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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 240
Title
MS poem, entitled 'Song', by John Gay; n.d.
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of five 8-line verses.
Sung in Gay's play 'The What D'Ye Call It' by Mrs Mary Caverley, first performed at Drury Lane on 23 Feb. 1715.
Title Of Work
Song
First Line of Poem
Twas when ye seas was roaring
Last Line of Poem
She bow'd her Head & Dyed
Language
English
Physical Description
One folio folded once to form two quartos
Condition
Good, paper already reinforced
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Post Horn within ornate crowned shield and insignia 4WR under shield, 115 x 55 mm.
Watermark
Horn (crowned shield)
Related Material
Index, ELM III, GaJ 65
Crum, Index, T 3416
University of Nottingham Library: Pw2 V 7/53
For other concordances see Index, ELM, III, GaJ 62-64 & GaJ 66
Publication Note
J. Gay, The What D'Ye Call It (London, 1715) Act II, scene 8, lines 22-61
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA1118
Gay; John (1685-1732); poet and dramatist
1685-1732
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