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Thread #94621 Message #1832803
Posted By: John M.
12-Sep-06 - 01:35 PM
Thread Name: Origins:Yorkshire Damsel/Damosel [Foggy Foggy Dew]
Subject: Origins: Antedating The Foggy, Foggy Dew ==> 1689
Hello everyone,
Here is the earliest date for "The Foggy, Foggy Dew". This is from a broadside dated 1689 and is found on page 250 of vol.5 in Pepys Ballad Collection Facsimile according to John Wardroper's Lovers, Rakes and Rouges. The modernized text below is found in Wardroper's Lovers on pgs. 87-88.
Can anyone confirm the song is in the Pepys Facsmile?