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A song

Index: INDEX/BCMSV/112

Details

Type: Index

Record number: INDEX/BCMSV/112 (Lt 53 )

Title: A song

Author: Leveridge, Richard

Date(s): 1735 (published)

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/98017

Reference

Manuscript: Lt 53

Pages: f.64v

Description

Notes: (When mighty roast)

First lines: When mighty roast beif was the Englishman's food

It enobled our veins & enriched our blood

Last lines: Oh the roast beif of old England

And oh the good English roast beif

Length: 30

Verse form: 6 stanzas, aaabc (refrain)

Contents: On the diminution of the English race, changed from the days of beef-eating.

Lacks st.6 of the printed version