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Edition - Bod1034

Imprint Names:  Catnach, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1813 and 1838

Imprint: Printed and Sold by James Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials

Notes:  Two titles on an uncut sheet


1st Ballad - Roud Number: V7181

Title: The tiger hunters. A glee

First Line: O'er dreary wastes and deserts wild

Themes:  Hunting

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 8516

Title: My ain kind deary, O

First Line: Will ye gang o'er the lee-rigg

Performers:  Broadhurst, Mr.

3rd Ballad - Roud Number: 1288

Title: Betsy Baker

First Line: From noise and bustle for away

Themes:  EducationActorsDoctors

4th Ballad - Roud Number: V6110

Title: Julia to the wood robin

First Line: Stay sweet enchanter of the grove

Performers:  Bland, Maria Theresa, 1769-1838

5th Ballad - Roud Number: V11462

Title: The bower. Favourite song from the Oracle

First Line: I've been to my bower, for I love it's retreat

Performers:  Cawse, Harriet, 1812-1889

6th Ballad - Roud Number: V13801

Title: Let us seek

First Line: Let us seek the yellow shore

Performers:  Bradshaw, Ann Maria, 1801-1862

7th Ballad - Roud Number: V28179

Title: Mary's love

First Line: My morn of life how gay, how blest

8th Ballad - Roud Number: V1600

Title: Fair Ellen

First Line: Fair Ellen like a lily grew

9th Ballad - Roud Number: V5870

Title: Where shall the lover rest

First Line: Where shall the lover rest

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

10th Ballad - Roud Number: V2124

Title: Kelvin grove

First Line: Let us haste to Kelvin grove

Performers:  Braham, John, 1774-1856

11th Ballad - Roud Number: V9566

Title: Isabel

First Line: Wake! dearest wake! and again united

Performers:  Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882

12th Ballad - Roud Number: V24940

Title: Epping hunt

First Line: All the fun is beginning, broad day is approaching

Notes:  Verse and prose

Themes:  Hunting

13th Ballad - Roud Number: 250

Title: Jock of Hazel Dean

First Line: Why weep ye by the tyde lady?

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

14th Ballad - Roud Number: V9065

Title: The Spanish madrigal

First Line: For me my fair a wreath has wove

15th Ballad - Roud Number: V989

Title: The answer to My heart and lute

First Line: Your heart and lute you frankly say

16th Ballad - Roud Number: V3821

Title: Susanna

First Line: Ask if yon damask rose be sweet

17th Ballad - Roud Number: V12383

Title: The graceful move

First Line: When first I saw thee graceful move

18th Ballad - Roud Number: 13775

Title: How sweet in the woodlands

First Line: How sweet in the woodlands, with fleet hound and horn

Themes:  Pastoral

Firth b.25(85/86)

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Edition - Bod5515

Imprint Names:  Peach, R.

Imprint Locations:  Birmingham

Date  between 1855 and 1875

Imprint: R. Peach, Successor to Wright, Printer, Smithfield, Birmingham


Ballad - Roud Number: 14076

Title: Blue bonnets over the border

First Line: March! march! Ettrick and Teviotdale

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Subjects:  Scotland

2806 c.17(41)

Notes:  Slip. Originally a sheet with 2806 c.17(6)


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Edition - Bod5516

Imprint Names:  Armstrong, W.

Imprint Locations:  Liverpool

Date  between 1820 and 1824

Imprint: [Armstrong, Printer, Liverpool]


Ballad - Roud Number: 14076

Title: Blue bonnets over the border

First Line: March, march, Ettrick and Tiviotdale

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Subjects:  Scotland

2806 c.17(42)

Notes:  Slip. Originally a sheet with 2806 c.17(7)


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Edition - Bod5845

Imprint Names:  Pitts, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1819 and 1844

Imprint: Pitts, Printer, Wholesale Toy and Marble Warehouse, 6, Great St. Andrew-street, Seven Dials


1st Ballad - Roud Number: 14076

Title: The blue bonnets are over the border

First Line: March! march! Ettric and Tevot-dale!

