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Russian bear

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(1) Russian bear
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74891431
Description	The ballad concerns the outbreak of the Crimean War. First line reads: As a fair one of England was musing by the/ rolling sea. In one column. Tune: - Grand conversation under the rose.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.1565
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1853 [Date printed] Crimean War, 1853-1856 [Date/event in text] 1800-1900 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Wars Ballads
Person / organisation:	A. Ryle and Co. [Printer]
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English ballads
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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.
Attribution and copyright:	Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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