EBBA 21825
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The Merchant-man and the Fidlers wife: / Discovering a pretty conceit how a Fidler, in hope of gain / (and trusting too much to his Wifes honesty) was made a Cuckold by the / Merchant; and lost his Fiddle to boot. / He laid his Fiddle to a Ship, / In hopes for to be made / But Peggy let the Merchant flip, / and Robin he was betray'd | |
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| Date Published | 1678-1680 |
| Author | J. P. |
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| Imprint | Printed for Fr. Coles, Tho. Vere, J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger |
| License | |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 4.163 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.163 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | The Merchant-man and the Fidlers wife: / Discovering a pretty conceit how a Fidler, in hope of gain / (and trusting too much to his Wifes honesty) was made a Cuckold by the / Merchant; and lost his Fiddle to boot. / He laid his Fiddle to a Ship, / In hopes for to be made / But Peggy let the Merchant flip, / and Robin he was betray'd |
| Tune Imprint | To a Pleafant Northern Tune, |
| First Lines | IT was a Rich Merchant man, / That had both ship and all, |
| Refrain | |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, ?210 x 314 |
| Condition | cropped left edge, uneven inking |
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