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Edition - Bod5840

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


1st Ballad - Roud Number: 132

Title: Blind beggar's daughter of Bethnal Green

First Line: 'Tis of a blind beggar and he lost his sight

Themes:  Courtship - difference in social status ,  Beggars

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: V7963

Title: King of the Cannibal islands

First Line: Oh! have you heard the news of late

Themes:  Savages

Harding B 11(322)

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Edition - Bod16614

Imprint Names:  Pitts, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1819 and 1844

Imprint: J. Pitts and Toy Warehouse, 6, Great st. Andrew Street, 7 dials


Ballad - Roud Number: 132

Title: The blind beggar of Bethnal green

First Line: This song's of a beggar who long lost his sight

Themes:  Courtship - difference in social status ,  Beggars

Harding B 5(18)

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Harding B 23(33)

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