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Flower of the bobby force
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| English ballads > Ireland > Flower of the bobby force |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74891818 |
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| Description | The text speaks of events in 1874. First line reads: Brave boys gather round me, I know attention you will pay. In one column with a woodcut above the title. At foot of text: Composed by the Poet Laureate, set to music, and sung with unbounded applause to a select audience, by the Speaking Gardenor [sic], at the Harper's Concert Rooms, Milltown. Entered at Stationer's Hall. Copyright reserved. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.1695 |
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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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