Tag Archives: Ballads

The ballad singers

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A poor family in rags sing on a city streets to earn money. The man, a veteran with a peg leg, plays the violin; his uniform is patched up. The boy wears no shoes and a coat too big for him; he holds out a hat to collect the money. The woman wears a ragged dress and a patched cloak covering a baby on her back; she carries a basket with loaded with the broadsides for sale.

  • Printmaker: Sears, Robert, active 1800- printmaker.
  • Title: The ballad singers [graphic] / Mercer del. ; Sears sculp.
  • Publication: [London] : Published by T. Smyth & sold by A. Parsey, Burlington Arcade, [1828?]

Catalog Record

828.00.00.117

Acquired September 2023

The sporting ladies reply to Mr Reynard the Fox’s list

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  • 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?]

Catalog Record

File 646 820 Sp764

Acquired April 2022

The celebrated ballad of Sweet robin

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  • 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?]

Catalog Record

Quarto 74 824 C773

Acquired June 2022

Wanki Fongo, or, Chief of the Yankee Doodles

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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]

Catalog Record

File 763 828 W187

Acquired October 2021

La Loire Frigate, or, Yeo! Yeo!

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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?]

Catalog Record

File 763 805 L834

Acquired October 2021

 

A garland of new songs

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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]

Catalog Record

File 74 800 G233 no. 11

Acquired April 2021

The messenger of mortality

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see description belowFirst 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]

Catalog Record 

822.00.00.64+

Acquired June 2019

A garland of new songs

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collection of ballads

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]

Catalog Record 

File 74 800 G233 no. 1 – no. 9

Acquired March 2019