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The beggars chorus, or, The jovial crew : To an excellent new play-house tune.

Title: The beggars chorus, or, The jovial crew : To an excellent new play-house tune.
Author: Brome, Richard, -1652?
Publication: [Newcastle? : T. Saint?, 1750?]

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Description

1 sheet ([1] p. : 1 ill.; 25 x 38 cm. (oblong fol.)

Alternative Title

Jovial crew.
there was a jovial beggar

Subjects

Broadsides > Great Britain > 18th century
Songs, English > Texts
Beggars > Great Britain > Poetry
Broadside poems > Great Britain > 18th century

Genre/Form

Broadside poems – Great Britain – 18th century.
Broadsides – Great Britain – 18th century.

Note

A song from Richard Brome's comedy A joviall crew.
Without the music, by William Lawes.
Other eds. issued ca. 1670 to ca. 1700 have title: The beggars chorus, in The jovial crew. Cf. ESTC R235796, R231115, R37480, R234828, R231116.
Conjectural imprint information supplied from Cambridge Univ. record.
British Library and NYPL files give place of publication as [London?] and date as [1700?]; no publisher or printer information. Cf. ESTC R170821, apparently a ghost entry.
Illustrations: 1 print : woodcut ; image 8 x 15 cm. SIgned: Sculp. J.W. Depicts a woman begging with 3 children between a beggar with a wooden leg and a beggar with a dog.
In 4 columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; columns 1-2 and 3-4 are separated by ornamental rules.

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ESTC (WWW)
BL (WWW)
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996)

Call Number

*KVB++ 1700 (Brome, R. Beggars chorus)

OCLC

84755861

Author

Brome, Richard, -1652?

Title

The beggars chorus, or, The jovial crew : To an excellent new play-house tune.

Imprint

[Newcastle? : T. Saint?, 1750?]

Indexed In:

ESTC (WWW) T21492

BL (WWW) 000251457, Rox.III.676

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) B4865

Local Note

NYPL copy imperfect: Mutilated at top right margin, affecting first 2 lines of stanza beginning "I had the pretty knack / For to wheedle and to cry." Inscribed on verso: "c. 1750."

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Place of Publication

England Newcastle upon Tyne.

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Brome, Richard, -1652? Joviall crew.

Lawes, William, 1602-1645.

J. W. Woodcutter

Research Call Number

*KVB++ 1700 (Brome, R. Beggars chorus)

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