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Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, 13, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Notes:  Harding B 16(127c) is another edition.

Ballad - Roud Number: V9729

Title: The last shilling

First Line: As pensive one night in my garrat I sat

Authors:  Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, No. 15, Water lane, Fleet street, London

Notes:  Harding B 25(58) is another edition.

Ballad - Roud Number: V1124

Title: Anna, or The adieu

First Line: When the sails catch the breeze and the anchor is weigh'd

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed by Jennings, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Notes:  Harding B 17(31a) is another edition.

Ballad - Roud Number: V20022

Title: Blue-ey'd Mary

First Line: Pretty blue-ey'd Mary

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, 13, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: V26505

Title: Can't you let me live a little longer

First Line: How careless we talk of mortality

Notes:  Verse and prose.

Themes:  Death

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, No. 13, Water-lane, Fleet- street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: 3141

Title: On admiral Bembo's death in the West-Indies

First Line: O we sail'd to Virginia, and from thence to New York

Themes:  Sailors

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by J. Jennings, No. 15, Water lane, Fleet street

Ballad - Roud Number: V15810

Title: The siege of Belleisle

First Line: Come all you bold Britons that are prating at home

Themes:  Belleisle, siege of, 1761

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Notes:  A photocopy. For an original see Firth c.12(199)

Ballad - Roud Number: V1206

Title: The advantageous offer, or The man and money for life

First Line: I am a rough tar as you see

Themes:  Marriage ,  Sailors ,  Slavery - West Indies

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, 15, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: V7728

Title: Go along Bob

First Line: As Joe the dustman drove his noble team

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: V12860

Title: Innocent mirth

First Line: Come gentlemen sit you all merry, I'll sing you a song of want

Themes:  Poverty ,  Ballad-sellers

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by J. Jennings, 15, Water-Lane, Fleet- Street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: V8188

Title: Love and glory

First Line: Young Henry was brave a youth

Authors:  Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed by Jennings, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Notes:  Harding B 16(205b) is another edition.

Ballad - Roud Number: V5383

Title: Poll and my partner Joe

First Line: I was d'ye see a waterman

Authors:  Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814

Themes:  Adultery

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: V4823

Title: This London, agrah! is the devil's own shop

First Line: From great Londonderry to London so merry

Themes:  Countryman in London ,  Irish - England

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed by Jennings, Water-lane, Whitefriars, London

Ballad

Title: The unhappy lass of Canterbury

First Line: Young lovers all in town or city

Themes:  Soldiers ,  Letter-writing ,  Insanity

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed by J. Jennings, No. 15. Water-Lane, Fleet-street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: V6836

Title: Dickey Snip

First Line: Why here is Dickney [sic] Snip

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, 13, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: V21149

Title: The British flag

First Line: Your slack jaw belay, if you ask Jack's opinion

Themes:  Naval

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Prinied [sic] and sold by J. Jennings, 15, Water Lane, Fleet Street

Ballad - Roud Number: V3972

Title: The humours of the Royal Billy

First Line: Come, all ye young fellows attend to my song

Tune: Patrick O'Neal

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: V7597

Title: The orphan wet with the rain

First Line: If pity, sweet maid, ever dwelt in thy breast

Themes:  Orphans

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: V3350

Title: Jack's the lad

First Line: Our ship's aport, so here I be

Themes:  Sailors

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: V3183

Title: Swaggering Boney

First Line: Come all ye bold Britons, I pray lend an ear

Subjects:  Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, 13, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: V21227

Title: Betty of Billingsgate

First Line: A boat unmoor'd from off Bankside

Subjects:  Thames River (England)

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: V3817

Title: Blue-ey'd Susan of Tunbridge

First Line: Of Tunbridge ware she has great choice

Themes:  Street traders

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, Water-lane, Whitefriars, London

Ballad - Roud Number: V348

Title: The poor little child of [a] tar

First Line: In a little blue garment, all ragged and torn

Themes:  Orphans

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, 13, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: 13848

Title: The cabin boy

First Line: From dad and man's [sic] society

Themes:  Naval

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: V3375

Title: The sailor's consolation

First Line: Spanking Jack was so comely, so pleasant, so jolly

Authors:  Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814

Themes:  Naval

Imprint Names:  Jennings, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1840

Imprint: Printed and sold by Jennings, 13, Water-lane, Fleet-street, London

Ballad - Roud Number: V29236

Title: The maid of Sunbury

First Line: At Sunbury dwells a maiden fair

Tune: Lass of Richmond hill