First line: 'ALL you that delight in a jest that is true,'.
Roud number: V9999.
In three parts.
Undated. Bow-Church-Yard was the address of the printers William (1690-1756) and Cluer (1715-75) Dicey from 1736 to 1763 (see Broadside Ballads Online). ESTC gives date as [1760?].
Pasted into an album with handwritten title: "Ballads, garlands and other metrical compositions", containing 249 items. Spine title: "Ballads, songs & broadsides".
UML copy at R150649.16: Imperfect: part of bottom right-hand corner is missing affecting five lines of text plus imprint, and part of top left-hand corner is missing without loss of text.
In four columns, divided by single rules.
The title is printed above the first two columns.
UML copy at R150649.16: Front paste-down of album includes armorial bookplate of Bateman of Middleton Hall (by Youlgrave) in the County of Derby (Franks bequest: 1745), and armorial bookplate of the folksong collector, Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) (Franks bequest: 12373).
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924; Bateman, Family, of Middleton Hall, DerbyshireUnder the 'More' menu you can find metadata about the item, any transcription and translation we have of the text and find out about downloading or sharing this image.
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First line: 'ALL you that delight in a jest that is true,'.
Roud number: V9999.
In three parts.
Undated. Bow-Church-Yard was the address of the printers William (1690-1756) and Cluer (1715-75) Dicey from 1736 to 1763 (see Broadside Ballads Online). ESTC gives date as [1760?].
Pasted into an album with handwritten title: "Ballads, garlands and other metrical compositions", containing 249 items. Spine title: "Ballads, songs & broadsides".
UML copy at R150649.16: Imperfect: part of bottom right-hand corner is missing affecting five lines of text plus imprint, and part of top left-hand corner is missing without loss of text.
In four columns, divided by single rules.
The title is printed above the first two columns.
UML copy at R150649.16: Front paste-down of album includes armorial bookplate of Bateman of Middleton Hall (by Youlgrave) in the County of Derby (Franks bequest: 1745), and armorial bookplate of the folksong collector, Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) (Franks bequest: 12373).
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924; Bateman, Family, of Middleton Hall, Derbyshire