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Document ReferencePw V 43/59 (pp 263-65)
TitleMS poem, entitled 'Fumbumbis', not ascribed; 1687
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionA detailed description of the volume in which this item appears can be found under the reference Pw V 43.
Text consists of four 8-line verses plus refrain 'Than thus to be toss'd in a blanket and drubb'd'.

Attributed to Wosely in British Library, MS Harl. 7319 f 277r and in this manuscript.

'The Mayor of Scarsborough toss'd in a blanket by Wosley' in margin by title.

The poem is dated 1687 in the manuscript.
Title Of WorkFunbumbis Or the North Country Mayor
First Line of PoemI sing of no Heritick, Turk or of Tartar
Last Line of PoemThan thus to be Toss'd in a Blanket and Drubb'd
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 43.
Related MaterialCrum, Index, I 468
British Library: MS Harl. 7319, f 277r
Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Rawl. poet. 159, f 112r
University of Nottingham Library:
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication NoteH. F. Wooldridge (ed.), Chappell's Old English Popular Music (1893) i, p 260
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