EBBA 37741
British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
| The Gowlin: or, / A Pleasant Fancy for the SPRING. / Being an Encounter betwixt a Scotch Leard, & a buxome begger-wench. / He captivated was at the first sight, / Not with her gay attire, her Beauty bright; / He Woo'd and won her for to serve his will, / But he's a Leard, and she a Begger still. | |
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| Date Published | 1681-1684 ? |
| Author | Thomas D'Urfey |
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| Imprint | Printed for I[.] Wright[,] I[.] Clark[,] W[.] Thackeray[,] and T[.] Passinger[.] |
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| Collection | British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads |
| Location | British Library |
| Shelfmark | C.22.f.6.(120.) |
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| Part 1 | |
| Title | The Gowlin: or, / A Pleasant Fancy for the SPRING. / Being an Encounter betwixt a Scotch Leard, & a buxome begger-wench. / He captivated was at the first sight, / Not with her gay attire, her Beauty bright; / He Woo'd and won her for to serve his will, / But he's a Leard, and she a Begger still. |
| Tune Imprint | To a new Play-house Tune; Or, See the Gowlin, &c. |
| First Lines | ABroad as I was walking, / upon a Summers day, |
| Refrain | She was the first that taught me, / to see the Gowlin; / Ah! to see the Gowlin my Jo, / to see the Gowlin; / She was the first that taught me / to see the Gowlin. |
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| Notes | ESTC Author: Thomas D'Urfey. |