EBBA 37009
British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
| The Valiant Commander, with his Resolute Lady, / SHEWING, / A brief Discourse of a Commander bold, / Who had a wife was worth her weight in gold; / She bravely fought to save her Husbands life, / Let all men judge, was not this a Valiant Wife? | |
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| Date Published | 1678-1680 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J,W. / J. Clarke, W. Thackeray and / T. Passinger. |
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| Collection | British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads |
| Location | British Library |
| Shelfmark | C.22.f.6.(200.) |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | The Valiant Commander, with his Resolute Lady, / SHEWING, / A brief Discourse of a Commander bold, / Who had a wife was worth her weight in gold; / She bravely fought to save her Husbands life, / Let all men judge, was not this a Valiant Wife? |
| Tune Imprint | To a New Northern Tune, called, I would give ten thousand pounds, &c. or Ned Smith. |
| First Lines | GAllants come list a while, / a Story I shall tell, |
| Refrain | This unto her he said, / dearest come thou to me, / I would give ten thousand pound / thou wert in Shrewsbury. [with variation] |
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