Mudcat Café message #591734

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Thread #112465 Message #591734
Posted By: GUEST,Steve Again
13-Nov-01 - 02:15 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Bedlam Boys / Tom of Bedlam
Subject: RE: Help: BEDLAM BOYS

Leonard,
Can't be originally a broadside from the 1700s as it appears in manuscript by 1615. But it definitely was printed on many broadsides throughout the period when they were popular.