Tom and VVill, or, The shepherds sheepfold : Both doated on a beautiful lass, both were alike respected : both thought themselves i'th better case, both were at last neglected / To a pleasant new country tune.

Format:

Microformat

Series:

Women advising women ; pt. 5, reel 3.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Broadsides--England--London--Early works to 1800.

Broadsides.

Shepherds--Early works to 1800.

Shepherds.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Early works to 1800.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations).

Lovesickness--Early works to 1800.

Lovesickness.

England--London.

Genre:

Ballads -- England -- 17th century.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (woodcuts) ; oblong 1⁰

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Tom and Will

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed for F[rancis]. Coles, in Wine-street, on Saffron-hill [sic], near Hatton Garden, [1655?]

Summary:

Ballad about two men in love with the same women.

Notes:

Date of publication and publisher's name from Wing CD-ROM, 1996.

Verse - "Tom and Will were shepherds swains,".

In two parts, printed side by side.

Filmed copy at Adam Matthew's set Women Advising Women: Part 5: Women's writing and advice, c1450-1720, reel 3, Douce Ballads 2[155], appears to be a variant setting, with different punctuation and spelling in title and imprint.

Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.

Microfilm. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Publications ; Oxford, England : Bodleian Photographic Service. 1998. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Women advising women ; pt. 5, reel 3.

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), T1779

ESTC (RLIN), ESTCR216084.

OCLC:

63661435