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Subjects:  Scotland

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: V5740

Title: Poor Mary Anne

First Line: Here below the green turf sleepeth

Themes:  Death

3rd Ballad - Roud Number: V347

Title: Cherry ripe

First Line: Cherry ripe, cherry ripe, ripe, I cry

Performers:  Vestris (Lucia Elizabeth Mathews), Madame, 1797-1856

Themes:  Street traders

4th Ballad - Roud Number: 13215

Title: Native Highland home

First Line: My Highland home where tempests blow

Themes:  Scotland

Harding B 11(342)

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Edition - Bod5847

Imprint Names:  Pitts, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1819 and 1844

Imprint: Pitts Printer Toy and marble wharehouse [sic], 6 Great St. Andrew St. seven dials


1st Ballad - Roud Number: 14076

Title: The blue bonnets over the border

First Line: March, march Ettrick & Tevio[t]dale

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Subjects:  Scotland

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: V6326

Title: Herrings, fre[sh]

First Line: Herrings freh, [sic] herrings fresh fresh fresh I cry

Themes:  Street tradersCries of London

3rd Ballad - Roud Number: 5754

Title: The goddess Diana

First Line: Hark, the goddess Diana

Themes:  Hunting

4th Ballad - Roud Number: 4788

Title: Three strings to my bow

First Line: I am a girl that's forsaken

Themes:  Unrequited love

5th Ballad - Roud Number: 5137

Title: Roy's wife

First Line: Roy's wife of Aldivalloch

Themes:  Rejected suitor

6th Ballad - Roud Number: V3571

Title: Battle of the Nile

First Line: Arise arise, Britannias sons arise

Themes:  NavalNile, Battle of the, 1798

7th Ballad - Roud Number: V1681

Title: He's all the world to me

First Line: O'er the brake or oer the mountain

Harding B 11(481)

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Johnson Ballads 755

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Johnson Ballads 756

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Johnson Ballads 757

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Edition - Bod472

Imprint Names:  Swindells, A.

Imprint Locations:  Manchester

Date  between 1796 and 1853

Imprint: [A. Swindells, Printer]


Ballad - Roud Number: 14076

Title: Blue bonnets over the border

First Line: March! march! Ettrick and Tiviotdale!

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Subjects:  Scotland

2806 c.17(43)

Notes:  Slip. Originally a sheet with 2806 c.17(100), 2806 c.17(181), and 2806 c.17(246).


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Edition - Bod800

Imprint Names:  Harkness, J.

Imprint Locations:  Preston

Date  between 1840 and 1866

Notes:  Firth c.26(27) is another edition.

Series Identifier: 275


1st Ballad - Roud Number: V660

Title: If I had a donkey wot would not go

First Line: If I had a donkey wot would not go

Themes:  Animals

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 15832

Title: Lochinvar

First Line: Oh! young Lochinvar is come out of the west

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Harding B 11(1691)

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Edition - Bod2039

Imprint Names:  Paul, J. and co.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1838 and 1845

Imprint: James Paul and Co., Printers, 2 & 3, Monmouth Court, Seven Dials


1st Ballad - Roud Number: V15012

Title: The maniac

First Line: Hush! 'tis the night-watch: he guards my lonely cell

Themes:  Insanity

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 14076

Title: The blue bonnets are over the border

First Line: March! march! Ettric and Tevot-dale

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Subjects:  Scotland

3rd Ballad - Roud Number: V5740

Title: Poor Mary Anne

First Line: Here below the green turf sleepeth

Harding B 11(2308)

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Edition - Bod3887

Imprint Names:  Thompson, G.

Imprint Locations:  Liverpool

Date  between 1789 and 1820

Imprint: Thompson, Printer, No. 156, Dale-street

Notes:  The same setting of type as 2806 c.17(171) and 2806 c.17(172) but with a different cut.


Ballad

Title: Human life

First Line: Twist ye, turn ye, ever so

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

2806 c.17(171)

Notes:  Slip. Originally a sheet with 2806 c.17(40).


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Edition - Bod11905

Imprint Names:  Catnach, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1813 and 1838

Imprint: Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials


1st Ballad - Roud Number: V3588

Title: The battle field

First Line: March to the battle field

Themes:  Soldiers

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: V28179

Title: Mary's love

First Line: My morn of life how gay how blest

3rd Ballad - Roud Number: V989

Title: Answer to my heart and lute

First Line: Your heart and lute you frankly say

Themes:  WealthRejected suitor

4th Ballad - Roud Number: 14076

Title: Blue bonnets over the border

First Line: March! march! Ettrick and Teviodalet [sic]

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Subjects:  Scotland

5th Ballad - Roud Number: 13229

Title: Buy a broom

First Line: From Teutchland I came with my light wares all laden

Themes:  Street tradersGermans

Harding B 11(177)

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Edition - Bod14822

Imprint Names:  [s.n.]

Imprint Locations:  [s.l.]

Ballad - Roud Number: 14076

Title: The Blue bonnets o'er the Border

First Line: March, march, Ettrick and Tiviotdale

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Subjects:  Scotland

Firth b.27(380)

Notes:  Slip


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Edition - Bod9717

Imprint Names:  Thompson, G.

