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9. 'Three Merry Men be We,' p. [71]. Tw. Nt. II, iii, 76. Words from Peele's 'Old Wives Tale,' 1595, where it is sung. Music from J. Playford, 1650 circ., but may be older.
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10. 'There Dwelt a Man in Babylon,' p. [71]. Tw. Nt. II, iii, 80. Music anon., but most probably later than Shakespeare's time.
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Here is one verse of the 'Ballad of Constant Susanna,' to which Toby refers.
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'There dwelt a man in Babylon Of reputation great by fame; He took to wife a faire woman, Susanna she was callde by name. A woman faire and vertuous, Lady, lady! Why should we not of her learn thus To live godly?' |