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Bees wing
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| English ballads > Sports & entertainments > Bees wing |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74891743 |
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| Description | Two ballads. The text refers to the race horse Bee's wing and the jockey Jack Cartwright. Bee's wing - first line reads: The Bee! the Bee! the bonny Bee! To Mary - first line reads: Some sing of Julia, some of Jean. Bee's wing: Air - The sea! |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.1670 |
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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. |
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