
| First Lines | I'Ue liv'd in this Town these 5 Years, / but never the Lass could find |
| Refrain | then here's a good Health to Joan. |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 185 x 302 |
| Condition | torn top edge, holed |
| Ornament | vertical rules |