Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: Hodges, Printer (from I. Pitt's wholesale toy warehouse, 31, [Dudley] Street, 7 Dials
Notes: Harding B 11(490) and Johnson Ballads 578 are two impressions of another edition.
Title: The pilot
First Line: Ah! pilot 'tis a fearful night
Themes: Naval
Title: Burial club
First Line: My old 'ooman one day says to me
Themes: Burial
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date [1852]
Imprint: E. Hodges Printer 31, Dudley Street Seven Dials
Notes: Firth c.16(425) is another issue.
Title: Death of the duke of Wellington
First Line: O Britons give ear to these lines I relate
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Notes: Johnson Ballads 578 is another impression Firth b.25(395) is another edition.
Title: The pilot
First Line: Ah! Pilot, 'tis a fearful night
Themes: Naval
Title: Burial club
First Line: My old 'ooman one day says to me
Themes: Life insurance
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1844 and 1845
Imprint: E. Hodges, from Pitt's Toy and Marble Warehouse, 31, Monmouth Street, 7 Dials
Title: Napoleon's farewell to Paris
First Line: Farewell ye splendid citadel, metropolis called Paris
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Title: The maid of Langollen
First Line: Tho' lowly my lot, and tho' poor my estate
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: E. Hodges (from Pitt's) wholesale Toy and Marble warehouse, 31, Dudley Street, Seven Dials
Notes: Firth b.25(401) is another impression.
Title: The ride, or Trip, trip, trip
First Line: I once a ride was taking
Themes: Riding
Title: Cab cab cab
First Line: I goes out a cab driving
Subjects: London (England)
Themes: Hansom cabs
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: Hodges, Printer, wholesale toy warehouse, 31 Dudley street, 7 dials
Notes: Firth b.25(406) is another issue.
Title: Execution of Sarah Chesham. For the murder of Richard Chesham, her husband, by poison
First Line: Behold a wretched married woman
Tune: The waggon train
Themes: Murder - 19th century
Notes: Firth b.25(382); Imperfect: title cropped.
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Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: Hodges, Printer, Wholesale Toy Warehouse, 31, Dudley Street, 7 Dials
Notes: Firth b.25(382) is another issue.
Title: Sarah Chesham's lamentation for the murder of Richard Chesham, her husband, by poison
First Line: Behold a wretched married woman
Tune: The waggon train
Subjects: Essex (England)
Themes: Murder - 19th century , Crime - 19th century
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Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: E.M. Hodges, Printer, (from Pitt's,) Wholesale Toy and Marble Warehouse, 31, Dudley Street, Seven Dials
Notes: Printed on both sides.
Title: Apprehension and committal of Mrs. Sloane
First Line: Do stop a moment pray
Title: Come darkies sing!
First Line: Come, darkies, sing! dont you hear de banjo ring!
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Title: Joe Scott. A parody on the Cavalier
First Line: It was an out and out night
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1855 and 1861
Imprint: Notice - E. Hodges has Removed from 3...
Notes: Part of a sheet of two ballads; see Harding B 11(2186)
Title: London exhibitions
First Line: The names of two great warriers, [sic] whom here you may see
Tune: Jim along Josey
Performers: Sharp, John W., 1828-1856
Subjects: London (England)
Themes: Entertainments
Notes: Slip.
