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M'Kenna's dream

(45) M'Kenna's dream

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(1) M'Kenna's dream
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DescriptionM'Kenna's dream - first line reads: One night of late I chanced to stray, all in the/ pleasant month of May. The young soldier's farewell to his sweetheart - first line reads: Farewell, my dearest Mary, for India I am/ bound. In two columns with an illustration above the second.
ShelfmarkCrawford.EB.2944
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Emigration & farewells
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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