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Welcome home our gallant soldiers
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| English ballads > Wars > Crimean War (1853-1856) > Welcome home our gallant soldiers |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74891941 |
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| Description | This ballad celebrates victory in the Crimean War in 1856. Welcome home our gallant soldiers - first line reads: Cheer up, cheer up, britannia's sons. What will you do love - first line reads: What will you do love when I am going. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.1739 |
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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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