Record

Document Reference	Pw V 764
Title	MS song, untitled, 'My Commons and Lords I once hoped but in vain'; c 1727
Date	c 1727
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Untitled poem. Text consists of 10 3-line verses, plus refrain. Endorsed 'On the King's Speech', i.e. George I; dated 1727 in Bodleian pr. bk. Firth b. 22, f 30.
First Line of Poem	My Commons and Lords I once hoped but in vain
Last Line of Poem	That your money's all safe betwixt me and the Queen
Language	English
Physical Description	One folio folded once to form two quarto leaves, with gold graphing
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Countermark: Letters HR
Related Material	Crum, Index, M 608
	<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Top. Oxon. b 170, f 21r
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 830
	University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note	Simpson, The British Broadside Ballad, pp 274-78