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He that marries a lass for love and a face

DMI number:
519
Poem Aliases
Charles Johnson. The Country Lasses.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
He that marries a lass for love and a face
Last Line:
Has all the world in a string
Poem Genre / Form:
Song
Themes:
Sex / relations between the sexes and Money / wealth
Related People
Author:
Charles Johnson
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from 'The Country Lasses: or The Custom of the Manor' Act 4 Scene 1 (1715, ESTC T57285).
Content/Publication
Title:
The Merry-Musician; or a Cure for the Spleen. Being ...The Second Edition [?not Suarez?]
Page No(s):
pp.220-222
Poem Title:
A Song, sung by Mr. Raynton, in the play call'd The Custom of the Manour.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed