Imprint Names: Catnach, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1813 and 1838
Imprint: Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-court
Title: Bonny brave Scotland
First Line: Where is the land which Scotland surpasses
Performers: Paton, Mary Ann, 1802-1864
Themes: Scotland
Title: Blest as the immortal, &c
First Line: Blest as the immortal gods is he
Title: Death of Robin Adair
First Line: Now he is dead and gone, Robin Adair
Title: She's fail'd in her truth
First Line: And has she then fail'd in her truth
Performers: Sinclair, Miss
Title: Return my Joey
First Line: When Joe first woo'd me for his bride
Tune: Love's a tyrant
Title: [None]
First Line: Be mine dear maid this faithful heart
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Title: The Rose that blooms for ever
First Line: Oh! could this tortur'd heart but speak
Title: [None]
First Line: Hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Title: Gallant troubadour
First Line: Glowing with love on fire for fame
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Title: March! march! a favourite song
First Line: March! march! Ettrick and Teviotdale!
Authors: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Title: The white cockade
First Line: My love was born in Aberdeen
Title: Bedlam city. Altered from the vulgar ballad
First Line: Down by Bedlam I walk'd one ev'ning
Title: My Lowland queen
First Line: Now spring has deck'd the fields in green
Title: The pilgrim. Far over land
First Line: Far over land, far over wave, a pilgrim am I roaming
Title: Willy of the Green
First Line: On Tay's sweet pleasant banks, how happy have I stray'd
Title: Donald of Dundee
First Line: Young Donald is the blithest lad
Title: The lass of Hazel-Dean
First Line: Beneath a milk-white hawthorn tree
Title: O'er the water to Charlie
First Line: Come boat me o'er, come row me o'er
Title: The minstrel boy
First Line: The minstrel boy to the wars is gone
Authors: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Title: Soldier's gratitude
First Line: Whate'er my fate, where'er I roam
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Themes: Soldiers
Title: Bow thy head thou lily pale
First Line: Bow thy head thou lily pale
Title: The adieu
First Line: Adieu ye streams that smoothly flow
Title: Little soldier
First Line: I'm a merry little soldier
Themes: Soldiers
Title: Scots song
First Line: A Highland lad my love was born
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Notes: Harding B 36(16) is cropped along top edge.
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Imprint Names: Laurie and Whittle
Imprint Locations: London
Date 1807
Imprint: Published March 2, 1807, by Laurie and Whittle, 53, Fleet Street, London
Series Identifier: 458
Title: A smile to a tear
First Line: Said a smile to a tear
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Performance Locations: Drury Lane Theatre
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
Title: The tiger hunters. A glee
First Line: O'er dreary wastes and deserts wild
Themes: Hunting
Title: My ain kind deary, O
First Line: Will ye gang o'er the lee-rigg
Performers: Broadhurst, Mr.
Title: Betsy Baker
First Line: From noise and bustle for away
Themes: Education , Actors , Doctors
Title: Julia to the wood robin
First Line: Stay sweet enchanter of the grove
Performers: Bland, Maria Theresa, 1769-1838
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
Title: Let us seek
First Line: Let us seek the yellow shore
Performers: Bradshaw, Ann Maria, 1801-1862
Title: Mary's love
First Line: My morn of life how gay, how blest
Title: Fair Ellen
First Line: Fair Ellen like a lily grew
Title: Where shall the lover rest
First Line: Where shall the lover rest
Authors: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832
Title: Kelvin grove
First Line: Let us haste to Kelvin grove
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Title: Isabel
First Line: Wake! dearest wake! and again united
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Title: Epping hunt
First Line: All the fun is beginning, broad day is approaching
Notes: Verse and prose
Themes: Hunting
Title: Jock of Hazel Dean
First Line: Why weep ye by the tyde lady?
