The covetous old mother or, the terrible overthrow of two loyal lovers. You that these woful tidings hear, can you forbear to shed a tear, surely your tender hearts must bleed, when you these moving lines do read. To the tune of, Oh! so uugrateful [sic] creature, &c
ESTC T34351 ; Range of dates of publication from Bodleian Library Ballads Database. ; Verse - "There was a wealthy young 'squire,". ; In four columns with the title, preliminary verse and two woodcuts above the first two the first and second columns as well as the third and fourth are separated by ornamental rules.
Broadsides--Great Britain--Early works to 1800 Courtship--Great Britain--Early works to 1800 Lifestyles--Early works to 1800 Young men--Conduct of life--Early works to 1800 Young women--Conduct of life--Early works to 1800 Man-woman relationships--Early works to 1800 Broadsides. (rbgenr) Broadside poems. (rbgenr)
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