The Devonshire damsels frollick: : being an account of nine or ten fair maidens, who went one evening lately, to wash themselves in a pleasant river, where they were discovered by several young men being their familiar acquaintances who took away their gowns and petticoats, with their smocks and wine with good chear; leaving them a while in a most melancholly condition. To a pleasant new play-house tune: or, Where's my shepherd? This may be printed. R. P.

Format:

Book

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Broadsides.

Sex--Early works to 1800.

Sex.

England--London.

Genre:

Ballads -- England -- 17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)) : illustrations (woodcuts), music

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed for P Brooksby, at the Golden Ball in Pye-corner., [between 1685-1688]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.

Verse: "Tom and William with Ned and Ben, in all they were about nine or ten; near a trick ..."

The first three lines of verse accompanied by printed music.

Printed on verso: The Devonshire boys courage (D1236).

Imperfect: stained and bleed-through, with loss of text; trimmed.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A5:2[113a]) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) D1237.

Early English books tract supplement interim guide C.20.f.8[137].

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