Room room for a blade of the town
- DMI number:
- 5412
- First Line:
- Room room for a blade of the town
- Last Line:
- And there's an end of bully
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abab
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes, Violence, and Wit
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Vieth (1968): 232. Noted but omitted.
- Author:
- Thomas D'Urfey
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Variant of 'The Bully'. A New Collection of Songs and Poems (1683, ESTC R30963): 3. Vieth (1968): 232. 'By Thomas D'Urfey'.
- First Line:
- Room room for a blade of the town
- Last Line:
- And there's an end to bully
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of the Right Honourable the Earls of Rochester, and Roscommon... The Third Edition (1709) [N36008]
- Page No(s):
- p.5
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The miscellaneous works of the Right Honourable the late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol I] [T95468]
- Page No(s):
- pp.11-12
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset; the dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire [Vol I] [T94654]
- Page No(s):
- p.105
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon and Dorset; the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c [Vol I] [T130333]
- Page No(s):
- p.105
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset [vol. I] [BL]
- Page No(s):
- pp.127-128
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, also those of the Dukes of Devonshire and Buckinghamshire [T95243]
- Page No(s):
- p.78
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire [Vol I] [T94653]
- Page No(s):
- p.105
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset: The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol I] [T95240]
- Page No(s):
- p.161
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset [Vol I] [ECCO] [N25977]
- Page No(s):
- p.106
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset [Vol I] [T94657]
- Page No(s):
- p.106
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire [Vol I] [T95241]
- Page No(s):
- p.106
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire, &c. [Vol I] [T152378 ]
- Page No(s):
- p.106
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c [Vol I] [T95242]
- Page No(s):
- pp.137-138
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c. [Vol I] [N35509]
- Page No(s):
- pp.127-128
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset; the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c. [Vol I] [ECCO] [N35511]
- Page No(s):
- pp.124-125
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester [T94656]
- Page No(s):
- pp.136-137
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The works of the Right Honourable the late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol I] [T95392]
- Page No(s):
- pp.73-74
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- Title:
- The Works of the Right Honourable the Late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol I]. [T94652]
- Page No(s):
- pp.11-12
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
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