EBBA 21966
Magdalene College - Pepys
| Poor Robin's Prophesie, or, The merry Conceited Fortune-teller. / Although the Poet makes no large Apology, / Some insight he may have into AssTrology, / Then buy this Song, and give your Judgment of it. / And then perhaps you'l say he's a Small Prophet, / For he can tell when things will come to pass, / That you will [s]ay is strange as ever was. | |
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| Date Published | 1674-1679 |
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| Imprint | Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, and J. Clarke. |
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| Collection | Magdalene College - Pepys |
| Page | 4.304 |
| Location | Pepys Library |
| Shelfmark | Pepys Ballads 4.304 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | Poor Robin's Prophesie, or, The merry Conceited Fortune-teller. / Although the Poet makes no large Apology, / Some insight he may have into AssTrology, / Then buy this Song, and give your Judgment of it. / And then perhaps you'l say he's a Small Prophet, / For he can tell when things will come to pass, / That you will [s]ay is strange as ever was. |
| Tune Imprint | Tune of, The Delights of the Bottle, &c. |
| First Lines | ALL you that delight for to hear a new song, / Or to see the world turn'd topsie, turvy, e're long, |
| Refrain | And Golden days come, when the Devil is blind. [with variations] |
| Album Page | 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 200 x 277 |
| Condition | cropped top and bottom edges, creased and damaged surface, uneven inking |
| Ornament | horizontal rule and cast fleurons |