EBBA 32792
National Library of Scotland - Crawford
| The Alewives Invitation / to Married-Men, and Batchelors. / SHEWING / How a Good Fellow is slighted when he is brought to Poverty. / Therefore take my Counsel, & Alewives don't trust, / For when you have wasted, and spent all you have, / Then out of Doors she will you headlong thrust, / Calling you Rascal, and shirking Knave. / But so long as you have Money, come early or / (late, / You shall have her at Command, or else her / (Maid Kate. | |
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| Date Published | 1672-1696 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for P. Brooksby, at the Golden-Ball, in Pye-Corner. |
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| Collection | National Library of Scotland - Crawford |
| Location | National Library of Scotland |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.436 |
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| Title | The Alewives Invitation / to Married-Men, and Batchelors. / SHEWING / How a Good Fellow is slighted when he is brought to Poverty. / Therefore take my Counsel, & Alewives don't trust, / For when you have wasted, and spent all you have, / Then out of Doors she will you headlong thrust, / Calling you Rascal, and shirking Knave. / But so long as you have Money, come early or / (late, / You shall have her at Command, or else her / (Maid Kate. |
| Tune Imprint | To a New Tune; or Digby's Farewell. |
| First Lines | GOod fellows come hither, 'tis to you I speak, / Good Counsel here's for you, if you will take, |
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