EBBA 31331
British Library - Roxburghe
| THE / Good Fellovvs Consideration. / OR / The bad Husbands Amendment. / Here in this Ballad you may see, / What 'tis a bad Husband to be, / For drunkenness most commonly / Brings many unto poverty. / And when a man is mean and bare, / Friends will be scarce both far and near, / Then in your youth keep money in store, / Lest in old age you do grow poor. | ||
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| Date Published | 1672-1696 ? | |
| Author | Thomas Lanfiere | |
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| Imprint | Printed for P. Brooksby at the golden Ball in West-Smithfield. | |
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| Collection | British Library - Roxburghe | |
| Page | 4.48 | |
| Location | British Library | |
| Shelfmark | C.20.f.10.48 | |
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| Part 1 | Part 2 | |
| Title | THE / Good Fellovvs Consideration. / OR / The bad Husbands Amendment. / Here in this Ballad you may see, / What 'tis a bad Husband to be, / For drunkenness most commonly / Brings many unto poverty. / And when a man is mean and bare, / Friends will be scarce both far and near, / Then in your youth keep money in store, / Lest in old age you do grow poor. | The Second Part, |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, Hey boys up go we, &c. | to the same Tune. |
| First Lines | GOOD Fellows all come lend an ear, / and listen to my song, | Sometimes she in a merry vein / would sit upon my knee |
| Refrain | and keep my money in store. | and keep my money in store. [with variation] |
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