Courtship & marriage
Fun upon fun or, The butcher in his glory at the sale of the beauty of Bethnal-Green
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| English ballads > Courtship & marriage > Fun upon fun or, The butcher in his glory at the sale of the beauty of Bethnal-Green |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74892496 |
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| Description | " ... in Smithfield market, on Friday last, giving an account how she was sold to a baker for twenty guineas". In prose and verse. First line of text reads: Another disgraceful transaction took place in/ Smithfield-market on Friday last. First line of verse reads: Come listen ye lovers of fun to this song. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.1927 |
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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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