Imprint Names: The Poet's box
Imprint Locations: Glasgow
Date 1873
Imprint: ... the Poet's Box ... Saturday, 22nd March, 1873
Title: I vowed I never would leave her
First Line: Pray look on this soldier so bold
Themes: Soldiers
Imprint Names: Bebbington, J.O.
Imprint Locations: Manchester
Date c.1850
Imprint: Printed and Sold by John O. Bebbington, 22, Goulden-st., Oldham Road, Manchester
Title: Thirteen pence a day
First Line: To go for a soldier is a very fine thing
Themes: Soldiers
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Imprint Names: Bebbington, J.O.
Imprint Locations: Manchester
Date between 1855 and 1858
Imprint: [Printed and] Sold by John O. [Bebbington, 22 Goulden street,] Oldham Road Manchester
Series Identifier: 98
Title: The discharged soldier
First Line: Come all you sons of Britan [sic] and Irish heroes too
Themes: Soldiers
Title: Young Edwin the gallant hussar
First Line: A young maiden possessed of much beauty
Themes: Soldiers
Imprint Names: Bebbington, J.O.
Imprint Locations: Manchester
Date c.1850
Imprint: Bebbington, Printer, 22 Goulden street, Oldham road, Manchester
Notes: Harding B 11(1606) is another impression.
Series Identifier: 115
Title: Hurrah for the road
First Line: Hurrah over Hounslow heath to roam
Themes: Highwaymen
Title: Let me like a soldier fall
First Line: Oh, let me like a soldier fall
Themes: Soldiers
Title: Poor dog Tray
First Line: On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelagh was nigh
Authors: Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844
Themes: Dogs
Imprint Names: Bebbington, J.O.
Imprint Locations: Manchester
Date c.1850
Imprint: [Bebbington,] Printer, [22 Gould]en Street, Oldham Road, [Manchester]
Notes: Firth b.25(30) is another impression. Firth b.25(30) is another impression
Series Identifier: 115
Title: Hurrah for the road
First Line: Hurrah over Hounslow heath to roam
Themes: Highwaymen
Title: Let me like a soldier fall
First Line: Oh, let me like a soldier fall
Themes: Soldiers
Title: Poor dog Tray
First Line: On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh
Authors: Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844
Themes: Dogs
Imprint Names: Nugent, J.F. & Co.
Imprint Locations: Dublin
Date between 1850 and 1899
Imprint: Nugent & co., Printers, 35, New-row, Dublin
Series Identifier: 7
Title: The execution of Bernard Cangley, at the front of Cavan gaol, on the 4th of April, for the barbarous and inhuman murder of Peter Reilly, on the 22nd of January last
First Line: You tender-hearted Christians I pray you will draw near
Subjects: Ireland
Themes: Murder - 19th century , Executions - 19th century
Title: Song on the Irish brigade
First Line: Hibernia's sweet harp from your slumber awaken
Authors: O'Carroll, Thomas
Notes: Appears also, but variant, in 2806 b.9(284) and Harding B 19(116)
Subjects: Ireland
Themes: American Civil War, 1861-1865 - Irish brigade
Title: A new song on the late fight between Heenan and King
First Line: You sporting gallant Irishmen come listen to my song
Themes: Prizefighting
Title: A new song on Heenan and King
First Line: You sportsmen of Ireland, come list to my song
Themes: Prizefighting
Title: The young soldier's letter to his mother
First Line: As I roved out through Irish town one eveniug [sic] last July
Tune: The river Roe
Themes: Crimean War, 1853-1856
Title: The dark maid of the island
First Line: Sweet were the songs of the breeze and the fountain
Title: Song called the Bouchleen dhoun
First Line: You muses, why absent from me?
Themes: Soldiers
Title: The wonders of the illuminations!
First Line: Good people all I pray have patience
Subjects: Dublin (Ireland)
Themes: Dublin illuminations for the wedding of the prince of Wales , 1863
Title: A song -- The lily of the west
First Line: When first I came to Ireland some pleasure for to find
Subjects: Ireland
Title: Doran's ass
First Line: One Paddy Doyle lived near Killarney
Subjects: Ireland
Title: The seducer outwitted!
First Line: There was a young gentleman in this country did dwell
Notes: Appears also, but with different illustrations, in Harding B 19(77a) and at Firth c.18(53)
Themes: Seduction , Transvestism
Imprint Names: March, R. and Co.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1877 and 1884
Imprint: Richard March & Co., St. James's Walk, London, E.C.