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Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: E. Hodges, Printer, Wholesale Toy & Marble Warehouse 31 Dudley Street, 7 Dials
Title: Going home with the milk in the morning
First Line: Grieving's a folly; I hate meloncholy [sic]
Themes: Drunkenness
Title: Live and let live
First Line: Live and let live! 'tis the great law of nature
Authors: Cook, Eliza, 1818-1889
Themes: Tolerance
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1855 and 1861
Imprint: E. Hodges, Printer, wholesale toy & marble warehouse, 26, Grafton street, Soho
Title: Cork leg
First Line: A tale I tell now without any flam
Title: Dunois the brave
First Line: It was Dunois the young and brave
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: E. Hodges, from Pitts wholesale toy warehouse, 31, Dudley street, Seven Dials
Notes: Firth c.17(225) is another issue
Title: Copy of verses on Drory and Jael Denny
First Line: Within a dungeon I am bewailing
Tune: The cruel father and affectionate lovers
Themes: Murder - 19th century
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: E. Hodges, from Pitt's Printer, wholesale toy and marble warehouse, songs, childrens books, &c. 31 Dudley st. 7 Dials
Title: Black eyed Susiannah
First Line: I've been to the East, I've been to the West
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Title: Katty darling
First Line: The flowers are bloming [sic], Katty darling
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: E. Hodges, Printer, (from I. Pitt's) wholesale toy warehouse, 31, Dudley street, Seven-dials
Notes: Slip. Part of a sheet of two ballads. See Firth b.25(356)
Title: As I wandered by the cook shop
First Line: As I saunter'd by the cook shop
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: Hodges, from (I. Pitts) Printer, 31 Dudley street, late Monmouth street, Seven Dials
Title: If I had but a thousand a year
First Line: Oh, if I had but a thousand a year, Gaffer Green
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: Hodges, Printer and Publisher, (from I. Pitts), 31 [Dudley] street, Seven Dials
Notes: Slip. Part of a sheet of two ballads; see Harding B 20(74)
Title: A Jew's a man for a' that!
First Line: That all are friends to me it's plain
Themes: Jews
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: E. Hodges from Pitt's wholesael [sic] toy & marble wasehoes [sic], 31, Dudley st Seven Dials
Title: Justices and Old Bailys
First Line: Here's adieu to your judges and juries
Themes: Transported convict , Crime - 19th century
Title: Congreve man
First Line: I'm going to tell you a curious tale
Notes: The title refers to Congreve matches
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: E. Hodges, (from Pitts'), wholesale toy and maable [sic] warehouse, 31, Dudley street, Seven Dials
Title: Mary list awake
First Line: Mary, dear Mary! list! awake!
Title: Though absent not forgotten
First Line: One day at [sic] I chanced to rove down by a shady grove
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: Hodges, Printer, (from Pitt's) wholesale toy warehouse, 31 [Dudley] street, 7 Dials
Notes: Johnson Ballads 559 is another impression
Title: The mower
First Line: It was on one summer's morning on the 14th day of May
Title: Rambling sailor
First Line: I am a sailor stout and bold, long time I have ploughed the ocean
Themes: Sailors
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Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: Hodges, Printer, (from I. Pitt) wholesale toy warehouse, 31 Dudley street, 7 Dials
Title: My own dearst [sic] home
First Line: Wherever I wander, wherever I stray
Tune: Hellen the fair
Themes: Marriage
Title: Marseilloise hymn
First Line: Ye sons of France awake to glory
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: E. Hodges, Printer (from Pitt's) wholesale toy warehouse, No. 31, Dudley street, Seven Dials
Title: Peter Pepercorn
First Line: When first I came from Poppleton and Sally Wilkins spied
Title: Jack of all trades
First Line: Oh, I am a drover, I drive along the road
Notes: The last line omitted.
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: Hodges, Printer, (from Pitt's) wholesale toy and marble warehouse, ... 31, Dudley street, Seven Dials
Title: Pine apple rock
First Line: As Spivins one day was a hawking his ware
Themes: Street traders
Title: I don't think much of you
First Line: Ah! you may chaff and wink your eye, and laugh and make a rout
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: E. Hodges (from the late I. Pitt's) wholesale toy, & marble warehouse, 31, Dudley street, seven Dials
Title: Roast beef of old England
First Line: When mighty roast beef was Englishman's food
Authors: Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754
Themes: Fashions
Title: Bonny blue jacket
First Line: As early one morning I chanc'd for to roam
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1846 and 1854
Imprint: E. Hodges (from Pitts) wholesale toy and marble warehouse, [31, Dudley] street, Seven Dials
Notes: Johnson Ballads 588 is another impression.
Title: The ride, or Trip, trip, trip
First Line: I once a ride was taking
Themes: Riding
Title: Cab cab cab
First Line: I goes out a cab driving
Subjects: London (England)
Themes: Hansom cabs
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date [1857]
Imprint: E.M.A. Hodges, Printer, wholesale [toy & marble] warehous[e], 26, Grafton street, Soho, [London]
Title: The royal little dears wants
First Line: Come all my loving subjects of every degree
Tune: Pretty little dear
Subjects: Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, Princess Royal, 1840-1901
Notes: Firth b.25(404) is torn at lower right corner and poorly printed.
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