Upon Sir Francis Drake's Return

DESCRIPTION: "Sir Francis, Sir Francis, Sir Francis is come, Sir Robert and eke Sir William, his son, And eke the good earl of Huntingdon, Marched gallantly on the road." The Queen welcomes Drake and Gilbert and their mariners
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1957 (The Common Muse); Palmer suspects it was composed 1581-1584
KEYWORDS: royalty sailor nonballad travel
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Palmer-OxfordBookOfSeaSongs 3, "Upon Sir Francis Drake's Return from his Yoyage about the World, and the Queen's meeting him" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Vivian de Sola Pinto and Allan Edwin Rodway, _The Common Muse: An Anthology of Popular British Poetry XVth-XXth Century_, Chatton & WIndus, 1957, pp. 39-40, "Upon Sir Francis Drake's Return from his Yoyage about the World, and the Queen's meeting him" (1 text)
Roud #V3888
File: PsSe003

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