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(1) Murder of Betsy Smith
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74891983
Description	Murder of Betsy Smith - first line reads: Come all false-hearted young men and listen to my song. My ain fireside - first line reads: Come, my lads, let's mount and go.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.1753
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides Images > Pictures > Illustrations
Dates / events:	1860 [Date printed] 1800-1900 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Durham > Durham (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Woodcuts (prints) Ballads Murders
Person / organisation:	Walker, George (Printer of North Shields) [Printer]
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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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