Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Imprint: Evans, Printers, Long-lane, London
Notes: Part of a sheet of two ballads; see Harding B 25(1993).
Title: Answer to the Wanderer
First Line: O cease, fair maid, no more complain
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Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Imprint: J. Evans, Printer, Long-Lane, London
Title: The knight of the borders
First Line: The knight of the borders leap'd on his black steed
Themes: Seduction and abandonment
Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date 1792
Imprint: Published June 26, 1792 by I. Evans No. 42 Long Lane West Smithfield
Notes: An engraving. Harding B 12(65) is another issue.
Title: Natty Sam
First Line: A tinker I am
Authors: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Themes: Tinkers
Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date 1791
Imprint: Published Novr. 1, 1791, by, I. Evans No. 42 Long Lane West Smithfield
Notes: An engraving
Title: A sequel to the Disconsolate sailor
First Line: With fresh store I've return'd to old England again
Themes: Sailors
Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date 1792
Imprint: Publised [sic] July 5, 1792, by I. Evans No. 42 Long Lane West Smithfield
Notes: An engraving
Title: The lucky escape
First Line: I that once was a ploughman, a sailor, am now
Authors: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Themes: Sailors
Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Imprint: Sold by J. Evans, no. 41, Long-lane
Notes: For an illustration of the fable, see Croxall's Aesop, 1722, p. 45.
Title: Down with the French! Or Let them come if they dare
First Line: When threaten'd by Frenchmen, 'tis time to beware
Tune: Derry down
References:
ESTC: N71527
Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Imprint: Sold at No. 41, Long-lane
Title: The British raft
First Line: Daddy Neptune one day to Freedom did say
Authors: Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841
References:
ESTC: T195464
Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Imprint: John Evans, Printer, 42, Long-lane, West-smithfield, London
Notes: Harding B 1(58) is another impression.
Title: The Plymouth tragedy
First Line: Beautiful virgins of birth and breeding
References:
ESTC: N71525
Subjects: India
Themes: Sailors , Lovers parted
Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Imprint: Printed and sold by J. Evans, No. 41, Long-lane, West- Smithfield, London
Title: A famous sea-fight, between Captain Ward and the Rainbow
First Line: Strike up ye lusty gallants
References:
ESTC: T192414
Themes: Piracy
Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Imprint: Evans, Printer, Long-lane, London
Notes: The subject of the illustration is tentatively identified, on the basis of the portrait by Joshua Reynolds (1784). See Ellis K. Waterhouse, Reynolds (1941), pl. 246
Title: Dennis M'Phane
First Line: Search Erin all over, you cannot discover
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Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Imprint: Evans, printer, Long-lane, London
Notes: Harding B 25(969) is another edition.
Title: Jessy, the flow'r o' Dumblain
First Line: The sun had gaen down o'er the lofty Ben Lomund
Authors: Tannahill, Robert, 1774-1810
References:
ESTC: N71465
Subjects: Scotland
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Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Imprint: Sold at No. 42, Long Lane
Notes: The same setting of type, with small changes, in layout, as Harding B 2(65).
Title: The Kentish garland
First Line: Good people now I pray give ear
References:
ESTC: T207116
Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Imprint: Printed by J. Evans, Long-lane, West-smithfield, London
Notes: Harding B 4(34) is another edition.
Title: The children in the wood, or the Norfolk gentleman's last will and testament. A true story
First Line: Now ponder well, ye parents dear
References:
ESTC: N71524
Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date [between 1801 and 1805]
Imprint: Evans Printer, Long-lane, London
Notes: 8 p. An uncut chapbook.
Title: A new song on Lord Nelson's victory at Copenhagen
First Line: Draw near, ye gallant seamen, while I the truth unfold
Title: Jack Tar's creed
First Line: If a landsman would know the true creed of a tar
Title: Britannia's sons at sea
First Line: Britannia's sons at sea
Title: True courage
First Line: Why, what's that to you if my eyes I'm a wiping
Title: The watry god
First Line: The watry god, great Neptune, lay
Authors: Wagnell, Mr.
Title: Air, in the Indian
First Line: When Laura's eyes and Carlo's meet
Title: Nelson and victory
First Line: Nelson the great he is the man
Subjects: Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805
Title: Rule Britannia
First Line: When Britons first, at heaven's command
Authors: Thomson, James, 1700-1748
Title: Cheering is the voice of hope
First Line: Let the churlish spectre fly
Title: Birmingham Sally
First Line: You pretty blooming lasses
Title: Stag in the forest
First Line: The stag in the forest
Title: God of jollity
First Line: Pleasant is the mantling bowl
Themes: Drinking
Title: Somebody, nobody, everybody and anybody
First Line: Well, here I am to tell
Title: The marriage day
First Line: Twas on the twenty-first of June
Title: The galley slave
First Line: O think on my fate once I freedom enjoy'd
Title: A sequel to Galley slave
First Line: Young Anna, as fair as the goddess of May
Title: Widow's lamentation, for the loss of her husband slain in fighting with Lord Nelson
First Line: It was early one morning, when flowers were springing
Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Imprint: John Evans, Printer, 42, Long-lane, West-smithfield
Notes: Douce Ballads 3(111) is another edition.
Title: The Yarmouth tragedy: or, The constant lovers
First Line: Lovers, I beg lend an ear to this story
References:
ESTC: T177989
Themes: Ghosts , Cruel father , Barbados
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Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Imprint: Printed by John Evans 42, Long-Lane, West-smithfield, London
Title: The butcher's daughter's policy, or, Lustful lord well fitted
First Line: I pray now draw near, all you that love fun
References:
ESTC: T29821
Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Imprint: Printed and sold by John Evans, 42, Long Lane, West Smithfield, London
Title: A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and virtuous lady
First Line: In Rome a nobleman did wed
References:
ESTC: N13153
Themes: Murder , Africans , Master and servant
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Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Notes: See Harding B 3(51)
Series Identifier: Cheap repository
Title: The sorrows of Yamba; or, The negro woman's lamentation
First Line: In St. Lucie's distant isle
Tune: Hosier's ghost
References:
ESTC: T49535
Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Imprint: Sold at No. 42, Long Lane
Title: The famous flower of serving-men; or, The lady turned serving man
First Line: You beauteous ladies great and small
References:
ESTC: T35326
Themes: Servants , Transvestism
Imprint Names: Evans, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1780 and 1812
Imprint: Printed and sold by J. Evans, No. 41, Long-Lane, West- Smithfield, London
Title: The wandering Jew; or, The shoemaker of Jerusalem
First Line: When as in fair Jerusalem
References:
ESTC: T192583
Themes: Jews
