EBBA 21155
Magdalene College - Pepys
| THE / Witty Chamber-Maid; / OR, / Dick the Weaver strangely Cheated: / A Weaver seemingly was tost, / Vext, tormented, strangely crost; / Because the maid was Coy and shye, / Till she at length her Wits did try; / He could no answer of her take, / Nor his importunate Suit forsake: / He quickly found the Effects thereof, / With many a flounting jeer and scoff. | |
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| Date Published | 1685-1688 |
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| Imprint | Printed for C. Dennisson, at the Stationers-Arms within Ald[gate.] |
| License | This may be Printed, R.P. |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 3.143 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 3.143 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | THE / Witty Chamber-Maid; / OR, / Dick the Weaver strangely Cheated: / A Weaver seemingly was tost, / Vext, tormented, strangely crost; / Because the maid was Coy and shye, / Till she at length her Wits did try; / He could no answer of her take, / Nor his importunate Suit forsake: / He quickly found the Effects thereof, / With many a flounting jeer and scoff. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, The Iourney-m[a]n Shooe-maker; Or, Billy and M[o]lly. |
| First Lines | THere was a Lass in London Town, / she was both fair and witty, |
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| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 193 x 317 |
| Condition | uneven inking |
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