Imprint Names: Birt
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1833 and 1841
Imprint: Birt, Printer, 39, Great St. Andrew street, Seven Dials, London
Title: Mary Machree
First Line: The flower of the valley was Mary Machree
Title: Mary Blane
First Line: I once did lub a pretty gal
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Imprint Names: Nugent, J.F. and Co.
Imprint Locations: Dublin?
Date
between 1850 and 1899
Title: Rory of the hill
First Line: That rake up near the rafters
Title: Silver moonlight winds are blowing
First Line: Silver moonlight winds are blowing
Title: Mary Blane
First Line: I once did lub a pretty gal
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Title: Farewell to the mountaim [sic]
First Line: Farewell to the mountain
Title: Content and a pipe
First Line: Contented I sit with my pint and my pipe
Themes: Contentment
Title: [T]he minstrel boy
First Line: [The mi]nstrel boy to the war is gone
Authors: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
Title: Dark-lock-na-Garr
First Line: Away ye gay landscapes, ye gardens of roses
Authors: Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
Title: A new song Charles S. Parnell
First Line: From the plains of royal meath, to the city on the lee
Tune: What Paddy can't do more
Subjects: Parnell, Charles Stewart, 1846-1891
Title: Johnny Hart
First Line: There was a rich farmer's daughter lived near the town of Ross
Title: A new song called Granuaile
First Line: As through the north as I walked to vi[ew] the shamrock plain
Notes: For a better copy of the text see 2806 c.15(85)
Title: Sally in our alley
First Line: Of all the girls that are so smart
Authors: Carey, Henry, 1687-1743
Title: The royal blackbird
First Line: Upon a fair morning for soft recreation
Subjects: Charles Edward, prince, grandson of James II, king of England, 1720-1788
Title: A new song on the Land league
First Line: Here's to Donegal and her people brave and tall
Notes: For a better copy of the text see Harding B 19(139)
Themes: Irish Land league
Imprint Names: Hodges, E.M.A.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1855 and 1861
Imprint: [above] E. Hodges, From I. Pitts' Printer, Wholesale Marble & Toy Warehouse 31, Dudley Street Seven Dials. [below] Notice, E. Hodges has Removed from Dudley Street, to 26, Grafton Street, Soho
Title: Poor Mary Blane
First Line: I once did lub a pretty gal
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Title: Going to Nore
First Line: Oh, the morning was cold when my love and I started
Themes: Excursions
Imprint Names: Brander
Imprint Locations: Elgin
Imprint: Brander, Printer, Elgin
Title: Mary Blane
First Line: I once did lub a pretty gal
Notes: See Harding B 11(79), \"Answer to Nelly Gray,\" for a similar story
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy , Kidnapping , Race relations , Louisiana
Title: Queer folk o' the shaws
First Line: I thought one day unto mysel' that I wad gang and see a race
Themes: Horse-racing
Imprint Names: Sharp, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date c.1845
Imprint: Sharp, Printer, 30, Kent Street, Borough, London
Title: Mary Blane
First Line: I ouce [sic] did love a pretty gal
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Title: The blighted flower
First Line: I had a flower within my garden growing
Themes: Seduction
Imprint Names: Ryle, A. and Co.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1845 and 1859
Notes: The text is part of a sheet of three ballads; see Harding B 11(2344).
Title: Mary Blane
First Line: I once did lub a pretty gal
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Notes: The illustrations and the text are separately printed items. Slip
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Imprint Names: Povey, L.
Imprint Locations: Berkeley
Date 18--
Imprint: Povey, Pr., Berkeley
Title: Advice to bachelors
First Line: Of the ladies, heaven bless them
Authors: Embleton, J.
Themes: Marriage
Title: Mary Blane
First Line: I once did lub a pretty gal
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Imprint Names: Paul, C.
Imprint Locations: London
Date 18--
Imprint: C. Paul, Printer, 18, Great St. Andrew Str. Broad Street, Bloomsbury
Title: Mary Blane
First Line: I once did lub a pretty gal
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Title: Oh, summer night
First Line: Oh summer night
Imprint Names: Ryle, A. and Co.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1845 and 1859
Imprint: Ryle & Co., Printers, 2 & 3, Monmouth Court, Seven Dials
Title: Mary Blane
First Line: I once did lub a pretty gal
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Title: Happy heart!
First Line: Happy heart! oh, happy heart!
Performers: Dickons, Maria, 1770-1833
Title: Oh, summer night
First Line: Oh summer night
Imprint Names: Sharp, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date c.1845
Imprint: Sharp, Printer, 30, Kent Street, Borough
Title: Mary Blane
First Line: [I] once did love a pretty gal
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Imprint Names: Walker, G.
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date between 1797 and 1834
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 11
Title: I'm afloat, I'm afloat
First Line: I'm afloat, I'm afloat, on the fierce rolling tide
Authors: Cook, Eliza, 1818-1889
Themes: Piracy
Title: Who's dat knocking at de door
First Line: Ib just come down on a little bit ob spree
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Title: Mary Blane
First Line: I once did lub a pretty gal -- I lub'd her as my life
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy , Kidnapping
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Imprint Names: Such, H.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1863 and 1885
Imprint: London: H. Such, Machine Printer, and Publisher, 177, Union- st., Boro'. S.E.
Series Identifier: 365
Title: Father Houlton
First Line: Rou [sic] muses now assist me, I'm seeking for your aid
Title: Mary Blane
First Line: I once did lub a pretty girl
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