Authors: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832
Title: The Spanish madrigal
First Line: For me my fair a wreath has wove
Title: The answer to My heart and lute
First Line: Your heart and lute you frankly say
Title: Susanna
First Line: Ask if yon damask rose be sweet
Title: The graceful move
First Line: When first I saw thee graceful move
Title: How sweet in the woodlands
First Line: How sweet in the woodlands, with fleet hound and horn
Themes: Pastoral
Imprint Names: Pitts, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1819 and 1844
Imprint: Printed at Pitts, Wholesale Toy Warehouse, Great St. Andrew Street 7 Dials
Title: Willy of the Green
First Line: On Tay's sweet pleasant banks how happy have I stray'd
Title: I'm his only daughter
First Line: Down in the valley my father did dwell
Title: The blue tail'd fly
First Line: A hungry fish once chanced to espy
Title: Mr December
First Line: Old Mr. December he lost his wife
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Title: Its just the time for lovers
First Line: Behold the moon o'er western hills
Tune: I love thee ever dearly
Title: Let us haste to Kelvin grove
First Line: Let us haste to Kelvin grove
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Performance Locations: Drury Lane Theatre
Title: I saw from the beach
First Line: I saw from the beach, when the morning was shining
Tune: Rose bud in summer
Notes: Printed on blue paper
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Imprint Names: Pitts, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1819 and 1844
Imprint: Pitts, Toy Warehouse, 6, Great Andrew street Seven Dials
Title: Maid of Judah
First Line: No more shall the children of Judah sing
Themes: Jews
Title: I'm one of the chaps wot sings
First Line: No doubt a song you've heard
Themes: Singing
Title: Cherry ripe
First Line: Cherry ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry
Themes: Street traders
Title: Taste, O taste this spicy wine
First Line: Taste, O! taste this spicy wine
Themes: Wine
Title: March! march!
First Line: March! march! Ettrick and Teviot dale
Authors: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
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
Title: The female auctioneer
First Line: Well, here I am, and what of that
Title: Long time I've courted you miss
First Line: Long time I've courted you, miss
Title: Ben Backstay the boatswain
First Line: Ben Backstay was our boatswain very merry boy
Authors: Dibdin, Charles, 1768-1833
Themes: Sailors
Title: Girl of my heart
First Line: I have parks, I have grounds
Authors: Rannie, John
Themes: Wealth , Marriage proposals
Title: Poll of Wapping stairs
First Line: Your landsmen's wives with all their airs
Authors: Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841 , Reeves, Sims, 1818-1900
Notes: Music by Sims Reeves.
Title: Oh we never mention her
First Line: Oh no, we never mention her, her name is never heard
Imprint Names: Catnach, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date [1823]
Imprint: London Printed and Published by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth Court, 7 Dials
Title: Deeds of the brave
First Line: Deeds of the brave, inspire a noble strain
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Title: Love among the roses
First Line: Young love flew to the Paphian bower
Title: Stand to your guns
First Line: Stand to your guns my hearts of oak
Title: The green-wood shade
First Line: To an arbor of woodbine ye both shall be led
Title: Oh! 'tis love
First Line: Oh! 'tis love, 'tis love, 'tis love
Title: A dawn of hope
First Line: A dawn of hope my soul revives
Title: [None]
First Line: A damsel stood to watch the fight
Performers: Bradshaw, Ann Maria, 1801-1862
Title: The slave
First Line: Sons of freedom! hear my story
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Themes: Slavery
Title: The broom of Cowden-knows
First Line: When summer comes, the swains on Tweed
Title: A favourite song
First Line: Softly sound the martial trumpet
Title: Liberty
First Line: Since ev'ry charm on earth combines
Themes: Liberty
Title: Home! sweet home
First Line: Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam
Authors: Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852
Performers: Bradshaw, Ann Maria, 1801-1862
Title: Loch-Eroch side
First Line: As I came by Loch-Eroch side
Title: The forsaken shepherdess
First Line: Beneath some hoary mountain
Themes: Seduction and abandonment
Title: The mermaid's song
First Line: Now the dancing sunbeams play
Title: O had I been &c
First Line: O had I been by fate decreed
Title: The cottager's daughter
First Line: Down in yon valley my father does dwell
Title: Where is my Lubin
First Line: Ah! where is my Lubin? ye songsters ah where
Performers: Bland, Maria Theresa, 1769-1838
Title: Chorus of huntsmen in Der Freishutz [sic]
First Line: What equals on earth the delight of the huntsman
Authors: Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826
Themes: Hunting
Title: [None]
First Line: Here we meet too soon to part
Authors: Clare, John, 1793-1864
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Title: Parody on the Rose-bud of summer
First Line: When gooseberries grow on the stem of a daisy
Title: The cottager's daughter. A favourite son[g]
First Line: Ah, tell me, ye swains, have you seen my Pastora
Imprint Names: Marshall, J.
