EBBA 37668
British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
| THE / Merry Gossips Vindication, / To the Groats worth of good Councel Declaration. / Some Women can drink and be drunk / night and day, / For all the fault is laid most on the Men, / they do say, / For if a Man do intend for to thrive. (Wife. / Then he must be sure to ask leave of his | |
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| Date Published | 1672-1696 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden-Ball in Pye-Corner. |
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| Collection | British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads |
| Location | British Library |
| Shelfmark | C.22.f.6.(150.) |
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| Title | THE / Merry Gossips Vindication, / To the Groats worth of good Councel Declaration. / Some Women can drink and be drunk / night and day, / For all the fault is laid most on the Men, / they do say, / For if a Man do intend for to thrive. (Wife. / Then he must be sure to ask leave of his |
| Tune Imprint | To the Tune of, Digbies Farewel. |
| First Lines | A Company of Gossips that love strong bub, / that met at an Alehouse and there they did club, |
| Refrain | A man he may work all the days of his Life, / But he must aske his wife leave if he intends for to thrive [with variation] |
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