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Melo-dramatic, tragi-comic medley

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(1) Melo-dramatic, tragi-comic medley
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74891905
Description	Melo-dramatic, tragi-comic medley - first line reads: Carry me back to Old Virginia. The felon's return to his native land - first line reads: Thrice hail lovely Erin, the land of my sire.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.1725
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides Images > Pictures > Illustrations
Dates / events:	1870 [Date printed] 1800-1900 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England (country) [Place printed] North and Central America > United States > Virginia (state) [Place in text]
Subject / content:	Woodcuts (prints) Ballads Criminals
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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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