The happy retreat. A parody on My banks are all furnish'd with bees. Same tune.
| Author/creator | Dibdin, Charles |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Salisbury] : Fowler, printer, Salisbury, [1785?] |
| Description | 1 sheet ; 1/12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Uniform title | Mirror. Song |
| General note | A song - "My beehives are furnish'd with bees,". |
| General note | A parody by Charles Dibdin of the second part (entitled 'Hope') of William Shenstone's 'A pastoral ballad, in four parts'; the parody is in Dibdin's 'The mirror', first presented in November 1779 at Covent Garden. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT35995. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |