Methinks the poor town has been troubled too long
- DMI number:
- 23796
- First Line:
- Methinks the poor town has been troubled too long
- Last Line:
- To kill us with looking as if she would die
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Song
- Themes:
- Sex and bawdy humour
- Author:
- Charles Sackville
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) VIII: 345. Harris (1979): 90-92.
- First Line:
- Methinks the poor town has been troubled too long
- Last Line:
- To kill us by looking as if she would die
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Comic Miscellany. Vol. I. [ESTC N51175]
- Page No(s):
- p.232
- Poem Title:
- Song 296.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- Title:
- The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol I] [T85787] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.232
- Poem Title:
- Song 296.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
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