Net for a Night Raven, A, or, A Trap for a Scold

DESCRIPTION: "Here is a merry song; if that you please to buy it, 'Twill show how you may money get...." Hearers are told of the high qualities of "Virginny": those who go there will be wealthy and happy. The husband of a scolding wife sends her there
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1675 (Bodleian broadside 4o Rawl. 566(165))
KEYWORDS: exile husband wife money humorous
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Palmer-OxfordBookOfSeaSongs 17, "A Net for a Night Raven, or, A Trap for a Scold" (1 text)
Roud #41990
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, 4o Rawl. 566(165), A net for a night-raven; or, A trap for a scold, F. Coles, T. Vere, J Wright (London), 1663-1674
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Scolding Wife (V)" (theme)
NOTES [49 words]: Palmer-OxfordBookOfSeaSongs says that this is the same song as "The Scolding Wife (V)." It's the same general plot, but there are enough differences in both text and time that I've separated them. Roud does the same, although there are some entries in his list which are, at best, dubious. - RBW
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