Ye gallants of Newgate whose fingers are nice
- DMI number:
- 15421
- First Line:
- Ye gallants of Newgate whose fingers are nice
- Last Line:
- And every man round me rob if he please
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Topical satire and Song with refrain
- Themes:
- Crime[Highwaymen], Ireland[Wood's half-pence], and Places[Newgate]
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dearing and Beckwith (1974) I: 287-289.
- Author:
- Jonathan Swift
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Swift Poems Project, Y13- ('Doubtfully by Swift')
- Title:
- A Supplement to Dr. Swift's and Mr. Pope's Works [ECCO] [T48930]
- Page No(s):
- pp.347-349
- Poem Title:
- Newgate's Garland: Being a new Ballad, shewing how Mr. Jonathan Wild's Throat was cut from Ear to Ear with a Penknife, by Mr. Blake, alias Blueskin, the bold Highwayman, as he stood at his Tryal in the Old-Baily. 1725.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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