The Roxburghe ballads . re the Lingua of 1607, are lost), and2nd, Sellengers Hound, alias Sallengers or St. Legers Round, see Popular Music,p. 69, 185-5 ; 3rd, The Great Boobee, ballad here reprinted on p. 273. In a MS. (Brit. Mus. Eeg. 12. B. 1) in the handwriting of Ben Jonson, circd1610, is a song thus headed, Mirth. Tune of Salings. Bo. beginning, There was a mad lad had an acre of ground,And hee sold it for hue pound,He went to the Taverne and drank it out,Unless it were one Half as he went thence, he met with a Wench,And askt her if shee were willingTo go to the Tavern, and sp
The Roxburghe ballads . re the Lingua of 1607, are lost), and2nd, Sellengers Hound, alias Sallengers or St. Legers Round, see Popular Music,p. 69, 185-5 ; 3rd, The Great Boobee, ballad here reprinted on p. 273. In a MS. (Brit. Mus. Eeg. 12. B. 1) in the handwriting of Ben Jonson, circd1610, is a song thus headed, Mirth. Tune of Salings. Bo. beginning, There was a mad lad had an acre of ground,And hee sold it for hue pound,He went to the Taverne and drank it out,Unless it were one Half as he went thence, he met with a Wench,And askt her if shee were willingTo go to the Tavern, and spend eighteen pence,And [kiss] for th other odd shilling. Sellengers Bound is mentioned in John Gees Foot out of the Snare, 1624 ; andin the Third Satire against the Jesuits, 1679, by John Oldham {Works, p. 51,edit. 1703, quoted in Crotchs Lectures) : — Twas found a good and gainful art of old(And much it did our Churchs powr uphold)To feign Hobgoblins, Elves, or walking Sprites,And Fairies, dancing Sallenger o 308 [Roxburghe Collection, II. 343 ; Pepysian, IV. 15.] 09errp booing of Robin ant) Joan, <&bz MmCoimtxp tlotarg* To the Tune of, The Beginning of the World, or, Sellingers Round, or,Great Boobe [sic. see p. 307].
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