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Plough boy

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English ballads > Occupations > Plough boy

(1) Plough boy
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74892664
Description	Two ballads. The plough boy - first line reads: A flaxen-heade cow-boy. Jack Munro - first line reads: In Chatham town there liv'd a worthy merchant-man.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.1987
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides Images > Pictures > Illustrations
Dates / events:	1830 [Date printed] 1800-1900 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Durham > Durham (inhabited place) [Place printed] Europe > United Kingdom > England > Medway > Chatham (inhabited place) [Place in text]
Subject / content:	Agricultural laborers Ballads Woodcuts (prints) Merchants
Person / organisation:	Walker, George (Printer of North Shields) [Printer]
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English ballads
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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.
Attribution and copyright:	Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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