Soldiers & sailors

Jack returned from sea

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(1) Jack returned from sea
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74893015
Description	Jack returned from sea - first line reads: Here I am poor Jack. The three flies - first line reads: There were three flies, once on a time. In two columns with a woodcut above the first.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.2105
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides Images > Pictures > Illustrations
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:	Sailors Flies Ballads Woodcuts (prints) Homecomings
Person / organisation:	Pitts, John, 1765-1844 [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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