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Document ReferencePw V 613
TitleMS poem entitled 'A Dialogue between ye Gentleman that looks over Lincoln and ye Gentleman on Bloomsbury Church. par Nobile Fratum'; c 1723
Daten.d. [c 1723]
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionText consists of thirteen 4-line verses, plus refrain, one less than the printed version in A Collection of Loyal Songs (1750).

Upon George I's effigy placed on the top of Bloomsbury church steeple in 1723.

Sung to the ballad dune 'Derry down'.
Title Of WorkA Dialogue between ye Gentleman that looks over Lincoln and ye Gentleman on Bloomsbury Church. par Nobile Fratum
First Line of PoemAs Satan o'er Lincoln was looking one Day
Last Line of PoemHe'd be glad to come off half so well at Cambray Derry down down hey derry down
LanguageEnglish
Physical DescriptionOne large folio folded once forming two quartos
ConditionGood
Descriptive FeaturesCountermark: Monogram PD, 15 x 15 mm
Related MaterialCrum, Index, A 1651
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 614
Publication NoteA Collection of Loyal Songs, Poems etc (1750) p 27
Simpson, The British Broadside Ballad, pp 172-76

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA19598George I (1660-1727); King of Great Britain and Ireland1660-1727
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