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Document Reference	Pw V 215
Title	MS poem, entitled 'The Ballad of the Cloak or the Cloaks Knavery ', by Thomas D'Urfey; n.d.
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text conists of eleven 9-line verses; refrain omitted. The song is ascribed to Thomsa D'Urfey in the 1699 edition of 'Wit and Mirth', pp 7-10. Instruction that it should be sung 'To the tune of, From Hunger & cold, Or Packington's Pound'; tune 'From Hunger and Cold' is distinct from 'Packington's Pound', though the two are interchangeable and are listed together as alternate tunes for a few ballads (Simpson, The British Broadside Ballad and its Music, pp 244-25, 564-70).
Title Of Work	The Ballad of the Cloak or the Cloaks Knavery
First Line of Poem	Come buy my new Ballet
Last Line of Poem	And all popish plots & their Plotters shall down
Language	English
Physical Description	One sheet
Condition	Fragile
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Fleur de lis within ornate shield surmounted by coronet with letters HIH under the shield, 85 x 45 mm Mixed
Watermark	Fleur de lis
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Publication Note	T. D'Urfey, Wit and Mirth: on Pills to Purge Melancholy, 6 vols (London 1719-20/ New York, 1959) III, pp 1-4