Imprint Locations: Newcastle
Date between 1810 and 1831
Imprint: Marshall, Printer, Newcastle
Title: Bruce's address to his army, at the battle of Bannock-burn
First Line: Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled
Authors: Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Performance Locations: Theatre-Royal
Imprint Names: Catnach, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1813 and 1838
Imprint: Printed and Sold by Jas. Catnach, Monmouth-Court, Seven Dials
Title: The mountain maid
First Line: The mountain maid from her bow'r has hied
Performers: Sinclair, John, 1791-1857
Notes: The text is reprinted elsewhere on the sheet.
Title: Ere around the huge oak
First Line: Ere around the huge oak that o'ershadows yon mill
Title: Buy a broom
First Line: From Teutchland I came with my light wares all laden
Performers: Vestris (Lucia Elizabeth Mathews), Madame, 1797-1856
Notes: Verse and prose
Themes: Street traders , Immigrants - Great Britain
Title: Love's labour lost
First Line: Young love in a transport exclaim'd
Performers: Vestris (Lucia Elizabeth Mathews), Madame, 1797-1856
Title: On banks of blushing roses
First Line: Young Pleasure like a swain array'd
Title: Irish melody
First Line: O the days are gone by when beauty bright
Title: Country sports
First Line: Happy is a country life
Themes: Rural society
Title: The wake of Teddy Roe
First Line: In Dublin that city of riches and fame
Subjects: Ireland
Themes: Irish wakes
Title: March to the battle field
First Line: March to the battlefield
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Title: Sing to love a roundelay
First Line: Oh, love is the fairy power
Title: My native land, good-night
First Line: Adieu! adieu! my native shore
Authors: Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
Title: Jamie of Dundee
First Line: I canna like ye, gentle sir
Imprint Names: Pitts, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1819 and 1844
Imprint: Pitts, Printer, wholesale Toy and Marble warehouse, 6, Great St. Andrews Street, Seven Dials
Title: Feyther's old sow
First Line: Good morrow miss Biddy, pray how do you do
Title: Draw the sword, Scotland
First Line: Draw the sword, Scotland, Scotland, Scotland
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Subjects: Scotland
Title: The goddess Diana
First Line: Hark, the goddess Diana
Themes: Hunting
Imprint Names: Pitts, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1819 and 1844
Imprint: Pitts, Printer, wholesale Toy and Marble warehouse, 6, Gt. St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials
Title: Behold how brightly breaks the morn
First Line: Behold, how brightly breaks the morning
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Themes: Fishing
Title: The sailor's tear
First Line: He leap'd into the boat
Title: Daring highwayman
First Line: I am a daring highwayman likewise a gallant rover
Notes: Harding B 20(226) is another edition of this ballad alone
Themes: Highwaymen , Newgate prison (London, England)
Imprint Names: Pitts, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1819 and 1844
Imprint: Printed at Pitts, Wholesale Toy Warehouse, 6, Great St. Andrew Street 7 dials
Title: On banks of blushing roses
First Line: Young Pleasure like a swain arrayed
Title: Dame Durden
First Line: Dame Durden kept five serving girls
Title: Money is your friend
First Line: Of friendship I have heard much talk
Themes: Money
Title: The answer to the Castalian [sic] maid
First Line: O think not thy Henry tho' absent from you
Title: An answer to Highland home
First Line: Yes! I will leave my daddy's ha'
Title: Bonnie soldier laddie
First Line: Leeze me on my soldier love
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Performance Locations: Covent Garden Theatre
Themes: Soldiers
Title: The Castilian maid
First Line: Oh! remember the time in La Mancha's green shades
Title: O say not woman's love is bought
First Line: O say not woman's love is bought
Title: The bewildered maid
First Line: Slow broke the light and sweet breath'd the morn
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Themes: Soldiers - death in battle
Imprint Names: Pitts, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Imprint: Printed at J. Pitts, Wholesale Warehouse, Great st. Andrew street, 7 Dials
