EBBA 31196
British Library - Roxburghe
| A New BALLAD / Of the Three Merry Butchers, / And ten High-way Men, how three Butchers went to pay live Hundred Pounds away, and hearing a Woman crying in / the Wood, went to Relieve her, and was there set upon by these ten High-way Men; and hwo only stout Johnson / fought with them all, who killed eight of the ten; and at last was killed by the Woman he went to save in the Wood. | |
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| Date Published | 1684-1700 ? |
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| Imprint | London, Printed for J. B |
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| Collection | British Library - Roxburghe |
| Pages | 3.496, 3.497 |
| Location | British Library |
| Shelfmark | C.20.f.9.496-497 |
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| Title | A New BALLAD / Of the Three Merry Butchers, / And ten High-way Men, how three Butchers went to pay live Hundred Pounds away, and hearing a Woman crying in / the Wood, went to Relieve her, and was there set upon by these ten High-way Men; and hwo only stout Johnson / fought with them all, who killed eight of the ten; and at last was killed by the Woman he went to save in the Wood. |
| Tune Imprint | To an Excellent New Tune. |
| First Lines | I'LL tell you of a Story of lovely Butchers three, / The e's Wilson, Gibson, Johnson, mark well what I shall say, |
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