Imprint Names: Catnach, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date [1829]
Imprint: Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-court, 7 Dials
Title: The wolf
First Line: At the peaceful midnight hour
Title: Will Witch the bold smuggler
First Line: 'Twas one morn when the wind from the northward blew keenly
Themes: Smuggling
Title: Low down in the broom
First Line: My daddy is a canker'd carle
Title: Lilies and roses
First Line: The father of Nancy a forester was
Title: With a helmet on his brow
First Line: With a helmet on his brow
Themes: Military
Title: John Anderson my jo
First Line: John Anderson my jo, John
Authors: Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
Title: Her mouth with a smile
First Line: Her mouth with a smile
Title: Richmond hill
First Line: On Richmond hill there lives a lass
Title: Birks of Invermay
First Line: The smiling morn, the breathing spring
Title: Fall not in love
First Line: Fall not in love dear girls, beware
Title: The gay guitar
First Line: Yes I will leave my father's halls
Title: Love and glory
First Line: Young Henry was as brave a youth
Authors: Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841
Themes: Women soldiers
Title: The keel row
First Line: As I came through the Cannon gate
Subjects: Newcastle (England)
Title: When a man's a little bit poorly
First Line: When a man's a little bit poorly
Title: Pluck'd the fairest flower
First Line: I have plucked the sweetest flower
Title: [Hope told a flattering tale]
First Line: Hope told a flattering tale
Imprint Names: Stone, R. , Burridge, W. , Keys, E.
Imprint Locations: Exeter , Truro , Devonport
Imprint: Devonport: Printed by E. Keys, 7, James-street ... Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New-bridge, Exeter; and by W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall
Title: Will Watch
First Line: 'Twas one morn when the wind from the north'ard blew keenly
Title: A thumping glass of gin
First Line: Oh! a woman I do love, believe me that is true
Themes: Drunkenness - women
Imprint Names: Stone, R. , Burridge, W. , Keys, E.
Imprint Locations: Exeter , Truro , Devonport
Imprint: Devonport: Printed by E. Keys, 7, James-street ... Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New-bridge, Exeter; and by W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall
Notes: Slip. Part of a sheet of two ballads. See Firth b.25(528)
Title: Will Watch
First Line: 'Twas one morn when the wind from the north'ard blew keenly
Imprint Names: Fortey, W.S.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1858 and 1885
Imprint: London: Printed at the \"Catnach Press,\" by W.S. Fortey, Monmouth Court, Seven Dials
Title: Will Watch, the bold smuggler
First Line: 'Twas one morning when the winds from the northward blew keenly
Themes: Smuggling
Title: The heart that can feel for another
First Line: Jack Steadfast and I were both messmates at sea
Themes: Sailors
Imprint Names: Thompson, H.
Imprint Locations: Liverpool
Imprint: H. Thompson, Printer, No. 1, Ranelagh street, corner of Church street, Liverpool
Title: Will Watch. The bold smuggler
First Line: Twas 1 morn when the winds from the northward blew keenly
Themes: Smuggling
Title: [The] robin's petion [sic]
First Line: When the leaves had forsakeh [sic] the trees
Imprint Names: Pitts, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1819 and 1844
Imprint: J. Pitts Printer and Toy Warehouse, 6 Great st. Andrew Street, 7 dials
Title: Will Watch the bold smuggler
First Line: Twas one morn when the wind from the northwa[rd] blew keenly
Themes: Smuggling
Imprint Names: Catnach, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1813 and 1838
Imprint: Catnach, Printer, 2, Monmouth-court, 7 Dials
Notes: Harding B 11(4249) is another edition. Harding B 11(4249) is another edition.
Title: Will Watch the bold smuggler
First Line: Twas one morn when the winds from the northward blew keen[ly]
Themes: Smuggling
Title: The heart that can feel for another
First Line: Jack Steadfast and I were both me[ss]mates at sea
Themes: Sailors
Imprint Names: Harkness, J.
Imprint Locations: Preston
Date between 1840 and 1866
Imprint: J. Harkness, Printer, 121, Church Street, Preston
Series Identifier: 233
Title: Duke of Marlborough
First Line: You generals all and champions bold
Subjects: Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of, 1650-1722
Title: Will Watch
First Line: 'Twas one morn when the wind from the northward blew keenly
Notes: Harding B 20(238) is another edition of this ballad alone
Themes: Smuggling
Imprint Names: Such, H.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1849 and 1862
Imprint: London: H. Such, Printer & Publisher, 123, Union-street, Boro' S.E.
Series Identifier: 27
Title: Will Watch the bold smuggler!
First Line: 'Twas one morn when the wind from the northward blew keenly
Themes: Smuggling
Title: The oul' bog hole
First Line: The pig is in the mire, the cow is on the grass
Imprint Names: Such, H.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1849 and 1862
Imprint: London: H. Such, Printer & Publisher, 123, Union-street, Boro' S.E.
Notes: Slip. Part of a sheet of two ballads; see Harding B 11(4251)
Title: Will Watch the bold smuggler!
First Line: 'Twas one morn when the wind from the northward blew keenly
Themes: Smuggling
Imprint Names: Marshall, J.
