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Be kind to my mother when I'm gone

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(1) Be kind to my mother when I'm gone
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DescriptionBe kind to my mother when I'm gone - first line reads: Let me whisper to you, father, ere my voice is closed in death. Banks of the Nile - first line reads: Hark I hear the drums beating - no longer can I stay.
ShelfmarkCrawford.EB.2507
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Sons & daughters
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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