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Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15366. ^A478749
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General note | Song in four parts; first line: Three Tories, in very foul weather. The three Tories are introduced in the first part (tune, The world is a well furnish'd table). In the following parts each sings a song. Second part: The broker (tune, Hosier's ghost). Third part: the printer (tune (God save the King). Fourth part: The Quaker (tune, Babes in the wood). According to Hildeburn, the persons lampooned are William Smith (the broker), James Rivington (the printer), and Samuel Rhodes Fisher (the Quaker). |
General note | Attributed to Francis Hopkinson in: Hastings, G.E. The life and works of Francis Hopkinson, 1926, p. 305. |
General note | Place of publication supplied by Shipton & Mooney. Date of publication from Hastings. Evans erroneously supplies 1777 as date of publication. |
General note | Text in two columns. |
References |
Evans 15366 |
References |
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 210 |
Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15366). |
Genre/form | Broadsides. |
Genre/form | Songs. |
Other title |
World is a well furnish'd table (Tune) |
Other title |
Hosier's ghost (Tune) |
Other title |
God save the King. |
Other title |
Babes in the wood (Tune) |