Verse - "You gallants all I pray draw near ...", In this edition, the title has a semi-colon following "son", "beggar-wench" is spelled with a hyphen, and "Hull" is in italic capitals; the images are: left, a woman with her hand out; right, a man and a horse; there is no comma following "all" in the first line; the first two columns have the refrain "Fa, la, &c." printed below them; the colums are divided by columns of type-ornaments; the imprint is set on two lines, below column 4, with a row of type-ornaments (different from those used between the columns) above., The first woodcut is of a destitute woman reaching out toward a doorway; the second woodcut is of a well-dressed man standing by a black horse., Mounted on leaf 3. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Disguise, Man-woman relationships, Begging, Taverns (Inns), Robbery, Rogues and vagabonds, Horses, Doors & doorways, and Beggars
Verse begins: "In a tavern kitchen, the cook's territories,"., In three columns with the title above the first two and the woodcut above the first; the imprint at foot of the third, below a row of type ornaments; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., There is no punctuation at the end of the title., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 52. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at the Printing-Office, in Aldermary Church-Yard, Bow-Lane, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, Taverns (Inns), Household employees, Women, Social conditions, and Man-woman relationships