Title: Willy of the Green
First Line: On Tay's sweet pleasant banks how happy have I stray'd
Title: The adieu
First Line: Adieu ye streams that smoothly flow
Title: I'm his only daughter
First Line: Down in the valley my father did dwell
Title: The blue tail'd fly
First Line: A hungry fish once chanced to espy
Title: [None]
First Line: My cot is called the sweetest cot
Tune: In a cottage near a wood
Title: 'Tis just the time for lovers
First Line: Behold the moon o'er western hills
Tune: I love thee ever dearly
Title: Let us haste to Kelvin grove
First Line: Let us haste to Kelvin grove
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Performance Locations: Drury Lane Theatre
Title: I saw from the beach
First Line: I saw from the beach, when the morning was shining
Tune: Rose bud in summer
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Imprint Names: Birt, T.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1828 and 1829
Imprint: Printed by T. Birt, wholesale and retail, 10, Great St. Andrew-Street, Seven Dials, London
Title: Behold how brightly breaks the morn
First Line: Behold, how brightly breaks the morning
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Themes: Fishing
Imprint Names: Catnach, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1813 and 1838
Imprint: Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Title: A three-part parody on Cherry ripe. Heavy wet. Mutton chops. Cherry bounce
First Line: Heavy wet, heavy wet, still I cry
Title: Mary's lament
First Line: My heart will not break, and my eyes will not weep
Title: Green leaves turned yellow
First Line: A sage once to a maiden sung
Title: [None]
First Line: Together let us range the fields
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856 , Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Title: Paul Pry. A new song
First Line: Dear ladies my name's Paul Pry
Notes: Verse and prose.
Title: Native Highland home
First Line: My Highland home where tempests blow
Performers: Sinclair, John, 1791-1857
Title: Those endearing charms
First Line: Believe it all those endearing young charms
Title: Pity the orphan
First Line: O winter is set in
Authors: Seymour, John
Themes: Orphans
Title: Bruce's address to his army
First Line: Near Bannockburn king Edward lay
Authors: Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
Imprint Names: Catnach, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1813 and 1838
Imprint: Printed and Published by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Title: Deeds of the brave
First Line: Deeds of the brave inspire a noble strain
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Themes: Soldiers
Title: Love among the roses
First Line: Young Love flew to the Paphian bower
Title: Draw the sword, Scotland
First Line: Draw the sword Scotland, Scotland, Scotland
Themes: Scotland
Title: Glee. (Three voices)
First Line: To all you ladies now at land
Title: The green-wood shade
First Line: To an arbor of woodbine ye both shall be led
Title: Oh! 'tis love
First Line: Oh! 'tis love, 'tis love, 'tis love
Title: Old England for ever shall weather, &c
First Line: Old England thy stamina never has yielded
Subjects: England
Themes: Patriotism
Title: A bundle of conundrums
First Line: While in your favour basking
Performers: Keeley,Robert, 1793-1869
Notes: Verse and prose
Title: A dawn of hope
First Line: A dawn of hope my soul revives
Title: A favourite song
First Line: Softly sound the martial trumpet
Title: Home! sweet home!
First Line: Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam
Authors: Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852
Performers: Bradshaw, Ann Maria, 1801-1862
Title: Loch-Eroch side
First Line: As I came by Loch-Eroch side
Title: The forsaken shepherdess
First Line: Beneath some hoary mountain
Themes: Seduction and abandonment
Title: The mermaid's song
First Line: Now the dancing sun-beams play
Title: O had I been &c
First Line: O had I been by fate decreed
Attributation: Sung in Love in a village
Title: The cottager's daughter
First Line: Down in yon valley my father does dwell
Title: Where is my Lubin
First Line: Ah! where is my Lubin! ye songsters ah where!
