I am off to Ireland - Royalty - English ballads

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(1) I am off to Ireland

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https://digital.nls.uk/74891218

Description

" ... so don't you cry for me". Queen Victoria's first official visit to Ireland. First line reads: Albert take your kiddies on your back. In two columns.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.1494

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Library catalogue record

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides

Dates / events:

1849 [Date printed]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]

Subject / content:

Visits of state
Queens (people)
Ballads

Person / organisation:

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 [Subject of text]

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English ballads

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.

Attribution and copyright:

Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

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Subject / content:	Ballads
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