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| English ballads > Royalty > Five capital new songs |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74894431 |
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| Description | Five ballads. Victoria's coronation took place on June 28th 1838. The weather eye - first line reads: Murphy hath a weather eye. The weather eye: A favourite comic song, written by W. T. Moncrieff, Esq. Queen Vic's coronation - line reads: Never since the golden days. Queen Vic's coronation: A right royal, loyal and allegorial ditty, most humbly inscribed to Her maiden Majesty, by J. Labern. Tune - Norah Creina. The mother's tear - first line reads: Upon the tomb she sat. The mother's tear: An original song, sung at the London concerts. Tune - The soldier's tear. The robber chief - first line reads: Oh, I am a robber free! The robber chief: Tune - The gipsey king. Old Ben the Yankee, or, More Jonathans! - first line reads: Uncle Ben, did you never hear tell. Old Ben the Yankee, or, More Jonathans!: A celebrated comic song, sung by Mr. T. Dillon, with great applause in the Virginian Mummy, Theatre, Durham. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.2586 |
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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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