A man may lead a happy life
- DMI number:
- 22257
- First Line:
- A man may lead a happy life
- Last Line:
- For jobs through all the town they roam
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Comic verse and Couplet
- Themes:
- Marriage, Religion, Sex and bawdy humour, Sex / relations between the sexes, and Social order
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dearing and Beckwith (1974) I: 217-221.
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [T41632 vol. 1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.282-283
- Poem Title:
- Work for a Cooper. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gay.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [part 2] [T198536]
- Page No(s):
- pp.109-114
- Poem Title:
- Work for a Cooper. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [T100480] [vol II]
- Page No(s):
- pp.36-41
- Poem Title:
- Work For A Cooper. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [T130695]
- Page No(s):
- pp.259-264
- Poem Title:
- Work for a Cooper. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The muse in good humour or a collection of comic tales. By the most eminent poets [vol I] [T41630] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.282-287
- Poem Title:
- Work for a Cooper. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
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