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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

2098 John Flether 1579-1625 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2098
AUTHOR:John Fletcher (1579–1625)
QUOTATION:Three merry boys, and three merry boys,
And three merry boys are we, 1
As ever did sing in a hempen string
Under the gallows-tree.
ATTRIBUTION:The Bloody Brother. Act iii. Sc. 2.
 
Note 1.
Three merry men be we.—George Peele: Old Wives’ Tale, 1595. John Webster (quoted): Westward Hoe, 1607. [back]