EBBA 21912
Magdalene College - Pepys
| The Merry BEGGARS / of Lincolns-Inn Fields. / OR, The Beggers Art to get Money. / Shewing all the Pranks and Tricks they use, to make people believe they are Poor. Also, / How a Gentleman served two Beggers that stood on the High-way craving his Charity, / whereby their Roguery was discovered. / The Begger all the day makes moan, / at night is brisk and jolly; / And spends his gains upon good Beer, / to drown his Melancholly. | ||
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| Date Published | 1685-1688 | |
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| Imprint | Printed for C. Dennisson at the Stati= / oners=Arms, within Aldgate. | |
| License | This may be Printed, R. P. | |
| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys | |
| Page | 4.252 | |
| Location | Pepys Library | |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.252 | |
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| Part 1 | Part 2 | |
| Title | The Merry BEGGARS / of Lincolns-Inn Fields. / OR, The Beggers Art to get Money. / Shewing all the Pranks and Tricks they use, to make people believe they are Poor. Also, / How a Gentleman served two Beggers that stood on the High-way craving his Charity, / whereby their Roguery was discovered. / The Begger all the day makes moan, / at night is brisk and jolly; / And spends his gains upon good Beer, / to drown his Melancholly. | The Second Part, |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, A begging we will go. | to the same Tune. |
| First Lines | THree Beggars met together, / that used Lincolns=Inn, | Sometimes my arm is wrapped / up in a Linnen clout, |
| Refrain | And so merry we will be, / we'l be, we'l be, / And so merry we will be. | And so merry we will be, / we'l be, we'l be, / And so merry we will be. |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 205 x 290 | |
| Condition | cropped right and bottom edges, damaged surface, uneven inking | |
| Ornament | vertical rules and cast fluerons. | |