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EBBA 21808

Magdalene College - Pepys
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Ballad Title Mirth for Citizens: Or, A Comedy for the Country. / Shewing, / A young Farmer his unfortunate Marriage, / His Wife is so churlish, so currish in Carriage / He married her for beauty, for his own delight, / Now he repents it both day and night. / By Physognomy, adviseth young men that at (Wenches skip, / To be sure to look before that they lip, / To leap at a venture, and catch a fall, / Raising the Forehead, breaks Horns, and all.
Tune Imprint To the Tune of, Ragged, torn, and true.
Standard Tune Title Old Simon the King
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