Elegies & laments
Sorrowful lamentation on the burning of the Catholic Chapel, at Santiago in America
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| English ballads > Elegies & laments > Sorrowful lamentation on the burning of the Catholic Chapel, at Santiago in America |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74893183 |
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| Description | " ... By which 2,000 ladies were burned to death, most of the majority ladies of high life". The fire at Santiago, Chile took place on the 8th December, 1863. First line reads: Good christians all both great and small I pray now lend an ear. In one column with a woodcut above the title. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.2163 |
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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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