Elegies & laments
Sorrowful lamentation of William Thomson, who is now lying under the awful sentence of death, in the Calton Jail, and who is to be executed on Thursday the 1st of March, at Dalkeith with an account of his behaviour since his condemnation
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| English ballads > Elegies & laments > Sorrowful lamentation of William Thomson, who is now lying under the awful sentence of death, in the Calton Jail, and who is to be executed on Thursday the 1st of March, at Dalkeith with an account of his behaviour since his condemnation |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74896429 |
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| Description | First line reads: Tir'd of the bustle of the day. In two columns. In prose and verse. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.3267 |
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| 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. |
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