EBBA 30355
British Library - Roxburghe
| A VVomans VVork is never done / Here is a Song for Maids to sing, / Both in the Winter and the Spring; / It is such a pretty conceited thing, / Which will much pleasure to them bring. / Maids may sit still, go, or run, / But a Womans work is never done. | ||
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| Date Published | 1654-1663 ? | |
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| Imprint | London, Printed for John Andrews, at the White Lion in Pye-Corner. | |
| License | Entred according to Order. | |
| Collection | British Library - Roxburghe | |
| Pages | 1.534, 1.535 | |
| Location | British Library | |
| Shelfmark | C.20.f.7.534-535 | |
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| Part 1 | Part 2 | |
| Title | A VVomans VVork is never done / Here is a Song for Maids to sing, / Both in the Winter and the Spring; / It is such a pretty conceited thing, / Which will much pleasure to them bring. / Maids may sit still, go, or run, / But a Womans work is never done. | The second Part |
| Tune Imprint | To a delicate Northern Tune, A womans work is never done, Or, The Beds making. | to the same Tune. |
| First Lines | AS I was wandring on the way, / I heard a married Woman say, | ANd when my pottage=pot is ready to hoil, / I must be careful all the while; |
| Refrain | I'm sure a Womans work is never done. [with variation] | And thus a Womans work is never done. |
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