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Highland soldier
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| English ballads > Scotland > Highland soldier |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74895067 |
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| Description | The Highland soldier - first line reads: Of all the towns that I have been in. Poor man's labour never done - first line reads: When I was a young man I lived rarely. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.2800 |
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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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