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New song on the new Drunken Act

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(1) New song on the new Drunken Act
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74894497
Description	First line reads: My jovial friend draw near likewise each jolly toper. In one column with an illustration above the title.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.2608
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides Images > Pictures > Illustrations
Dates / events:	1870 [Date printed] 1800-1900 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > Ireland > Leinster > County Dublin > Dublin borough > Dublin (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Woodcuts (prints) Ballads Alcoholism
Person / organisation:	Brereton, P. (Printer) [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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