EBBA 34199
National Library of Scotland - Crawford
| The Maids Complaint for want of a dill doul. / This Girle long time hath in a sickness been, / Which many maids do call the sickness green. / I wish she may some comfort find, poor soul, / And have her belly filled with a Dill doul. | |
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| Date Published | 1680-1690 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for V. Wentbridg in Duck-Lane. |
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| Collection | National Library of Scotland - Crawford |
| Location | National Library of Scotland |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.1459 |
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| Title | The Maids Complaint for want of a dill doul. / This Girle long time hath in a sickness been, / Which many maids do call the sickness green. / I wish she may some comfort find, poor soul, / And have her belly filled with a Dill doul. |
| Tune Imprint | To a new tune, called, The Dill doul, or Women and Wine. |
| First Lines | YOungmen give ear to me a while, / if you to merriment are inclin'd, |
| Refrain | With his dill doul, dill doul, dill doul, doul, / Oh happy were I if I had a dill doul. [with variation] |
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