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EBBA 37819

Morgan Library and Museum - Miscellaneous
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Ballad Title The Famous FLOWER of SERVING-MEN: / OR, THE / LADY turn'd SERVING-MAN. / Her Love being slain, her Father dead, / Her Bower rob'd, her Servants fled, / She drest herself in Man's attire, / She trim'd her locks, she cut her hair, / And thereupon she chang'd her name, / From Fair ELISE to Sweet WILLIAM.
Tune Imprint To the Tune of, Flora's Farewel: or, Summer-time: or, Love's Tide.
Standard Tune Title Wert Thou More Fairer Than Thou Art
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Recording Information
Ballad Title The Famous FLOWER of SERVING-MEN: / OR, THE / LADY turn'd SERVING-MAN. / Her Love being slain, her Father dead, / Her Bower rob'd, her Servants fled, / She drest herself in Man's attire, / She trim'd her locks, she cut her hair, / And thereupon she chang'd her name, / From Fair ELISE to Sweet WILLIAM.
Tune Imprint To the Tune of, Flora's Farewel: or, Summer-time: or, Love's Tide.
Standard Tune Title In Summer Time