Emigration & farewells
Moon behind the hill!
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| English ballads > Emigration & farewells > Moon behind the hill! |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74893486 |
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| Description | Three ballads. The moon behind the hill! - first line reads: I watch'd last night the rising moon. The wandering refugee - first line reads: Farewell mother, home and friends. first line reads: Fair as the morn, in summer time breaking. The fair girls of Erin - Written by John Styne, Birmingham. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.2264 |
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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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