Boys of Ballanmore - Courtship & marriage - English ballads

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(1) Boys of Ballanmore

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Description

Two ballads. The boys of Ballanmore - first line reads: Come all you young Irishmen, that are inclined to roam. The knickerbocker line - first line reads: My love she is tailoress, a tailores [sic] by trade.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.1877

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Library catalogue record

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides

Dates / events:

1860 [Date printed]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater Manchester > Manchester urban district > Manchester (inhabited place) [Place printed]

Subject / content:

Ballads
Immigrants
Agricultural laborers
Abbey churches

Person / organisation:

Pearson, T. (Printer of Manchester) [Printer]
Irish [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:	Abbey churches
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