Citation - Newport Mercury: 1783.10.25

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Index Entry Arne: Girdle, The [t] [beg] To try a shepherd, once a fair one plac'd 
Location London 
Citation
NM.783.069
25 Oct 1783:41 (1152)
London, August [   ]
THE GIRDLE A FAVOURITE CANTATA.
Sung by Mr. Arrowsmith, at Vauxhall.  Composed by Mr. Arne.
Recitative.
To try a shepherd, once a fair one plac'd
A favourite girdle round her slender waist:
This girdle now shall part me into two,
Gay Phillis cries, and either half's for you;
. . . [4 lines, then 8 line air, then another of each]


Generic Title Newport Mercury 
Date 1783.10.25 
Publisher Barber, Henry 
City, State Newport, RI 
Year 1783 
Bibliography B0032736
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