Lass of ----town - Courtship & marriage - English ballads

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(1) Lass of ----town

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Description

Two ballads. The lass of ----town - first line reads: As down by --- Barracks. The frolicsome widow - first line reads: I'll sing of a widow I know her quite well.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.1573

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides

Dates / events:

1840-1866 [Probable date printed]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

Europe > United Kingdom > England > East Riding of Yorkshire > Preston (inhabited place) [Place printed]

Subject / content:

Ballads
Girls
Widows
Barracks
Abbey churches

Person / organisation:

Harkness, John (Printer) [Printer]

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English ballads

Description

Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

Attribution and copyright:

Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

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Subject / content:	Abbey churches
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