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Posted By: masato sakurai
18-Nov-02 - 01:23 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: King Alfred and the Shepherd
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: King Alfred and the Shepherd
King Alfred and the shepherd. With the humours of Gillian, the shepherd's wife. To the tune of Flying fame. Northampton: printed by William Dicey; and sold by William Peachey, in Cambridge; Matthias Dagnell, and at Mr. Burnham's snuff chop in Aylesbury; John Timbs in Stony Stratford; Paul Stevens in Bicester; [and 1 in Tring, 1 in St. Albans, and 1 in St. Ives], [1730?] 1 sheet; 1/20. Harvard University Houghton Library *pEB75.P4128C no.134 A song "In elder times there was of yore". Publication date from Houghton. Originally published as: The shepherd and the king(1650?). Not in Foxon. Houghton copy = 28.5 x 40 cm. ESTCN1954.