Emigration & farewells
Little Jim, the carter lad
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| English ballads > Emigration & farewells > Little Jim, the carter lad |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74892610 |
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| Description | Three 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. Let me kiss him for his mother - first line reads: Let me kiss him for his mother. Little Jim the carter lad - first line reads: My name is Jim the carter, a jolly cock am I. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.1969 |
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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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