EBBA 32791
National Library of Scotland - Crawford
| 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 | National Library of Scotland - Crawford |
| Location | National Library of Scotland |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.435 |
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| 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. |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, Hey boys up go we, &c. |
| First Lines | GOOD Fellows all come lend an ear, / and listen to my song, |
| Refrain | and keep my money in store. |
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