A trifling song you shall hear
- DMI number:
- 452
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- RoSm.
- First Line:
- A trifling song you shall hear
- Last Line:
- And the song is a trifle to boot
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Song and Comic verse
- Composer:
- D. Purcell
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- 'Set by Mr. D. Purcell' (Merry Musician; Musical Miscellany).
- Author:
- George Farquhar
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'The Beaux Strategem' Act 3. Farquhar (1711).
- First Line:
- A trifling song you shall hear
- Last Line:
- And his song is a trifle to boot
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Merry-Musician; or a Cure for the Spleen. Being ...The Second Edition [?not Suarez?]
- Page No(s):
- pp.20-22
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
A Song on a Trifle
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