In elder times there was of yore
- DMI number:
- 36960
- First Line:
- In elder times there was of yore
- Last Line:
- Will all be merry together
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Ballad, Ballad metre, Narrative verse, and Octet abcbdefe
- Themes:
- Food and drink, Money / wealth, Nature, Poverty, The monarchy (heads of state), Virtue / vice, and Women / the female character
- Title:
- Old ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date [T146587] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.11-21
- Poem Title:
- III. King Alfred and the Shepherd. With the humours of Gillian, the shepherd's wife.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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