Imprint Locations:  Liverpool

Date  between 1789 and 1820

Imprint: Thompson, Printer, No. 156, Dale-street

Notes:  The same setting of type as 2806 c.17(171) and 2806 c.17(172) but with a different cut.


Ballad

Title: Human life

First Line: Twist ye, turn ye, ever so

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

2806 c.17(170)

Notes:  Slip. Originally a sheet with 2806 c.17(155).


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Edition - Bod15145

Imprint Names:  [s.n.]

Imprint Locations:  [s.l.]

1st Ballad - Roud Number: 14076

Title: Scots, come o'er the border

First Line: March! march! Ettrick and Teviotdale

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: V1636

Title: Tell me love, where shall we meet

First Line: Say, shall we meet when the sun is glowing

Harding B 16(244c)

Notes:  Slip Slip


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Edition - Bod19589

Imprint Names:  Bailey

Imprint Locations:  Keswick

Imprint: Bailey, Printer, &c., Keswick


Ballad

Title: Helvellyn

First Line: I climbed the dark brow of the \"mighty Helvellyn\"

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Johnson Ballads 1759

Notes:  Printed on pink paper


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Edition - Bod19990

Imprint Names:  [s.n.]

Imprint Locations:  [s.l.]

1st Ballad - Roud Number: V16327

Title: Good Nottingham ale

First Line: Fair Venus the goddess of beauty and love

Themes:  DrinkingBeer

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: V14330

Title: Tyrolese evening hymn

First Line: Come, come! come to the sun-set tree

3rd Ballad - Roud Number: 14076

Title: Scots, come o'er the border

First Line: March! march! Ettrick and Teviotdale

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Johnson Ballads 2532

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Edition - Bod21049

Imprint Names:  [s.n.]

Imprint Locations:  [s.l.]

1st Ballad - Roud Number: 1318

Title: Two wenches at once

First Line: 'Till I fell in love, I wor happy enow

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 14076

Title: Blue bonnets are over the border

First Line: March! march! Ettrick & Tiviotdale

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Subjects:  Scotland

3rd Ballad - Roud Number: V3861

Title: Tell me, have ye seen a boy?

First Line: Tell me, have ye seen a toy

4th Ballad - Roud Number: V388

Title: The Swiss toy girl

First Line: I've come across the sea, I've braved every danger

Themes:  Street traders

5th Ballad - Roud Number: V8696

Title: Vive le roi!

First Line: Swearing death to traitor slave

Harding B 11(3923)

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Edition - Bod22069

Imprint Names:  Thompson, G.

Imprint Locations:  Liverpool

Date  between 1789 and 1820

Imprint: Thompson, Printer, No. 156, Dale-street


Ballad

Title: Human life

First Line: Twist ye, turn ye, ever so

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

2806 c.17(172)

Notes:  Slip. Originally a sheet with 2806 c.17(403). MS note: See portrait of Q. Caroline in \"The royal house that Jack built,\" 1820, Douce C 555(17).


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Edition - Bod4802

Imprint Names:  Catnach, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1813 and 1838

Imprint: Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-court


1st Ballad - Roud Number: V7896

Title: Bonny brave Scotland

First Line: Where is the land which Scotland surpasses

Performers:  Paton, Mary Ann, 1802-1864

Themes:  Scotland

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 8489

Title: Blest as the immortal, &c

First Line: Blest as the immortal gods is he

3rd Ballad - Roud Number: V632

Title: Death of Robin Adair

First Line: Now he is dead and gone, Robin Adair

4th Ballad - Roud Number: 2678

Title: She's fail'd in her truth

First Line: And has she then fail'd in her truth

Performers:  Sinclair, Miss

5th Ballad - Roud Number: V2984

Title: Return my Joey

First Line: When Joe first woo'd me for his bride

Tune: Love's a tyrant

6th Ballad - Roud Number: V9140

Title: [None]

First Line: Be mine dear maid this faithful heart

Performers:  Braham, John, 1774-1856

7th Ballad - Roud Number: V6255

Title: The Rose that blooms for ever

First Line: Oh! could this tortur'd heart but speak

8th Ballad - Roud Number: V14805

Title: [None]

First Line: Hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings

Performers:  Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882

9th Ballad - Roud Number: V1749

Title: Gallant troubadour

First Line: Glowing with love on fire for fame

Performers:  Braham, John, 1774-1856

10th Ballad - Roud Number: 14076

Title: March! march! a favourite song

First Line: March! march! Ettrick and Teviotdale!

