Politics & government
Abolition of the Corn Laws
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| English ballads > Politics & government > Abolition of the Corn Laws |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74891653 |
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| Description | The ballad is concerned with the proposed repeal of the Corn Laws, which eventually happened in 1846. First line reads: Attend awhile and you shall hear. In two columns. Tune: - King of the Cannibal Islands. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.1640 |
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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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