Why should we not laugh and be jolly
- DMI number:
- 1635
- First Line:
- Why should we not laugh and be jolly
- Last Line:
- Yet our sack makes us merrier than he
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Song
- Themes:
- Civil war / interregnum
- Author:
- Alexander Brome
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) VI: 656. Brome (1661): 65-67.
- Title:
- A Collection of Loyal Songs [vol I] [?not Suarez?] [T145238] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.199-201
- Poem Title:
- LXXIII. The merry Goodfellow.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Merry drollery compleat [ESTC R221825]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 326-8
- Poem Title:
- The merry Goodfellow.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Academy of Complements with Many New Additions [ESTC R28041]
- Page No(s):
- pp.327-8
- Poem Title:
- Song 187.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The new academy of complements [ESTC R11946]
- Page No(s):
- p.100-101
- Poem Title:
- Song 22.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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