Song III. When This Old Book Was New

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Song III. When This Old Book Was New

Poet(s)

Lockhart, John Gibson

Unsigned

Credits

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 11:60, 86–89, January 1822.

First line

When this Old Book was new

Authorship

Unsigned

Related poems

Linked as a series in the same issue

Song I. Comparisons are Odious. A Chaunt
Song II. Cobbett’s Complaint. A Dirge
When This Old Cap Was New
The Wine-Bibber’s Glory—A New Song
Ye Gentlemen of England. An Excellent New Whig Song

Notes and attribution research

Poem included in Ancient National Melodies (86-90). To the tune of ‘When This Old Cap Was New’. Musical score included (KAF). Poet attribution: Strout 91 (AC).

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Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 9691

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Song III. When This Old Book Was New