Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 40
Title: No, my love, not I
First Line: As I was a walking one morning in May
Themes: Seduction and abandonment , Illegitimacy , Letter-writing , Courtship - difference in social status
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 9
Title: Sally in our alley
First Line: Of all the girls that are so smart
Authors: Carey, Henry, 1687-1743
Title: How happy the soldier
First Line: How happy the soldier who lives on his pay
Themes: Soldiers
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date [18--]
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 195
Title: Missee Jane Crow
First Line: Oh! I'm de nigger Wenus
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Title: He was such a nice young man
First Line: If pity dwells within your breast
Title: The bridal ring
First Line: I dreamt last night of our earlier days
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Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Artists: Bewick, Thomas
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Notes: The second illustration is a near copy of a Bewick cut: see Davison catalogue of woodcuts (1820), No. 234.
Series Identifier: 267
Title: The little town's boy
First Line: One cold winter's evening the stormy wind did blow
Themes: Orphans
Title: The evening gun
First Line: Rememberest thou that fading sun
Title: The voice of her I love
First Line: How sweet at the close of silent eve
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Notes: Harding B 11(982) is another edition.
Series Identifier: 219
Title: A dream of Napoleon
First Line: One night sad and languid I went to my bed
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Title: The curly headed boy
First Line: My father was a farmer, and a farmer's son am I
Themes: Farmers
Title: The rover's bride
First Line: Oh, if you love me furl your sails
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Notes: Harding B 11(993) is another edition.
Series Identifier: 221
Title: The drover-boy
First Line: I'm a merry hearted mountain drover boy
Title: Love's roundelay
First Line: Oh, love is the fairy power
Title: The coal-black steed
First Line: The knight is on his steed again
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 41
Title: Doings on Sunday nights
First Line: I'm going to sing a funny song
Title: Beautiful maid of my soul
First Line: I seek her on every shore
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Title: The bloomers
First Line: You lads and lasses in country and town
Themes: Bloomerism
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Title: Pop goes the weasel
First Line: Some time ago the people said, that English sports were dying
Themes: Dancing
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 30
Title: The golden glove
First Line: A wealthy young squire of Tamworth we hear
Themes: Courtship - difference in social status , Transvestism
Title: Rosin, the beau
First Line: I have travelled this wide world over
Themes: Drinking
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Notes: Johnson Ballads 1603; Coloured illustration.
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Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 15
Title: Down among the dead men
First Line: Here's a health to the queen, and a lasting peace
Authors: Dyer, J.
Themes: Drinking
Title: Old Dan Tucker
First Line: I came across de ocean wide
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
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Notes: Johnson Ballads 1584 is a photocopy of the Durham University copy
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Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 33
Title: The life boat
First Line: Man the life-boat! man the life-boat
Themes: Life-boats
Title: My lovely Nancy
First Line: Adieu, my lovely Nancy
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Notes: Johnson Ballads 1620; Coloured illustration.
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Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 72
Title: The soldier's lament
First Line: Adieu, my mustachios! farewell to my tip!
Themes: Soldiers
Title: I'm king of the forest glade
First Line: Oh, I'm the child of the forest wild
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: James Walker, Printer, Durham
Title: She's honest
First Line: She is honest, she is good and she is wise
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: James Walker, Printer, Durham
Title: Duck leg'd Dick had a donkey
First Line: Duck leg'd Dick had a donkey
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Title: Scotia's welcome to Victoria
First Line: There's news come over the Highlands yestreen
Notes: Slip
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Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 62
Title: Dumble dum deary
First Line: Last Candlemas day a month or more
Title: Dame Durden
First Line: Dame Durden kept five serving girls
Themes: Servants
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 128
Title: Robin Thompson's smiddy
First Line: My mither mend't my auld breeks
Title: The death of Parker
First Line: You gods above protect the widow
Subjects: Parker, Richard, 1767-1797
Themes: Mutiny at the Nore, 1797
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Artists: Bewick, Thomas
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 83
Title: The three butchers
First Line: It was Ips, Gips, and Johnson as I have heard many say
Title: Old Towler
First Line: Bright Chanticleer proclaims the dawn
Themes: Hunting
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 61
Title: Hearts of oak
First Line: Come, cheer up my lads, 'tis to glory we steer
Authors: Garrick, David, 1717-1779
Themes: Naval
Title: We'll hae a drap mair
First Line: A glass of good whiskey I'll take when I'm weary
Themes: Drinking
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 88
Title: Death of Simon Byrne
First Line: Mourn Erin's sons your hero brave
Themes: Prizefighting
Title: There's brighter days in store
First Line: Don't talk of life's troubles with sad rueful face
Tune: Rory O'More
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 25
Title: Bundle and go
First Line: From Clyde's bonny hills where the heather was blooming
Title: Whistle o'er the lave o't
First Line: First when Meggy was my care
Imprint Names: Walker, J.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date 18--
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 265
Title: Poor man's labour never done
First Line: When I was a young man I lived rarely
Themes: Marriage
