EBBA 30720
British Library - Roxburghe
| Poor Tom the Taylor / His Lamentation. / Giving an Account how he pickt up a Miss near the Maypole in the Strand, and also how / he handed her to the Fair. where he treated her very generously, but according to / the old proverb, sweet meat must have sower sauce, for while he was safe a snoring / in Bed she very dexterously picked his pocket, leaving him to pay the Reckoning, / without ever a penny in his purse, This unfortunate disaster may well be a warning to / all the Taylors in or about London to forsake their old accustomed tricks, setting poor Tom before them as an example. | |
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| Date Published | 1685? |
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| Collection | British Library - Roxburghe |
| Page | 2.263 |
| Location | British Library |
| Shelfmark | C.20.f.8.263 |
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| Title | Poor Tom the Taylor / His Lamentation. / Giving an Account how he pickt up a Miss near the Maypole in the Strand, and also how / he handed her to the Fair. where he treated her very generously, but according to / the old proverb, sweet meat must have sower sauce, for while he was safe a snoring / in Bed she very dexterously picked his pocket, leaving him to pay the Reckoning, / without ever a penny in his purse, This unfortunate disaster may well be a warning to / all the Taylors in or about London to forsake their old accustomed tricks, setting poor Tom before them as an example. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, Daniel Cooper. |
| First Lines | TOm the Taylor near the Strand, / he met a pretty Creature. |
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