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Isle of beauty fare-thee-well

(49) Isle of beauty fare-thee-well

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(1) Isle of beauty fare-thee-well
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DescriptionThree ballads. Isle of beauty fare-thee-well - first line reads: Shades of evening close not o'er us. The Welsh harper - first line reads: Over the sunny hills I stray. Yes, I will leave the festive scene.
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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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