An excellent new ballad. To the tune of, Let the soldiers rejoyce, &c.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 sheet ; 1/(4to)

Place of Publication:

[London?], [publisher not identified], [1718?]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

A slip-song - "Let the soldiers rejoyce,".

Originally printed as a 1/2⁰ sheet with another song on the right-hand side entitled 'An excellent new ballad. To the tune of, noble [sic] race was --', with first line "Of doubtful race was Georgy,", which song ends with "Finis"; the sheet meant to be divided.

The first song is a "Jacobite satire resulting from the consideration of the articles of war by Parliament,in imitation of the song from Bettertons̀ Prophetess, 1690" and the second song a "Jacobite satire on George I, put into a Welshmans̀ mouth" (Foxon).

Reproduction of original from the British Library.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements s2003 miunns

Cited in:

Foxon, E564 reporting the slip-song and also an undivided sheet, the second song being Foxon E566

English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT226123.

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