EBBA 37756
British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
| The lamentation of a bad Market, / OR, / The Drownding of three Children on the Thames. / With this fantastick Tragy Comedy, / Tis like that one or other pleas'd will be; / Because the Method carries Mirth there[i]n, / Or else the Subject were not worth a pin: / Howe're you'l say it is no laughing matter, / To see poor Children Drowned in the Water. | |
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| Date Published | 1674-1679 ? |
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| Imprint | Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, J. Wright, / and J. Clarke. |
| License | With Allowance. |
| Collection | British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads |
| Location | British Library |
| Shelfmark | C.22.f.6.(135.) |
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| Title | The lamentation of a bad Market, / OR, / The Drownding of three Children on the Thames. / With this fantastick Tragy Comedy, / Tis like that one or other pleas'd will be; / Because the Method carries Mirth there[i]n, / Or else the Subject were not worth a pin: / Howe're you'l say it is no laughing matter, / To see poor Children Drowned in the Water. |
| Tune Imprint | Tune of, The Ladies Fall. |
| First Lines | SOme Christian people all give ear, / unto the grief of us, |
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