EBBA 37531
British Library - Bagford
| THE / STATESMAN. / A New COURT / BALLAD. / Tune of, A Begging we will go, &c. / Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris aut carcere dignum, / Si vis esse aliquis ------ ------ Juvenal. / Dare to be vile, the Ax and HALTER dare, / If GREAT you be, of HONESTY take Care. | |
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| Date Published | ? |
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| Imprint | LONDON: / Printed for L. SOW, without Temple Bar, and sold by / the Booksellers of London and Westminster. |
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| Collection | British Library - Bagford |
| Pages | 2.173 Page Verso, 2.174 |
| Location | British Library |
| Shelfmark | C.40.m.10.(177.) |
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| Title | THE / STATESMAN. / A New COURT / BALLAD. / Tune of, A Begging we will go, &c. / Aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris aut carcere dignum, / Si vis esse aliquis ------ ------ Juvenal. / Dare to be vile, the Ax and HALTER dare, / If GREAT you be, of HONESTY take Care. |
| Tune Imprint | Tune of, A Begging we will go, &c. |
| First Lines | SOME Years ago from Norfolck, / There came a Gallant Wight, |
| Refrain | So to London he wou'd go, wou'd go, &c. [with variation] |
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| Notes | This item is not a broadside ballad, but is archived in EBBA because it is included in the important Bagford collection of ballads. It is a song printed in quarto on the recto and verso of two sheets. |