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EARLY RIBALD POETRY

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 600.00 USD
EARLY RIBALD POETRY
Printed ribald poem titled "The Fair Maid's Song, when all alone", 6" square, no printer noted. In it, a pretty maid laments the lack of a man in her life in a suggestive manner, noting that she has "...a thing belongs to me, would please a young man handsomely...". The lyrics continue in this vein: "...If he be a miller that is kind, all in my mill I'll let him grind...If he be a sawyer by his trade, I have his saw-pit ready made...If he be a tailor neat and trim...I'll thread his needle through the skin...", and much more fairly transparent imagery. The title of the song for the lyrics is, predictably, "White Cockade"! Very good.

Estimate: $500 - 600.

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