EBBA 21786
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The LONDON / CUCKOLD: / OR, / An Antient Citizens Head well fitted with a Flourishing pair of Fashionable Horns, by / his Buxome young Wife, who was well back'd by a Coltish-Spark, in the time of her Hus- / bands Absence at the Campaign on Hounslow-Heath. | |
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| Date Published | 1685-1688 |
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| Standard Tune | |
| Imprint | Printed for I. Back, on London-Bridge, near the Draw-Bridge. |
| License | This may be Printed, R. P. |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 4.122 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.122 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | The LONDON / CUCKOLD: / OR, / An Antient Citizens Head well fitted with a Flourishing pair of Fashionable Horns, by / his Buxome young Wife, who was well back'd by a Coltish-Spark, in the time of her Hus- / bands Absence at the Campaign on Hounslow-Heath. |
| Tune Imprint | Tune of, O Mother Roger, &c. |
| First Lines | A Trades=man hearing of the Story, / of the Army and Campaign, |
| Refrain | But while my Tradesman took the Air, / there came a Colt and Backt his Mare. [with variations; not stanzas 4,6,9] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?210 x 328 |
| Condition | cropped bottom edge, creased and damaged surface |
| Ornament | |