Emigration & farewells

Sailor's farewell

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(1) Sailor's farewell
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74892616
Description	Two ballads. The sailor's farewell - first line reads: Farewell! Mary, I must leave thee. The rover of the seas - first line reads: I'm rover of the seas.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.1971
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides Images > Pictures > Illustrations
Dates / events:	1830 [Date printed] 1800-1900 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Durham > Durham (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Ballads Woodcuts (prints) Farewells Sailors
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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