A mournful lamentation for the sad and deplorable death of Mr. Old Tenor
Subtitle: a native of New-England, who, after a long confinement, by a deep and mortal wound which he received above twelve months before, expired on the 31st day of March, 1750. He lived beloved, and died lamented. : To the mournful tune of, Chevy-Chace
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 6512
Publisher: Sold [by Thomas Fleet] at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill, Boston ...
Published: 1750
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Old Tenor; Money -- Massachusetts -- Songs and music; Paper money -- Massachusetts -- Songs and music; Massachusetts -- Economic conditions -- Anecdotes
Genres: Songs and music; Anecdotes
Other titles: Chevy Chase (Tune)
Notes: Song, in twelve stanzas, lamenting, in a satirical fashion, the withdrawal from circulation of certain issues of paper currency in Massachusetts. First line: A doleful tale prepare to hear

Attributed to Joseph Green by Evans, Ford, and Wegelin. Cf. Sibley's Harvard graduates, v. 8, p. 42-53

Advertised in the April 2, 1750, issue of the Boston evening post: This day is published, and sold by T. Fleet, at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill

Text in two columns; surrounded by mourning border

Evans 6512

Ford, W.C.  Broadsides, 915

Wegelin, O.  Amer. poetry, 187

Digital image available in the Readex/Newsbank Digital Evans series

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6512)