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