Allen's farewell to his love - Crime & punishment - English ballads

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(1) Allen's farewell to his love

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Description

Two ballads. William Phillip Allen, Michael Larkin and Michael O'Brien were executed on 23rd November 1867. Allen's farewell to his love - first line reads: Farewell love, farewell love, I am going to leave/ thee. The soldier's letter to his parents - first line reads: Dear parents I do write, though I'm weeping day/ and night.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.1968

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides

Dates / events:

1867 [Date printed]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater Manchester > Manchester urban district > Manchester (inhabited place) [Place printed]

Subject / content:

Ballads
Executions (events)
Farewells
Soldiers
Letters (correspondence)
Parents

Person / organisation:

Fenian Brotherhood [Subject of text]

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English ballads

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.

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