" ... Written at Tunbridge". First line reads: Now, happy spring, retrieve thy sinking name. In one column. Printed beneath the imprint: (Price 2d.). In praise of Marlborough and the beauties of his daughters. Sometimes attributed to John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham.
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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Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.