Catalogue of a collection of English ballads of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries

93—As I lay musing all alone, |
close down by a Chrystal Fountain, |
The Shepher'ds [sic] \ Lamentation | For His | Phillis. |
Tune of, As I lay musing all alone. |
Finis. I
Printed for J. Blare at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge. | [1684-1700.]
I woodcut, I col. 3 verses. Roman Letter.
On the 2nd col. of this sheet is printed "The Jealous Lover's Complaint = While I gaze
on Cloris trembling." q. v.
94—As I lay musing ail alone, |
fa, la, la, la, la, |
The Fryer well Fitted ; [ Or, |
A pretty Jest that once befell,
How a Maid put a Fryer to cool in the Well.
To a Merry Tune. |
[Burden] Fa, la, la, la, la, &c.
Printed for W. Thackeray, & T. Passinger. | [1670-82.]
4 woodcuts, 4 cols. B.L.
No. 271 of Thackeray's List.
Rox.^. Huth^-^.
95—As I lay Slumbering in a Dream, |
methought the world most strangely went; |
The Poets Dream : | Or, The Great Out-cry and Lamentable Com¬
plaint of the Land against | Bayliffs and their Dogs. | Wherein is
Expressed their Villanous Out-rages to poor Men. With a True
De- I scription of their Knavery and their Debuac'h [sic] Actions ;
Prescribed and Presented to the view of all | People.
To the Tune of, Sawny, &c. |
[Burden] And that's the cause, &c.
Finis. I
Printed for P. Brooksby at the Golden Ball near the Bear Tavern | in Pye
Corner. | [1672-95.]
I woodcut, 4 cols. B.L,
Huth^^.