Tom and Will were shepherds swains
- DMI number:
- 4839
- First Line:
- Tom and Will were shepherds swains
- Last Line:
- Let them go shake their ears
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Octet ababcdcd, Pastoral, Narrative verse, and Ballad
- Themes:
- Friendship, Love, and Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- Sidney Godolphin
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- LION
- First Line:
- Tom and Will were shepherd swains
- Last Line:
- Let them go shake their ears
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Tom and Will were shepherds twain
- Last Line:
- Let them go shake their ears
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [Vol II] [2nd ed] [ESTC T144721]
- Page No(s):
- pp.179-181
- Poem Title:
- The Ballad of Tom and Will.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. With introductions historical and critical. [Vol II] [N166]
- Page No(s):
- pp.179-181
- Poem Title:
- The Ballad of Tom and Will.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Examen Poeticum being the third part of miscellany poems [N6500]
- Page No(s):
- pp.250-254
- Poem Title:
- The Ballad of Tom and Will.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Merry drollery compleat [ESTC R221825]
- Page No(s):
- pp. 149-135
- Poem Title:
- Of the two Amorous Swains.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The third part of miscellany poems [ecco] [T117014]
- Page No(s):
- pp.152-172[i.e. 154]
- Poem Title:
- The Ballad of Tom and Will.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The third part of miscellany poems [N49205]
- Page No(s):
- pp.153-155
- Poem Title:
- The Ballad of Tom and Will.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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