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Thus I stand like a Turk with his doxies all round

DMI number:
878
Poem Aliases
Gay. Beggar's opera.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Thus I stand like a Turk with his doxies all round
Last Line:
The wretched today may be happy tomorrow
Poem Genre / Form:
Song
Themes:
Sex / relations between the sexes
Related People
Author:
John Gay
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Beggar's Opera Act 3 Scene 17. Fuller (1983) II.
Content/Publication
Title:
The New Vocal Miscellany. Containing near 200 Songs [T179110] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
p.136
Poem Title:
Song 171. Lumps of Pudding.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed