Further reading
The ballad in Scottish history, edited
by Edward J. Cowan (East Linton: Tuckwell Press,
2000)
[Shelfmark: HP2.201.01949]
The British broadside ballad and its music,
by Claude M. Simpson (New Brunswick: Rutgers, 1966.)
[Shelfmark: Mus.5]
The broadside ballad: a study in origins and
meaning, by Leslie Shepard (London: Herbert
Jenkins, 1962)
[Shelfmark: NG.1560.g.5]
The encyclopaedia of Scottish executions 1750-1963,
by Alex F Young (Orpington, Kent: Eric Dobby Publishing,
1998)
[Shelfmark: H3.200.2158]
English and Scottish popular ballads,
by Francis James Child (first published 1883-1898)
[Shelfmark: Lit.S.42]
The history of street literature: the story
of broadside ballads, chapbooks, proclamations,
news-sheets, election bills, tracts, pamphlets,
cocks, catchpennies, and other ephemera, by
Leslie Shepard (Newton Abbot: David & Charles,
1973)
[Shelfmark: NE.1011.f.25]
Murders and moralities: English catchpenny
prints 1800-1860, by Thomas Gretton, See introduction
p. 7-22.
[Shelfmark: HP3.81.1178]
Print and the people 1819-1951, edited
by Louis James (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1978)
[Shelfmark: P.med.3109/4]
The printed image and the transformation of
popular culture 1790-1860, by Patricia Anderson
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991). See introduction
and chapter 1.
[National Library shelfmark: HP2.94.5960]
Songs and ballads of Dundee, by Nigel Gatherer
(Edinburgh: John Donald, 1986)
[Shelfmark: Mus.Box.q.272.6]
The songs of Scotland prior to Burns. With
the tunes, edited by Robert Chambers (Edinburgh:
W. & R. Chambers, 1862)
[Shelfmark: Hall.275.d]
Sons of Scotia raise your voice: early 19th-century
broadsides from a collection in Edinburgh University
Library, edited by Peter Freshwater (Edinburgh:
Friends of Edinburgh University Library, 1991)
[Shelfmark: H3.92.2745]
The story of street literature: forerunner
of the popular press, by Robert Collison (London:
J.M. Dent, 1973)
[Shelfmark: NG.1195.f.9]
The traditional and national music of Scotland,
by Francis Collinson (London: Routledge,1966)
[Shelfmark: Mus.4]
Links
Glasgow University Library
Website on broadside ballads
http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/collection/broadside.html
Bodleian Library
Useful links and help screen
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ballads/links.htm
Contemplator website
Folk songs of Scotland
http://www.contemplator.com/scotland/
Broadside ballads
http://www.contemplator.com/history/broadside.html
The Traditional Ballad Index
http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/BalladSearch.html
Scottish Music Information Centre
http://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/
Streetprint: private collection of street literature held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
http://www.crcstudio.org/streetprint/
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