Emigration & farewells
Cradle's crowded
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| English ballads > Emigration & farewells > Cradle's crowded |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74895217 |
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| Description | Cradle's crowded - first line reads: Never empty cradle, though you're in/ my care. Sweet 17 - first line reads: Down in a dell - where I won't tell. My old Irish home - first line reads: It's Dan Magee that here you see. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.2851 |
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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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