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EBBA 34472

Houghton Library - Huth EBB65H
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Ballad Title Loves Overthrow; / OR, / A full and true account of a young Maid that lived in / Exeter-Exchange-Court, in the Strand, who being deeply in Love with a young Ser- / ving-man, whose care was so great, that he would not marry till he was in a good Con- / dition to maintain a Wife; which resolution of his bred jealousie in her; whereup- / on in reality of his Love, he presented her with a Ring, but she afterwads dispairing / of his Constancy, disdainfully returned him the Ring again, and within ashort time af- / ter poysoned her self; And now she lies buried near the May-Pole in the Strand, with a / Stake drove through her body; Being there Bruied the Thirteenth day of May last.
Tune Imprint To the Tune of, Bateman.
Standard Tune Title In Peascod Time
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