Imprint Names: Ryle, A. and Co.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1845 and 1859
Imprint: Ryle and Co., Printers, 2 and 3, Monmouth court, Seven Dials
Title: Get away black man
First Line: As I walk'd one moonlight night
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Title: The Irishman's picture of England
First Line: 'Tis myself dat was born now in Dublin
Themes: Economy and trade - 19th century , Politics and government - 19th century , Irish - England , Poor law
Imprint Names: Fortey, W.S.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1858 and 1885
Imprint: London: Printed at the \"Catnach Press\" by W. Fortey (late A. Ryle) 2 & 3 Monmouth court Bloomsbury. (Established 1813)
Notes: Harding B 11(1672) is another issue Harding B 11(1673) is another issue
Title: I wish I was with Nancy in the Strand
First Line: For the last three weeks I've been dodging
Subjects: London (England)
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy , Urban life
Imprint Names: Fortey, W.S.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1858 and 1885
Imprint: London: Printed at the \"Catnach Press,\" by W.S. Fortey, 2 & 3, Monmouth Court, Bloomsbury. Established 1813
Notes: Firth b.25(260) is another issue Harding B 11(1672) is another issue
Title: I wish I was with Nancy in the Strand
First Line: For the last three weeks I've been dodging
Subjects: London (England)
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy , Urban life
Imprint Names: Paul, J. and co.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1838 and 1845
Imprint: J. Paul and Co., Printers, 2 and 3, Monmouth Court, Seven Dials
Title: Our ancestors were Englishmen
First Line: My ancestors were Englishmen, an Englishman am I
Subjects: England
Themes: Patriotism
Title: Lucy Neal
First Line: Come all you niggers, old and young, and listen to my song
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
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Imprint Names: March, R. and Co.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1877 and 1884
Imprint: R. March & Co., St. James's Walk, London, E.C.
Notes: Two sheets forming a songbook. With prose pieces.
Series Identifier: March's Penny Reciter 2
Title: Have you noticed it
First Line: Some think it's fun to be alive, and others think it's not
Themes: Entertainments
Title: It's silly to wait
First Line: To have plenty of patience no one can deny
Performers: Fawn, James, 1850-1923
Title: Fare thee well, my heart's best treasure
First Line: Fare thee well, me hearts best treasure
Performers: Murska, Alma de
Title: We have men as brave and bold
First Line: Old England is at peace
Performers: Moncrieff, Rose, d. 1916
Themes: War , Politics and government - 19th century
Title: Just to show there is no ill feeling
First Line: A friend of mine said \"Let's go and have a drink,\"
Themes: Drinking
Title: Hurrah for the rhino
First Line: Ole massa was a stingy man
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Title: Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled
First Line: Scots, wha haw wi' Wallace bled
Subjects: Scotland
Title: Christmas day in the workhouse
First Line: It is Christmas Day in the workhouse
Authors: Sims, George Robert, 1847-1922
Notes: From the \"Dagonet Ballads\"
Themes: Poor law
Title: No more
First Line: I yesterday vowed I would drink bitter beer
Performers: Fawn, James, 1850-1923
Themes: Drinking
Title: What do they care about that?
First Line: I've just had a terrible row with my wife
Performers: Fawn, James, 1850-1923
Themes: Marriage , Domestic strife
Title: I'm a member of the County Council
First Line: The thirst for notoriety sends some men nearly mad
Performers: Bass, Tom
Subjects: London (England)
Themes: Local government
Title: Sally Salter
First Line: Sally Salter she was a young teacher, who taught
Title: Dying in dreamland
First Line: There are words we may not whisper
Title: Pretty lips, or Neumy, neum, neum
First Line: I am a bachelor, isn't it sad?
Performers: Lloyd, Arthur, 1840-1904
Title: The wanderer
First Line: There's a grey-hair'd old woman who mourns for her boy
Performers: Farrell, Nelly, d. 1889
Themes: Emigration - Irish