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Performers:  Braham, John, 1774-1856

11th Ballad - Roud Number: 709

Title: The white cockade

First Line: My love was born in Aberdeen

12th Ballad - Roud Number: 968

Title: Bedlam city. Altered from the vulgar ballad

First Line: Down by Bedlam I walk'd one ev'ning

13th Ballad - Roud Number: V14001

Title: My Lowland queen

First Line: Now spring has deck'd the fields in green

14th Ballad - Roud Number: V5440

Title: The pilgrim. Far over land

First Line: Far over land, far over wave, a pilgrim am I roaming

15th Ballad - Roud Number: V23641

Title: Willy of the Green

First Line: On Tay's sweet pleasant banks, how happy have I stray'd

16th Ballad - Roud Number: 6716

Title: Donald of Dundee

First Line: Young Donald is the blithest lad

17th Ballad - Roud Number: V15485

Title: The lass of Hazel-Dean

First Line: Beneath a milk-white hawthorn tree

18th Ballad - Roud Number: 729

Title: O'er the water to Charlie

First Line: Come boat me o'er, come row me o'er

19th Ballad - Roud Number: 13867

Title: The minstrel boy

First Line: The minstrel boy to the wars is gone

Authors:  Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852

Performers:  Braham, John, 1774-1856

20th Ballad - Roud Number: V1112

Title: Soldier's gratitude

First Line: Whate'er my fate, where'er I roam

Performers:  Braham, John, 1774-1856

Themes:  Soldiers

21st Ballad - Roud Number: V680

Title: Bow thy head thou lily pale

First Line: Bow thy head thou lily pale

22nd Ballad - Roud Number: V1220

Title: The adieu

First Line: Adieu ye streams that smoothly flow

23rd Ballad - Roud Number: 23104

Title: Little soldier

First Line: I'm a merry little soldier

Themes:  Soldiers

24th Ballad - Roud Number: V2190

Title: Scots song

First Line: A Highland lad my love was born

Performers:  Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882

Harding B 36(16)

Notes:  Harding B 36(16) is cropped along top edge.


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Johnson Ballads fol. 26

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Edition - Bod4851

Imprint Names:  Catnach, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1813 and 1838

Imprint: Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials


1st Ballad - Roud Number: V25222

Title: Bread and cheese, and kisses

First Line: One night my sweetheart came to woo

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: V2139

Title: The new national patent steam washing company

First Line: Dukes, bishops, earls, lords, they have all got a share

Tune: Noddin

Performers:  Taylor, C.

Performance Locations:  Vauxhall Gardens

Themes:  Laundrymen

3rd Ballad - Roud Number: V1243

Title: The hearty good fellow

First Line: I am a hearty good fellow

4th Ballad - Roud Number: V3731

Title: The full new moon

First Line: The full new moon is old my love

5th Ballad - Roud Number: V2891

Title: Just like love

First Line: Just like love is yonder rose

Authors:  Strangford, Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, Viscount, 1780-1855

6th Ballad

Title: [None]

First Line: Nurse of smiles! come, soothing hope

7th Ballad - Roud Number: 18858

Title: Birds of a feather

First Line: Our life's a day's journey to you I will say

8th Ballad - Roud Number: 1040

Title: Among the green bushes, &c

First Line: As I walk'd through the meadows one morning in May

9th Ballad - Roud Number: 8476

Title: Blink o'er the burn

First Line: Young Sandy is a dowdy lad

10th Ballad - Roud Number: V23443

Title: Lira, lira, la

First Line: Little thinks the townsman's wife

11th Ballad - Roud Number: V18660

Title: The pigs among the roses

First Line: The pigs in Gaffer's garden stray'd

12th Ballad - Roud Number: 250

Title: Jock o' Hazel Dean

First Line: Why weep ye by the tide lady?

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Performers:  Paton, Mary Ann, 1802-1864

13th Ballad

Title: A favourite song

First Line: Tho' I am now a very little lad

Tune: My love was born in Aberdeen

14th Ballad - Roud Number: 8516

Title: My ain kind deary, O

First Line: Will ye gang o'er the lee-rig

Performers:  Broadhurst, Mr.

15th Ballad - Roud Number: V1152

Title: Hole in the ballad

First Line: Your laughter I'll try to provoke

Authors:  Dibdin, Charles, 1768-1833

Themes:  Ballads

16th Ballad - Roud Number: V14806

Title: Brixton in a morning. A parody on Shakespeare's Hark, the lark

First Line: Hark the kids their darbies ring!

