EBBA 21897
Magdalene College - Pepys
| A [Pleas]ant New Song, in Praise of a [L]eather Bottel. / Sh[o]wing how Glasses and Pots [a]re laid asid[e], / And Flaggons and Nogins they cannot abide, / And let all-Wives do what they can, / 'Tis for the Praise and use of Man: / And this you may very well be sure. / The Leather-bottel will longest endure. / And I wish in Heaven his Soul may awell, / That first devised the Leather-Bottel. | ||
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| Date Published | 1678 | |
| Author | John Wade | |
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| Imprint | Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, I. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger. | |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys | |
| Page | 4.237 | |
| Location | Pepys Library | |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.237 | |
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| Part 1 | Part 2 | |
| Title | A [Pleas]ant New Song, in Praise of a [L]eather Bottel. / Sh[o]wing how Glasses and Pots [a]re laid asid[e], / And Flaggons and Nogins they cannot abide, / And let all-Wives do what they can, / 'Tis for the Praise and use of Man: / And this you may very well be sure. / The Leather-bottel will longest endure. / And I wish in Heaven his Soul may awell, / That first devised the Leather-Bottel. | The second part, |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, The Bottle-makers Delight. | to the same tune. |
| First Lines | GOd above that made all things, / the Heaven, thy Earth and all therein, | THen what do you say to these black pots three? / true they shall have no praise of me, |
| Refrain | And I wish in heaven his Soul may dwell, / That first devised the Leather-Bottle. | And I wish in heaven his Soul may dwell, / That first devised the Leather-Bottle. |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, folded, ?215 x 345 | |
| Condition | cropped right edge, torn top edge, creased, holed and damaged surface, uneven inking | |
| Ornament | vertical rules | |