Imprint Locations: Newcastle
Date between 1810 and 1831
Imprint: Marshall, Printer, Newcastle
Title: Will Watch, the bold smuggler
First Line: 'Twas one morn, when the wind from the northward blew keenly
Themes: Smuggling
Imprint Names: Pitts, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1819 and 1844
Imprint: Pitts Printer Wholesale Toy and Marble Warehouse 6, Great st Andrew street 7 dials
Title: Will Watch the bold smuggler
First Line: Twas one morn when the wind from the northward blew keenly
Themes: Smuggling
Imprint Names: Wardman, H.
Imprint Locations: Bradford
Imprint: Bradford: Printed and Sold by H. Wardman, 6, Chapel-Lane
Title: My native land I bade adieu
First Line: My native land I bade adieu
Title: Little Mary the sailor's bride
First Line: As William and Mary stray'd by the sea side
Title: Fly not yet
First Line: Fly not yet, 'tis just the hour
Title: Sailor's welcome home
First Line: When first at sea a sailors lad
Themes: Sailors
Title: The oyster girl
First Line: Many a knight and lady gay
Themes: Street traders
Title: Tom Starboard
First Line: Tom Starboard was a lover true
Authors: Knight, T. (Thomas), d. 1820
Themes: Shipwreck
Title: Time is on the wing
First Line: Strew strew with roses
Title: Mr. Walker, the twopenny postman
First Line: Very near the West end, tho' I must not tell where
Themes: Postmen
Title: Betsy Baker
First Line: From noise and bustle far away
Title: The white cockade
First Line: It was one Monday morning
Themes: Soldiers
Title: Blue-eyed stranger
First Line: One night the north wind loud did blow
Title: A boat, a boat
First Line: A boat, a boat, I hast to the ferry
Title: Tin ware lass
First Line: One evening, not very long ago
Title: Will Watch
First Line: 'Twas one morn when the wind from the northward blew keenly
Themes: Smuggling
Title: Thy sweet silver light, bonny moon
First Line: As I went to my cot at the close of the day
Title: A bit of good truth
First Line: Roasting-jacks arn't water mills
Title: Helmet on his brow
First Line: With a helmet on his brow
Themes: Soldiers
Title: My village fair
First Line: To my village fair no lass can compare
Title: Cherry ripe
First Line: Cherry ripe, cherry ripe, I cry
Themes: Street traders
Title: Canadian boat song
First Line: Faintly as tolls the evening chime
Authors: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
Imprint Names: Harkness, J.
Imprint Locations: Preston
Date between 1840 and 1866
Notes: Another edition forms part of a sheet of two ballads; see Harding B 11(1021)
Series Identifier: 233
Title: Will Watch
First Line: 'Twas one morn when the wind from the northward blew keenly
Themes: Smuggling
Imprint Names: Armstrong, W.
Imprint Locations: Liverpool
Date between 1820 and 1824
Imprint: Printed for W. Armstrong, Banastre-street
Title: Will Watch, the bold smuggler
First Line: 'Twas morn, when the wind from the northward blew keenly
Themes: Smuggling
Title: Young Thomas
First Line: Come all you maids who are at a distance
Imprint Names: Catnach, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date [1823]
Imprint: Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court
Title: Dashing serjeant
First Line: If I had a beau for a soldier would go
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Themes: Women soldiers
Title: The moon is on the hill
First Line: Awake, my light, my sleeping love
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Title: Evening bells
First Line: Those ev'ning bells, those ev'ning bells
Authors: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
Themes: Bells
Title: The shady bowers
First Line: I'll range around the shady bowers
Title: Wreath the bowl
First Line: Wreath the bowl with flow'rs of soul
Authors: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
Themes: Wine
Title: The ramble. Music and love
First Line: 'Twas at midsummer's tide, no matter the day
Title: A favourite pastoral
First Line: Flocks are sporting, doves are courting
Title: The Cambrian minstrel boy
First Line: Through Cambria's sweet valleys I stray
Performers: Longhurst, Master
Title: The beautiful maid
First Line: When absent from her my soul holds most dear
Title: Will Watch, the bold smuggler
First Line: 'Twas one morn when the wind from the north it blew keenly
Title: The happy shepherd
First Line: With the sun I rise at morn
Title: Amoret and Phyllis
First Line: Sweet Phyllis well met, the sun is just set
Title: Lullaby
First Line: Peaceful slumbr'ing on the ocean
Title: Home
First Line: I was courted by a young man who did me betray
Tune: Home, sweet home
Themes: Seduction and abandonment
Title: Sweet Mary of the dale
First Line: As blythe I tript the other morn
Title: The fairy. A midnight madrigal
First Line: Fairest of the virgin train
Title: The garden gate, a favourite song
First Line: The day was spent, the moon shone bright
Title: Helen the fair. A new song
First Line: Fair Helen one morn from her cottage had stray'd
Title: Where roses wild
First Line: Where roses wild were blooming
Title: Lowland Mary
First Line: Flow'ry spring has deck'd the dale
Title: The willow tree
First Line: Don't you remember the vows to tender
Imprint Names: [s.n.]
