Where's the roast beef of old England? : a new song : tune- O the roast beef of old England.

Date:
[1800?]
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Where's the roast beef of old England? : a new song : tune- O the roast beef of old England. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Songsheet lamenting the current price of beef and the poor wages of most people who can only afford a few potatoes rather than a full roast beef dinner with plum pudding, or even bread in some cases, harking back to the 'better days' under Elizabeth 1. The woodcut illustration at the top shows a soldier, his left leg amputated below the knee, leaning on a crutch, looking down at 7 rats, with bushes and a wooden door behind him.

Publication/Creation

Golden Square [London] : Kirby, [1800?] (Covent Garden, London : A. Macpherson)

Physical description

1 broadside : illustrations ; 26 cm

References note

ESTC N71214

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    EPH/46/47

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