Johnson Ballads fol. 30

Notes:  Title cropped. One ballad has been cut out from the right hand column.


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Edition - Bod18871

Imprint Names:  Pitts, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1819 and 1844

Imprint: Pitts, Toy Warehouse, 6, Great Andrew street Seven Dials


1st Ballad - Roud Number: V7601

Title: Heavy wet

First Line: Heavy wet, heavy wet still I cry

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: V4494

Title: Mutton chops

First Line: Mutton chops, mutton chops, chops I cry

3rd Ballad

Title: Cherry bounce

First Line: Cherry bounce, cherry bounce, bounce I cry

4th Ballad - Roud Number: V3207

Title: L. A, W --Law

First Line: Come list to me for a minute

5th Ballad - Roud Number: V5740

Title: Poor Mary Anne

First Line: Here, below the green turf, sleepeth poor Mary Anne!

6th Ballad - Roud Number: V347

Title: Cherry ripe

First Line: Cherry ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry

Themes:  Street traders

7th Ballad - Roud Number: V3484

Title: Taste, O taste this spicy wine

First Line: Taste, O! taste this spicy wine

Themes:  Wine

8th Ballad - Roud Number: V1271

Title: The female auctioneer

First Line: Well, here I am, and what of that

9th Ballad - Roud Number: 2390

Title: Long time I've courted you miss

First Line: Long time I've courted you, miss

10th Ballad - Roud Number: V7542

Title: Pretty miss Rose, the shroud maker

First Line: Not far from Fleet market, a man did reside

11th Ballad - Roud Number: 14076

Title: March! march!

First Line: March! march! Ettrick and Teviot dale

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Performers:  Braham, John, 1774-1856

12th Ballad - Roud Number: 21256

Title: Ben Backstay the boatswain

First Line: Ben Backstay was our boatswain very merry boy

Authors:  Dibdin, Charles, 1768-1833

Themes:  Sailors

13th Ballad - Roud Number: V698

Title: Girl of my heart

First Line: I have parks, I have grounds

Authors:  Rannie, John

Themes:  WealthMarriage proposals

14th Ballad - Roud Number: V3015

Title: Poll of Wapping stairs

First Line: Your landsmen's wives with all their airs

Authors:  Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841Reeves, Sims, 1818-1900

Notes:  Music by Sims Reeves.

15th Ballad - Roud Number: V20022

Title: Blue eyed Mary

First Line: Pretty blue-ey'd Mary

Johnson Ballads fol. 140

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Edition - Bod224

Imprint Names:  Pitts, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1819 and 1844

Imprint: Pitts, Toy Warehouse, 6, Great Andrew street Seven Dials


1st Ballad - Roud Number: 13789

Title: Maid of Judah

First Line: No more shall the children of Judah sing

Themes:  Jews

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 6034

Title: I'm one of the chaps wot sings

First Line: No doubt a song you've heard

Themes:  Singing

3rd Ballad - Roud Number: V347

Title: Cherry ripe

First Line: Cherry ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry

Themes:  Street traders

4th Ballad - Roud Number: V3484

Title: Taste, O taste this spicy wine

First Line: Taste, O! taste this spicy wine

Themes:  Wine

5th Ballad - Roud Number: 14076

Title: March! march!

First Line: March! march! Ettrick and Teviot dale

Authors:  Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Performers:  Braham, John, 1774-1856

6th Ballad - Roud Number: 13449

Title: Home sweet home

First Line: Mid pleasures and palaces tho' we may roam

Authors:  Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852

Performers:  Bradshaw, Ann Maria, 1801-1862

7th Ballad - Roud Number: V1271

Title: The female auctioneer

First Line: Well, here I am, and what of that

8th Ballad - Roud Number: 2390

Title: Long time I've courted you miss

First Line: Long time I've courted you, miss

9th Ballad - Roud Number: 21256

Title: Ben Backstay the boatswain

First Line: Ben Backstay was our boatswain very merry boy

Authors:  Dibdin, Charles, 1768-1833

Themes:  Sailors

10th Ballad - Roud Number: V698

Title: Girl of my heart

First Line: I have parks, I have grounds

Authors:  Rannie, John

Themes:  WealthMarriage proposals

11th Ballad - Roud Number: V3015

Title: Poll of Wapping stairs

First Line: Your landsmen's wives with all their airs

Authors:  Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841Reeves, Sims, 1818-1900

Notes:  Music by Sims Reeves.

12th Ballad - Roud Number: 13320

Title: Oh we never mention her

First Line: Oh no, we never mention her, her name is never heard

Johnson Ballads fol. 143

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