Emigration & farewells
My bonny boy is young but he's growing
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| English ballads > Emigration & farewells > My bonny boy is young but he's growing |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74894947 |
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| Description | My bonny boy is young but he's growing - first line reads: O the trees that grow high, and the leaves that do/ grow green. Norah MacShane - first line reads: I've left Ballymornach a long way behind me. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.2760 |
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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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