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Rake of Kildare

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(1) Rake of Kildare
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74891488
Description	The rake of Kildare - first line reads: As I roved thro' the town to view the pretty lass. The bold deserter - first line reads: My parents reared me tenderly, I being their/ eldest son.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.1585
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides Images > Pictures > Illustrations
Dates / events:	1850 [Date printed] 1800-1900 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > Republic of Ireland > Leinster > County Kildare > Kildare (inhabited place) [Place in text]
Subject / content:	Woodcuts (prints) Ballads Soldiers Military deserters Seduction
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English ballads
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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.

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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