Performers: Bland, Maria Theresa, 1769-1838
Title: Chorus of huntsmen in Der Freishutz [sic]
First Line: What equals on earth the delight of the hunsman [sic]
Authors: Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826
Themes: Hunting
Title: [None]
First Line: Here we meet too soon to part
Attributation: The words from Clare's poems
Authors: Clare, John, 1793-1864
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Title: Parody on the Rose-bud of summer
First Line: When gooseberries grow on the stem of a daisy
Title: The cottager's daughter. A favourite son[g]
First Line: Ah! tell me, ye swains, have you seen my Pastora
Imprint Names: Catnach, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date [1821]
Imprint: J. Catnach, Printer, 2, Monmouth-Court
Title: Dyot-street courtship
First Line: My lodging is in Leather-lane
Title: Sleep on, my babe. (Ballad)
First Line: Sleep on, my babe! thy heart ne'er felt
Themes: Infants
Title: The lass of Teviot-side
First Line: In robes of green the smiling spring
Title: How sweet at eve
First Line: How sweet at eve whene'er we rove
Title: The banks of Allan-water
First Line: On the banks of Allan-water
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Title: Lovely Charly
First Line: Over yon hills and lofty mountains
Tune: Legacy
Title: A red, red rose
First Line: My love's like a red, red rose
Title: The frozen tear
First Line: On beds of snow the moon-beam slept
Title: The mother's lament
First Line: From bubbling streams & springs that rise
Title: The maid of Bourdeaux
First Line: Stay, stay, Philomela! thy warbling forbear
Title: Bonny Highland laddie
First Line: Will ye to the Highlands go
Title: Young Love
First Line: Young Love liv'd once in a humble shed
Performers: Bland, Maria Theresa, 1769-1838
Performance Locations: Vauxhall Gardens
Title: Lemminy's grave
First Line: Bright was the morning, the wood-lark sang sweetly
Tune: Rose-bud
Title: Marriage. A canzonet
First Line: With thee I'll share each future joy
Title: Cherry ripe
First Line: Cherry ripe, cherry ripe, ripe, I cry
Performers: Vestris (Lucia Elizabeth Mathews), Madame, 1797-1856
Themes: Street traders
Title: Spring. A favourite song
First Line: Welcome sun and southern show'rs
Themes: Spring
Title: Let us haste to Kelvin grove
First Line: Let us haste to Kelvin grove
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Performance Locations: Drury Lane Theatre
Title: If I had such as lassie as this
First Line: If ever I marry, I'll wed with a lass
Title: Fair Helen
First Line: I wish I were where Helen lies
Tune: Wallace
Title: Woman's love
First Line: O say not woman's love is bought
Title: The farmer boy
First Line: Indeed my simple tale is true
Themes: Farmers
Imprint Names: Catnach, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1813 and 1838
Imprint: Printed by J. Catnach, No. 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Title: March to the battle field
First Line: March to the battle field
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Title: The cottage boy
First Line: When morning streaks the east with gold
Title: Love in Long-Acre
First Line: Oh, this love, this love, this love
Title: [None]
First Line: The soldier, tir'd of war's alarms
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Themes: Soldiers
Title: Irish melody
First Line: O the days are gone by when beauty bright
Title: Comin thro' the rye
First Line: Gin a body meet a body
Title: The wake of Teddy Roe
First Line: In Dublin that city of riches and fame
Notes: Verse and prose
Themes: Irish wakes
Title: The mountain maid, a favourite song
First Line: The mountain maid from her bow'r has hied
Performers: Sinclair, John, 1791-1857
Title: My little native vale. An Italian song
First Line: Dear is my little native vale
Title: The chough and crow
First Line: The chough and crow to roost are gone
Attributation: Sung in Guy Mannering
Title: Sing to love a roundelay
First Line: Oh, love is the fairy power
Title: On banks of blushing roses
First Line: Young Pleasure like a swain array'd
Title: Arise, sweet messenger of morn
First Line: Arise sweet messenger of morn
Title: [None]
First Line: What's sweeter than the new blown rose
Attributation: Sung in the oratorio of Joseph
Title: My native land, good-night
First Line: Adieu! adieu! my native shore
Authors: Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
Title: The noon-tide air
First Line: Would you taste the noon-tide air
Title: Jamie of Dundee
First Line: I canna like ye, gentle sir
Imprint Names: [s.n.]
