EBBA 37671
British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
| A New and True BALLAD of the Poet's Complaint: / OR, / A new Song to a new Tune, of a Young Wench living in Holbourn, with a full discription of the / notable Tricks put upon her by two Cornuted Suitors. / Reader assure thy self the thing is true, / And though it seem full strange 'tis very true; / I wish such Gypsies fitted all as she, / Then would they learn much honester to be. | ||
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| Date Published | 1674-1679 ? | |
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| Imprint | Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. VVright, and J. Clarke. | |
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| Collection | British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads | |
| Location | British Library | |
| Shelfmark | C.22.f.6.(10.) | |
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| Part 1 | Part 2 | |
| Title | A New and True BALLAD of the Poet's Complaint: / OR, / A new Song to a new Tune, of a Young Wench living in Holbourn, with a full discription of the / notable Tricks put upon her by two Cornuted Suitors. / Reader assure thy self the thing is true, / And though it seem full strange 'tis very true; / I wish such Gypsies fitted all as she, / Then would they learn much honester to be. | The Second Part, |
| Tune Imprint | To a Pleasant new Tune, called, I am Confirm'd, &c. | To the same Tune. |
| First Lines | FAith i'm a Dog if I can guess / What strain will most obliege the Press: | BUt the false Gypsie meant not so, / As by and by you well shall know; |
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