EBBA 36037
Manchester Central Library - Blackletter Ballads
| The Ragman: / OR, / A Company that fell at oddes one day, / Which of them should carry the Cunny skins away, / They strove who should have it, but none of them wise, / For the Usurer and the Devill carry away the przie. | ||
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| Date Published | 1652? | |
| Author | John Looks | |
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| Imprint | London Printed for Fr. [Grove] | |
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| Collection | Manchester Central Library - Blackletter Ballads | |
| Page | 1.46 | |
| Location | Manchester Central Library | |
| Shelfmark | BR f 821.04 B49 | |
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| Part 1 | Part 2 | |
| Title | The Ragman: / OR, / A Company that fell at oddes one day, / Which of them should carry the Cunny skins away, / They strove who should have it, but none of them wise, / For the Usurer and the Devill carry away the przie. | The second par[t,] |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of Upon the highest Mountaines, or, The absence of my Mistresse | |
| First Lines | THere was a Ragman and a mad man / As they travelled on a day, | IT was a Joyner and a Rope maker / As they want on the way |
| Refrain | Bring the Cunny skins againe. | Leave the Cunny skins behind. [with variation] | Bring the Cunny skins againe. | Leave the Cunny skins behind. |
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| Notes | ESTC Author: John Looks. | |