I am a rogue and a stout one

DMI number:

42462

First Line:

I am a rogue and a stout one

Last Line:

For neighbours I have none sir | Which makes me cry | Good your worship good sir | Bestow one small denier sir | And bravely then at the bousing ken | I'll spend it all in beer sir

Poem Genre / Form:

Quintain / quintet abccb and Song with refrain

Themes:

Food and drink[beer.] and Money / wealth

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First Line:

I am a rogue and a stout one

Last Line:

For neighbours I have none sir | Then I do cry good your worship | Bestow some small Denier a | And bravely then at the bouking ken | I'll booze it all in beer a

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Content/Publication

Title:

The new academy of complements [ESTC R11946]

Page No(s):

p.212-215

Poem Title:

Song 211.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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Title:

Wit and drollery. Jovial poems. Corrected and amended, with new additions [ESTC R12497]

Page No(s):

pp.74-79

Poem Title:

The Blind Beggar.

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