Notes: Two sheets forming a songbook. With advertisements. Stamped: Bodleian Library, 22 April, 1918
Series Identifier: March's Edition of New Songs and Ballads
Title: Unfit for publication
First Line: I am really the most virtuous young fellow in creation
Themes: Entertainments , Theaters , Music halls
Title: I'm fond of eating, fond of drinking
First Line: Sammy Fly it is my name
Authors: Yarnold, Fred
Performers: Yarnold, Fred
Title: Come kiss, let's be friends
First Line: The course of true love ne'er ran smooth
Title: A raspberry tart with a little poke bonnet
First Line: Behold in me a real gone coon
Themes: Excursions
Title: The captain with his whiskers
First Line: As they march'd thro' the town with their banners so gay
Themes: Soldiers
Title: The empty cradle, baby's gone
First Line: Little empty cradle, treasur'd now with care
Title: Madame Rachel, or, Beautiful for ever
First Line: Oh, ladies, have you heard the news, the topic of the day?
Themes: Frauds , Marriage brokers
Title: When Tom comes home
First Line: Now, Bessie my darling, come dry up your eyes
Themes: Sailors , Lovers parted
Title: Oh what a lark!
First Line: Sally Jones, she was a widow
Authors: Yarnold, Fred
Performers: Yarnold, Fred
Title: Here's another kind love
First Line: While strolling out the other night a friend of mine, Joe Blake
Themes: Drinking
Title: My heart is in a flutter
First Line: My heart is in a flutter
Performers: Harcourt, George
Title: Who shaved the pig?
First Line: The name I bear is Sammy Strop
Authors: Pinder, J. , Dodsworth, J.
Performers: Wynne, John
Themes: Barbers
Title: Never marry your mother-in-law
First Line: There's a very old saying as old as the hills
Title: My Katty, kiss 'em
First Line: I've caught at last my Katty dear
Title: Make it as smooth as you can
First Line: As we travel through life many people we meet
Title: In memory of the gallant 24th
First Line: They left the shores of Old England
Tune: I don't mean to tell you her name
Authors: March, Richard
Themes: Zulu War, 1879
Title: The military
First Line: I am so fond of the army, a soldier's life would charm me
Performers: Zimmer, Maggie (Mrs. H.R. Skinner), d. 1893
Themes: Soldiers
Title: Oh! ain't it pe-cu-li-ar
First Line: If to blow my own trumpet I may be so bold
Title: On the banks of the silvery Thames
First Line: She lived with her ma, and her crusty da-da
Title: A scientific simpleton
First Line: A scientific simpleton who struggled fame to gain
Title: Ever of thee
First Line: Ever of thee I'm fondly dreaming
Title: Nellie, or Ten past nine
First Line: I'm off to my appointment now
Title: There's another jolly row down stairs
First Line: I'm one of those fellows who like quiet life
Title: My sweet forget-me-not
First Line: My love's a little blue-eyed girl
Title: Oh sweet Selina!
First Line: A poet midst his midnight oil
Title: A cheer for our gallant 24th
First Line: As often before I have told you
Performers: Davies, Minnie
Themes: Military , Zulu War, 1879
Title: O Fred, tell them to stop
First Line: No doubt you have heard of the great Fancy Fair
Title: Angels guard her now
First Line: Hush, tread lightly, do not wake
Title: Flirting with the fairies
First Line: A fig say I for quietude, I am the boy for fun
Title: Hey for the life of a soldier
First Line: When I was an infant, gossips would say
Title: Farewell to Jumbo
First Line: Poor Jumbo's going to leave us all
Tune: Auld lang syne
Themes: Entertainments , Zoos
Title: The contented blacksmith
First Line: The blacksmith sings from morn till night
Title: It's bound to be right in the morning
First Line: I've heard men say when married they could not go out at night
Title: The soldier's adieu
First Line: Adieu, adieu, my only life
Authors: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Title: I'm so modest and retiring
First Line: I'm a girl so very bashful
Title: Peter and Paul
First Line: Now Peter and Paul were remarkable chaps
Authors: Anthony, George
Performers: Martell, Harry
Title: Meggie and Jo
First Line: I'm a happy-go-lucky, gay sort of chap, I dance and I sing all the day
Title: The man at the wheel or, Why did she leave me?
