Record

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