Imprint Locations:
[s.l.]
Title: The Mountain Maid
First Line: The Mountain Maid from her bow'r has hied
Performers: Sinclair, John, 1791-1857
Title: Ere around the huge oak
First Line: Ere around the huge oak that overshadows yon mill
Title: Buy a broom
First Line: From Teutchland I came with my light wares all laden
Performers: Vestris (Lucia Elizabeth Mathews), Madame, 1797-1856
Title: Love's Labour Lost
First Line: Young Love in a transport exclaim'd
Performers: Vestris (Lucia Elizabeth Mathews), Madame, 1797-1856
Title: On banks of blushing roses
First Line: Young Pleasure like a swain array'd
Title: Irish melody
First Line: O the days are gone by when beauty bright
Title: Country sports
First Line: Happy is a country life
Themes: Rural society
Title: The Wake of Teddy Roe
First Line: In Dublin that city of riches and fame
Themes: Irish wakes
Title: The Mountain Maid
First Line: The Mountain Maid from her bow'r has hied
Performers: Sinclair, John, 1791-1857
Title: March to the Battle Field
First Line: March to the battle field
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Title: Sing to Love a Roundelay
First Line: Oh, Love is the fairy power
Title: My native land, good-night
First Line: Adieu! adieu! my native shore
Authors: Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
Title: Jamie of Dundee
First Line: I Canna like ye, gentle Sir
Title: I've been roaming
First Line: I've been roaming, I've been roaming
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Title: The Spider and the fly
First Line: Will you walk in to my parlour said a Spider to a Fly
Title: Comin thro' the rye
First Line: Gin a body meet a body
Title: The Rose will cease to Blow
First Line: The rose will cease to blow
Title: The King and Countryman
First Line: There was an old chap in the west country
Title: The Parson's clerk
First Line: Near Moorfields is a house of prayer
Tune: Dashing Serjeant
Title: The Minute-Gun at Sea
First Line: When in the storm on Albion's coast
Themes: Sailors
Title: The chough & crow
First Line: The chough and crow to roost is gone
Performers: Sung in Guy Mannering
Notes: An uncut sheet of two songsheets. Torn at lower right corner.
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Imprint Names: Pitts, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1819 and 1844
Imprint: Pitts, Toy Warehouse, 6, Great Andrew street Seven Dials
Title: Heavy wet
First Line: Heavy wet, heavy wet still I cry
Title: Mutton chops
First Line: Mutton chops, mutton chops, chops I cry
Title: Cherry bounce
First Line: Cherry bounce, cherry bounce, bounce I cry
Title: L. A, W --Law
First Line: Come list to me for a minute
Title: Poor Mary Anne
First Line: Here, below the green turf, sleepeth poor Mary Anne!
Title: Cherry ripe
First Line: Cherry ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry
Themes: Street traders
Title: Taste, O taste this spicy wine
First Line: Taste, O! taste this spicy wine
Themes: Wine
Title: The female auctioneer
First Line: Well, here I am, and what of that
Title: Long time I've courted you miss
First Line: Long time I've courted you, miss
Title: Pretty miss Rose, the shroud maker
First Line: Not far from Fleet market, a man did reside
Title: March! march!
First Line: March! march! Ettrick and Teviot dale
Authors: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Title: Ben Backstay the boatswain
First Line: Ben Backstay was our boatswain very merry boy
Authors: Dibdin, Charles, 1768-1833
Themes: Sailors
Title: Girl of my heart
First Line: I have parks, I have grounds
Authors: Rannie, John
Themes: Wealth , Marriage proposals
Title: Poll of Wapping stairs
First Line: Your landsmen's wives with all their airs
Authors: Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841 , Reeves, Sims, 1818-1900
Notes: Music by Sims Reeves.
Title: Blue eyed Mary
First Line: Pretty blue-ey'd Mary