First Line: Behold me, the Captain of a steamboat
Performers: Seymour, Frank, d. 1891
Title: Mary had a little lamb
First Line: Mary, sweet Mary, the maid of the inn
Notes: Verse and prose
Title: Our marriage bells are ringing
First Line: Our marriage bells are ringing
Title: The never-empty cradle or Cradle's crowded -- twins is born
First Line: Never empty cradle! though you're in my care
Themes: Family life
Title: Grandmother's watch. The popular reply to \"Grandfather's clock\"
First Line: My Grandmother's watch was of wonderful make
Title: Oh! dinna ask me gin I lo'e ye
First Line: Oh! dinna ask me gin I lo'e ye
Title: Oh! ain't I having a day
First Line: I'm a happy-go-lucky, gay sort of a chap, I dance and I sing all the day
Title: \"Our ship\"
First Line: Blow! blow! blow! the storm is at its height
Themes: Sailing
Title: Swinging to and fro
First Line: If you want to give your girl a treat, I'll tell you what to do
Themes: Amusements
Title: Send that cook to me
First Line: Kind people pray attention pay
Themes: Servants
Title: The old village school
First Line: 'Tis standing there yet, though the stern hand of time
Themes: Rural society
Title: Out on the tiles
First Line: A little mouse once told me that
Performers: Leybourne, George, 1842-1884
Title: \"Outside, please!!\"
First Line: I'm one that Nature's rounded on
Authors: Yarnold, Fred
Performers: Yarnold, Fred
Notes: Verse and prose
Title: Oh, dear me
First Line: I once fell in love with a fair young lady
Title: Ettie, hear the blue bird sing
First Line: Ettie, hear the blue bird sing
Title: Oh, you pretty soul
First Line: I met a lass the other day
Title: Oh, what a beauty
First Line: Maria loved the Squire and the Squire so they say
Themes: Countryman in London
Title: Old friend, here's your good health
First Line: I like the man who's jolly
Title: St. George, and merry England
First Line: There are three nations on the earth
Performers: Graham, Ada
Themes: Patriotism , United Kingdom
Title: Oh! Father, dear Father, the brokers are in
First Line: Oh! father, dear father, come home with me now
Themes: Drunkenness
Title: \"Once more, Harry!\"
First Line: I'm a true-hearted fellow, so gay and so free
Notes: Verse and prose
Title: Something rather dangerous, something rather nice
First Line: To pass away the time I will endeavour
Title: If England to herself be true
First Line: Where'er St. George's banner waves
Themes: Patriotism
Title: Good bye, Emily Jane
First Line: No doubt you will be awfully sad
Notes: Verse and prose
Title: I say, cabby!
First Line: I'm known as the Earl of St. James's
Notes: Verse and prose
Themes: Dandies
Title: It is not on the Battle-field
First Line: It is not on the Battle-field
Title: Just after the battle
First Line: Still upon the field of battle
Themes: War
Title: Happy Ann
First Line: I've lately joined the Army
Performers: Graham, Ada
Notes: Verse and prose
Themes: Salvation Army
Title: Over the garden wall
First Line: Oh, my love stood under the walnut tree
Title: Oh, dem golden slippers!
First Line: Oh, my golden slippers am laid away
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Title: All round the squares
First Line: My friend[s] all say I'm half insane
Themes: Courtship - difference in social status
Title: My heart's in the Highlands
First Line: My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here
Title: A rolling stone gathers no moss
First Line: As we pass along life, how many we see
Title: Tommy's birthday
First Line: I live with my respected Ma and little sisters three
Performers: Francis, James
Title: The ring my mother wore
First Line: The earth has many treasures rare, in gems and golden ore
Title: When shall I send you a cradle
First Line: Young Brown was about to get married and he
Themes: Family life
Title: Quite the lady
First Line: While walking one night beneath the gas light
Themes: Prostitution
Title: Mother, he's going away
First Line: \"Sure now what are you crying for, Nelly?\"
Themes: Irish
Title: The family man or Father, what have you got for us?
First Line: A family man you see in me
Title: The lash
First Line: Hush, niggers all, de old man's sleeping
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Title: Now you are married I wish you joy
First Line: When I was a child how I used to play
Title: Leave it alone
First Line: When I was a boy I oft got in a row
Title: One kiss more
First Line: Eyes are bright, teeth are white
Performers: Sisters Leamar
Title: Is there any harm in that?
First Line: I am a simple maiden
