Sir John he bought him an ambling nag

DMI number:

19528

First Line:

Sir John he bought him an ambling nag

Last Line:

And never saw the enemy more a

Poem Genre / Form:

Ballad metre and Ballad

Themes:

Jacobitism, Virtue / vice[Cowardice], and War

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Sir John he got him an ambling nag

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Content/Publication

Title:

The foundling hospital for wit [vol. III] [T64450]

Page No(s):

pp.30-31

Poem Title:

Sir John Suckling, an old Ballad, Adapted to a Modern General.

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Title:

The foundling hospital for wit [vol. III] [T64451] [different setting to T64450]

Page No(s):

pp.30-31

Poem Title:

Sir John Suckling, an old Ballad, Adapted to a Modern General.

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Not attributed