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Jack tar, or the green bed empty

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(1) Jack tar, or the green bed empty
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DescriptionTwo ballads. Jack tar, or The green bed empty - first line reads: Come listen awhile and I'll tell you a story concerning of one. The butcher and the tailor's wife - first line reads: There was a wealthy tailor.
ShelfmarkCrawford.EB.1919
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Soldiers & sailors
English ballads
DescriptionCollection 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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  • Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.
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