Have you not heard of a pious fray
- DMI number:
- 9972
- First Line:
- Have you not heard of a pious fray
- Last Line:
- Amidst the gaping crowd | To St Andrew's we will go will go will go | To St Andrew's we will go
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Song with refrain
- Themes:
- Fighting / conflict and Religion
- Author:
- John Breval
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- The Church-Scuffle: or, News from St. Andrew’s (1719, ESTC N1640). ODNB states: 'Curll invented the fictitious author Joseph Gay [...] and Breval was the principal—but not the only—writer to assume the disguise.'
- Title:
- The court miscellany in prose and verse [Part I] [P2603]
- Page No(s):
- pp.8-14
- Poem Title:
- The Church-Scuffle: Or, News from St. Andrew's. A Ballad. To the Tune of, A Begging we will go.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Joseph Gay
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Gay
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