The King and the Abbot single work   poetry   humour   "I'll sing, an' it please ye, a 'ryghte merrie ditty':"
Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 The King and the Abbot
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Notes

  • Author's note: Translated metrically from the German of 'Burger'.
  • This is not the same translation as the one appearing in the Colonist, 43 (22 October 1835). (See 'The King and the Abbot' by 'Germanicus' for comparison.)

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