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New song called The dear and darling boy

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(1) New song called The dear and darling boy
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DescriptionA new song called The dear and darling boy - first line reads: When first unto this town I came. Brennan on the moor - first line reads: It's of a fearless highway man a story I will tell.
ShelfmarkCrawford.EB.3445
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'Foreigners'
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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