EBBA 31733
University of Glasgow Library - Euing
| A New BALLAD / Of the Three Merry Butchers, / And Ten High-way Men, how three Butchers went to pay Five 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 how 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 | Printed for J. Bissel at the Bible and Harp in West-Smithfield |
| License | Licensed according to Order. |
| Collection | University of Glasgow Library - Euing |
| Location | University of Glasgow Library |
| Shelfmark | Euing Ballads 235 |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | A New BALLAD / Of the Three Merry Butchers, / And Ten High-way Men, how three Butchers went to pay Five 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 how 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, / There's Wilson, Gibson, JOhnson, mark well what I shall say, |
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