Silly old man - Courtship & marriage - English ballads

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(1) Silly old man

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https://digital.nls.uk/74892469

Description

Two ballads. The silly old man - first line reads: Come listen awhile and I'll sing you a song. The constant lovers - first line reads: A sailor courted a farmer's daughter.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.1918

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Library catalogue record

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides

Dates / events:

1820-1844 [Probable date printed]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]

Subject / content:

Ballads
Courtships
Marriage (social construct)
Sailors
Abbey churches

Person / organisation:

Pitts, John, 1765-1844 [Printer]

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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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