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Notes:  Slip. Harding B 22(100) is another edition.

Ballad - Roud Number: 1519

Title: The frolicksome keeper. A new song

First Line: There was a keeper, a keeper, I know

Themes:  Sexual intercourse ,  Gamekeepers

Imprint Names:  Morgan, J. ,  Paul, H.

Imprint Locations:  London ,  London

Date  18--

Imprint: [1] H. Paul, Printer, 22, Brick lane, Spitalfields [2] Paul Printer 18 Great Saint Andrew Stree[t] 7 Dials, And sold by J. Morgan 46 Brick Lane Spitalfields

1st Ballad - Roud Number: V16508

Title: The London merchant's daugher, and her young sailor bold

First Line: Young men and maid maidens pray give attention

Tune: The banks of sweet primroses

Themes:  Courtship - difference in social status ,  Lovers reunited

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 1402

Title: The beautiful muff

First Line: A buxom young damsel on a cold winter's night

Tune: Dumble down deary

Notes:  Johnson Ballads 640 is another issue of this ballad alone

Themes:  Sexual intercourse