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1941.
Old blunt Sir Edward went to see the queen
First Line:
Old blunt Sir Edward went to see the queen
Last Line:
We scarce should know the duchess from the lady
Author:
Edward Ward (Speculation)
DMI number:
7972
1942.
Old Cornatus a cit upbraided his wife
First Line:
Old Cornatus a cit upbraided his wife
Last Line:
The horn ever since each kind female admires
DMI number:
11051
1943.
Old counsellor Double well versed in the laws
First Line:
Old counsellor Double well versed in the laws
Last Line:
He'll gain t'others cause by not speaking at all
DMI number:
25671
1944.
Old Gripus went to buy a suit of clothes
First Line:
Old Gripus went to buy a suit of clothes
Last Line:
You'd swear it as long as all the yards in town
DMI number:
18133
1945.
Old I am rich when young was poor
First Line:
Old I am rich when young was poor
Last Line:
Now I've no appetite to cloy
DMI number:
254
1946.
Old I to show his most elegant taste
First Line:
Old I to show his most elegant taste
Last Line:
With a clump of scotch firs by way of a screen
Author:
Philip Dormer Stanhope (Speculation) & Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation) & John Hervey (Speculation) & James Bramston (Speculation)
DMI number:
26812
1947.
Old lechers to rank leeks compared have been
First Line:
Old lechers to rank leeks compared have been
Last Line:
Whose heads though hoary have their tails yet green
DMI number:
16789
1948.
Old London great and wealthy grown
First Line:
Old London great and wealthy grown
Last Line:
Will praise the bridge that they go over
DMI number:
16182
1949.
Old Olivia wears a mask
First Line:
Old Olivia wears a mask
Last Line:
And so forsooth conceals it
DMI number:
18136
1950.
Old Orpheus played so well he moved old Nick
First Line:
Old Orpheus played so well he moved old Nick
Last Line:
But thou movest nothing but thy fiddle stick
DMI number:
24088
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