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Document ReferencePw V 38/9 (pp 57-60)
TitleMS poem, entitled 'A Ballad', not ascribed; n.d.
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionA full description of the volume in which this item appears can be found under the reference Pw V 38.
Text consists of fourteen 3-line verses with the refrain 'with a Fa la la la la'.

'To the tune of an old man with a Bed full of Bones' follows title.

'Nell Gwin' appears in margin by verse 4, line 1.

'Mrs Loftus' appears in margin by verse 5, line 1.

'Lord Cavendish' appears in margin by verse 7, line 1.

'Mrs Brownlo' appears in margin by verse 8, line 1.
Title Of WorkA Ballad
First Line of PoemIn a famous street neare Whetstone's Parke
Last Line of PoemOr tis Forty to one but they there Catch a fall
LanguageEnglish
Physical DescriptionFor details of the physical evidence (paper, watermarks, binding etc) of the volume in which this item appears see the entry for Pw V 38.
Related MaterialCrum, Index, I 1209
Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Douce 357, f 57v
Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Firth c 16, p 30
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 43/88
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 39/33
Publication NoteSimpson, The British Broadside Ballad, pp 129-33
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