How happy are we
- DMI number:
- 313
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- How happy are we
- Last Line:
- For a bawd always dies in her drink
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Song and Sestet aabccb
- Themes:
- Money / wealth and Women / the female character
- Composer:
- Mr. Barret
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- 'Compos'd by Mr. Barret'. (Merry Musician).
- Author:
- Thomas Baker
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- The Fine Lady's Airs Act 4 Scene 2, "Song" (1708?, T052938). Authorship discussed in ODNB record.
- Title:
- The Choice [?not Suarez?] [T59141] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.180-181
- Poem Title:
- Song CLI.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Merry Musician, or Pills to Purge Melancholly reviv'd
- Page No(s):
- p.11
- Poem Title:
- The Old Bawd. Compos'd by Mr. Barret.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Merry-Musician; or a Cure for the Spleen. Being ...The Second Edition [?not Suarez?]
- Page No(s):
- pp.73-74
- Poem Title:
- A new Song, in the Play call'd The Lady's fine Airs: Sung by Mr. Pack, in the Figure of a Bawd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The New Vocal Miscellany. Containing near 200 Songs [T179110] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.38-39
- Poem Title:
- Song 53. How happy are we.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Baker. The Fine Lady's Airs.
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