Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896]

· 1916

"A beggar I'll be" (Anon--1660) "A Gage of Ben Rom-Bouse" (Middleton and Dekker--1611) "A Hundred Stretches Hence" (G. W. Matsell--1859) 'Arry at a Political Picnic (T. Milliken--1884) Beggar's Curse, The (Thomas Dekker--1608) "Bing Out, Bien Morts" (Thomas Dekker--1612) Black Procession, The (Anon--1712) Blooming Æsthetic (Anon--1882) Bobby and His Mary (Anon--1826) Bould Yeoman, The (Pierce Egan--1842) Bridle-cull and his little Pop-gun (Pierce Egan--1842) Budg and Snudg Song, A (Anon--1676) Banter's Christening, The (G. Parker--1789) By-blow of the Jug, The (Pierce Egan--1842) Cadger's Ball, The (Anon--1852) Canter's Serenade, The (Anon--1725) Chickaleary Cove, The (Vance--1864) "Come all…

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