EBBA 37227
British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
| Merry Tom of all TRADES; / OR, / A trick to get money at every dead lift, / Made known by Tom of all Trades, that bravely could shift, / From one Place to another, about he did range, / And at his own pleasure his Trade he could change. | |
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| Date Published | 1681-1684 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for I. Wriight, I. 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.(64.) |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | Merry Tom of all TRADES; / OR, / A trick to get money at every dead lift, / Made known by Tom of all Trades, that bravely could shift, / From one Place to another, about he did range, / And at his own pleasure his Trade he could change. |
| Tune Imprint | The Tune is, Behold the Man. |
| First Lines | MY name is Tom of all Trades, / there's many knows me well, |
| Refrain | Then hey for Tom of all Trades, / is all the peoples cry, / And point their fingers at me, / as I am passing by. [with variation] |
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