The Merry companion: or, Universal songster : Consisting of a new collection of above 500 celebrated songs, with their tunes prefix'd to each song. D... under the following heads, viz. 66 Scots Songs, with a glossary explaining the difficult words. 210 English love songs, expressing their different passions. 93 Songs for the bottle, and others of wit and humour. 139 Miscellaneous songs, including those of hunting and jollity, the free-masons, songs in praise of admiral vernon, and all the favourite ones in the late operas, entertainments, and farces.

Format:

Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballads, English.

Physical Description:

24 unnumbered pages,372 pages,plate ; 12⁰

Edition:

The second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Ward and Chandler, and sold at their shops in York and Scarborough sold also by W. Saldby, at the Ship without Temple Bar, London, M.DCC.XLII. [1742]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Titlepage in red and black.

Price on title page: Price Two Shillings bound.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T178314.

Access Restriction:

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