New song and dialogue on the opening of the ports - Politics & government - English ballads

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(1) New song and dialogue on the opening of the ports

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https://digital.nls.uk/74892478

Description

This ballad is concerned with the repeal of the Corn Laws which finally happened in 1846. First line reads: Come listen awhile to my song. In prose and verse. In two columns.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.1921

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides

Dates / events:

1846 [Date printed]
Corn laws (Great Britain), 1815-1846 [Date/event in text]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

Europe > United Kingdom > England > West Midlands > Birmingham borough > Birmingham (inhabited place) [Place printed]

Subject / content:

Ballads
Politics
Legislative acts
Tariffs
Ports

Person / organisation:

Pratt, William (Printer of Birmingham) [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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