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Lovers parting

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(1) Lovers parting
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DescriptionThe lovers parting - first line reads: Farewell my dearest Henry, since you to sea/ must go. The lovers parting - Tune: Jeanette and Jeannot. I've jouneyed [sic] oft in slap-up vans - first line reads: I've journey'd oft in slap-up van [sic].
ShelfmarkCrawford.EB.1973
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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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