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(1) Success to the shamrock rose & thistle

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Description

This ballad can be dated after the Crimean War, the text mentions the battle at Alma and 'ironclads' these warships were not developed until ca. 1865. First line reads: Rumours of war are flying through the world. Tune: Union Jack. In two columns.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.3054

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides

Dates / events:

1870 [Date printed]
Alma, Battle of the, Ukraine, 1854 [Date/event in text]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

Europe > United Kingdom > England (country) [Probable place printed]
Asia > Russia (nation) [Place in text]

Subject / content:

Ballads
Battles
Warships
International relations

Person / organisation:

Russians [Subject of text]

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English ballads

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.

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