- Title: The smile and the tear.
- Publication: Norwich : Printed and sold by R. Walker, near the Duke’s Palace, [183-?]
File 763 830 Sm641
Acquired May 2022
The smile and the tear
Reply
Tag Archives: Ballads
The sporting ladies reply to Mr Reynard the Fox’s list
- Title: The sporting ladies reply to Mr Reynard the Fox’s list, or Burlesque, on them, and their profession, &c. : hawked by a black badger, his secretary.
- Publication: Edinburgh : Printed for the author, [ca 1820?]
File 646 820 Sp764
Acquired April 2022
The celebrated ballad of Sweet robin
- Creator: Cooke, T. (Thomas), 1782-1848.
- Uniform Title: [Sweet robin]
- Title: The celebrated ballad of Sweet robin, as sung at teh Theatre Royal by Mrs. Cooke : arranged with an accompaniment for the piano forté or harp / by T. Cooke.
- Publication: London : Printed by Goulding, D’Almaine, Potter, & Co., 20, Soho Square, & 7, Westmorland Strt., Dublin, [1810?]
Quarto 74 824 C773
Acquired June 2022
Wanki Fongo, or, Chief of the Yankee Doodles
A comic folk song about the wedding of Wanki Fongo Chi Chou Chu, Chief of the Yankee Doodles.
- Title: Wanki Fongo, or, Chief of the Yankee Doodles.
- Publication: [London] : Printed by T. Birt, wholesale and retail, 10, Great St. Andrew-Street, Seven Dials, London, [approximately 1828]
File 763 828 W187
Acquired October 2021
Free trade in beer!
A popular song on the Alehouse Act of 1828 and the Beerhouse Act of 1830.
- Title: Free trade in beer!.
- Publication: [London] : Printed by T. Birt, 10 Great St. Andrew-Street, Seven Dials, [approximately 1830]
File 763 830 F875
Acquired October 2021
La Loire Frigate, or, Yeo! Yeo!
Refers to an incident in Muros Bay, June 4, 1805, in which the privateer L’Esperance was captured by the British through the exertions of Lt. Yeo of the Loire.
- Title: La Loire Frigate, or, Yeo! Yeo!.
- Publication: [London] : Printed and sold by J. Jennings, No. 15, Water-lane, Fleet-street, [1805?]
File 763 805 L834
Acquired October 2021
A garland of new songs
A chapbook.
- Title: A garland of new songs. : William and Margaret; Mary’s dream; Roy’s wife of Aldivalloch; My Nannie, O; Death or liberty.
- Publication: Newcastle upon Tyne : Printed by J. Marshall, in the Old Flesh-Market. Where may also be had, a large and curious assortment of songs, ballads, tales, histories, &c., [between 1800 and 1831]
File 74 800 G233 no. 11
Acquired April 2021
The messenger of mortality
First line: Fair lady, lay your costly robes aside …
Woodcut image: a scene in a room with two windows and a table with a lighted candle. On the right Death wearing a crown and holding an arrow and hourglass stands next to a lady who is holding her child’s hand. Beside the child stands a gentleman (doctor). On the ground at Death’s feet are a shovel and emblems of power(?).
- Title: The messenger of mortality, or, A dialogue between Death and the lady.
- Publication: [York, England] : Carrall, printer, Walmgate, York, [between 1822 and 1834]
822.00.00.64+
Acquired June 2019
A garland of new songs
A collection of nine ballads with no music.
- Title: A garland of new songs
- Publication: Newcastle upon Tyne : Printed by J. Marshall, in the Old Flesh-Market, where may also be had, a large and interesting collection of songs, ballads, tales, histories, &c., [between 1800 and 1831]
File 74 800 G233 no. 1 – no. 9
Acquired March 2019
Life in London, or, The sprees of Tom and Jerry
A broadside with a collection of songs
“Notice. This is to give notice to those persons who are in the constant habit of pirating my copyrights that if they dare to print any part of this sheet, they shall be proceeded against according to the law. James Catnach”
- Title: Life in London, or, The sprees of Tom and Jerry : attempted in cuts and verse / quod Jas. C-n-h, March 23, 1822.
- Edition: Eighth edition.
- Publication: London : Printed and sold by J. Catnach, 2 Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials, [23 March 1822]
Catalog Record & Digital Collection
822.00.00.63++
Acquired July 2016