Imprint Locations:
[s.l.]
Title: The farmer's boy
First Line: The sun went down beyond the hills
Themes: Farmers , Agricultural laborers
Title: Sweet home
First Line: 'Mid pleasure & palaces, tho' we may roam
Notes: Incomplete
Title: Will Watch
First Line: One morn when the wind from the northward blew keenly
Title: The conquering sailor
First Line: With a cutlass in his hand, and a pistol by his side
Notes: Incomplete
Title: Who'd be foolish then?
First Line: Now where so fast, a young man said
Title: Helmet on his brow
First Line: With a helmet on his brow
Title: The lover's mistake
First Line: A fond youth serenaded his love
Notes: Incomplete
Notes: Lower part torn off. Three of the ballads are incomplete
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Imprint Names: Catnach, J. , Paul, J. and co.
Imprint Locations: London , London
Date between 1838 and 1845
Imprint: J. Paul & Co., Printers, 2 & 3 Monmouth-court, Seven Dials [and] Printed by J. Catnach, Monmouth-court, 7 Dials
Title: My gentle mother dear
First Line: There was a place in childhood that [I] remember well
Authors: Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868
Themes: Mothers
Title: Will Watch the bold smuggler
First Line: 'Twas one morn when the wind from the northward blew keenly
Themes: Smuggling
Title: Low down in the broom
First Line: My daddy is a canker'd carle
Title: Lilies and roses
First Line: The father of Nancy a forester was
Title: With a helmet on his brow
First Line: With a helmet on his brow
Themes: Military
Title: John Anderson my jo
First Line: John Anderson my jo, John
Authors: Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
Title: Her mouth with a smile
First Line: Her mouth with a smile
Title: Richmond hill
First Line: On Richmond hill there lives a lass
Title: Birks of Invermay
First Line: The smiling morn, the breathing spring
Title: Fall not in love
First Line: Fall not in love dear girls beware
Title: The gay guitar
First Line: Yes I will leave my father's halls
Title: Love and glory
First Line: Young Henry was as brave a youth
Authors: Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841
Themes: Women soldiers
Title: When a man's a little bit poorly
First Line: When a man's a little bit poo[rly]
Title: Pluck'd the fairest flower
First Line: I have plucked the sweetest flower
Title: [Hope told a flattering tale]
First Line: Hope told a flattering tale
Imprint Names: Catnach, J. , Bennett , Pierce , Marshall, W.
Imprint Locations: London , Brighton , Southborough , Bristol
Date between 1813 and 1838
Imprint: J. Catnach, Printer, 2, Monmouth-court, 7 Dials ... Sold by Bennett, Brighton, & Pierce, Southborough [and] Sold by W. Marshall, Bristol
Notes: Harding B 20(192) is another edition.
Title: Will Watch the bold smuggler
First Line: 'Twas one morn when the winds from the northward blew keen[ly]
Themes: Smuggling
Title: The heart that can feel for another
First Line: Jack Steadfast and I were bo[th mess]mates at sea
Themes: Sailors
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Imprint Names: Pitts, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1819 and 1844
Imprint: Pitts, Printer, Wholesale Toy and Marble Warehouse, 6, Great St. Andrew-street, Seven Dials
Title: Will Watch, the smuggler
First Line: 'Twas one morn when the wind from the northward blew keenly
Themes: Smuggling
Title: Galley slave
First Line: Oh think on my fate, I once freedom enjoy'd
Authors: Cross, J.C. (James C.), d. 1810
Themes: Slavery - galley slaves
Title: The wounded sailor
First Line: I am a young sailor that has lately been cross'd in love
Imprint Names: Batchelar, T.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1817 and 1828
Imprint: London: Printed and sold by T. Batchelar, 115, Long Alley, Moorfields
Notes: 8 p.
Title: Then hey for the life of a soldier
First Line: When I was an infant, gossips would say
Themes: Soldiers
Title: Be sorrow far away
First Line: Within a bow'r a lady gay
Title: The Clown's courtship
First Line: A comical lass I went to woo
Title: O bear me away from this Corsair
First Line: Ye zephyrs gay that fan the air
Title: I'll love thee ever dearly
First Line: Let others breathe the melting sigh
Title: Betsy, the girl of my heart
First Line: At eve when the sun's to the westward reclining
Title: Will Watch
First Line: Twas one morn when the wind from the northward blew keenly
Title: Cabin boy
First Line: The seas were rough, the clouds were dark
Title: Answer to the Cabin boy
First Line: When clouds obscured the distant sky
Title: Adieu, my native land
First Line: Adieu, my native land, adieu
Title: Sailor's will
First Line: The net-work flow'd with hammocks all
Title: Believe me if all those endearing young charms
First Line: Believe me if all those endearing young charms
Title: O say not a woman's love is bought
First Line: O say not a woman's love is bought
Title: Is there a heart that never lov'd
First Line: Is there a heart that never lov'd
Title: Cottage near a wood
First Line: In my cottage near a wood
Title: Nelson's tomb
First Line: 'Twas in Trafalgar's bay
Title: Love and glory
First Line: Young Henry was as brave a youth
Authors: Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841
