Imprint Names: Pitts, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1802 and 1819
Imprint: Printed and sold by J. Pitts, No. Great St Andrew Street, Seven Dials
Notes: Slip. Harding B 15(289b) is another edition.
Title: Skew Ball
First Line: Come gentlemen sportsmen I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
Imprint Names: [s.n.]
Imprint Locations:
[s.l.]
Title: A new song, called Skewball
First Line: Ye gentlemen sportsmen I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
Imprint Names: Forth, J.
Imprint Locations: Pocklington
Imprint: J. Forth, Printer, Pocklington
Series Identifier: 131
Title: The wanderer
First Line: Cease awhile ye winds to blow
Title: Scew Ball
First Line: Come gentlemen sportsmen I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
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
Notes: The same setting of type appears in Firth b.25(2) but with a different imprint.
Title: The answer to Colin & Phoebe
First Line: Come, come dearest Phoebe let's away to the fair
Themes: Fairs
Title: My lodging is in the cold ground
First Line: My lodging is in the cold ground
Notes: The same setting of type appears in Firth b.25(2) but with a different imprint.
Themes: Poverty
Title: Skew Ball
First Line: Come gentlemen sportsmen I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
Imprint Names: Ryle, A. and Co.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1845 and 1859
Notes: Slip. Part of a sheet of two ballads; see Firth b.26(236)
Title: Skew Ball
First Line: Come gentlemen sportsmen I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
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
Notes: Slip. Part of a sheet of three ballads; see Harding B 11(73). Johnson Ballads 999 is another edition.
Title: Skew Ball
First Line: Come gentlemen sportsmen I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
Imprint Names: Ryle, A. and Co.
Imprint Locations: London
Date
between 1845 and 1859
Title: Skew Ball
First Line: Come gentlemen sportsmen I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
Notes: The illustrations and the text are separately printed items. Firth c.19(79) is a duplicate of the text, with the original illustration. Slip
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Imprint Names: Pitts, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1819 and 1844
Imprint: Printed and Sold by J. Pitts, toy and marble warehouse, 6, Great St. Andrew Street 7 Dials
Title: Skew Ball
First Line: Come gentlemen sportsman [sic] I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
Title: Frauds and pickpockets, or Rogues all
First Line: Come come my good masters, what's all this about
Tune: Tantararara rogues all
Themes: Shopkeepers , Frauds in trade
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Imprint Names: Ryle, A. and Co.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1845 and 1859
Imprint: Ryle and Co., Printers, Monmouth-court, 7 Dials
Title: Poor Rosa May
First Line: Come darkies listen unto me
Themes: Blackface minstrelsy
Title: Skew Ball
First Line: Come gentlemen sportsmen I pray listen all
Notes: The same setting of type appears in Harding B 11(73) but under a different impression
Themes: Horse-racing
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Imprint Names: Birt, T.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1828 and 1829
Imprint: Printed by T. Birt, (wholesale and retail) 10, Great St. Andrew-Street Seven Dials, London
Notes: Two variant copies Two variant copies
Title: The trotting horse
First Line: I can sport as fine a trotting horse as any swell in t[own]
Themes: Trotting races
Title: Skew Ball
First Line: Come gentlemen sportsmen, I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
Imprint Names: Croshaw, C.
Imprint Locations: York
Date between 1814 and 1850
Imprint: C. Croshaw, Printer, Coppergate, York
Title: A new song, called Skewball
First Line: Ye gentlemen sportsmen I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
Imprint Names: Harkness, J.
Imprint Locations: Preston
Date between 1840 and 1866
Imprint: Harkness, Printer, Church-Street, Preston
Series Identifier: 187
Title: Scew Ball
First Line: Come gentlemen sportsmen I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
Title: Woeful marriage
First Line: On Monday night I married a wife
Themes: Drunkenness - women , Domestic relations
Imprint Names: [s.n.]
Imprint Locations: [s.l.]
Series Identifier: 136
Title: Skew Ball
First Line: Come gentlemen sportsmen I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
Imprint Names: Stephenson, W.
Imprint Locations: Gateshead
Date between 1821 and 1838
Imprint: W. Stephenson, Printer, Bridge End, Gateshead
Title: Skewball
First Line: You gentlemen sportsmen, I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
Imprint Names: Wright, W.
Imprint Locations: Birmingham
Date between 1820 and 1827
Imprint: Wright, Pr. Carey's Court, Birmingham
Title: Skewball
First Line: Come gentlemen sportsmen I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
Title: Roger's request and Sylvia's denial
First Line: As I walk'd out one morning fair
Themes: Rejected suitor
Imprint Names: [s.n.]
Imprint Locations: [s.l.]
Sheet References:
ESTC: T195302
Title: Skewball
First Line: You gentlemen-sportsmen I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
Title: Yo yea
First Line: I sail'd in the good ship the Kitty
Authors: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Themes: Sailing
Imprint Names: Jackson, W. and Son
Imprint Locations: Birmingham
Date between 1842 and 1855
Imprint: Jackson & Son, (late J. Russell,) Printers, 21, Moor-street, Birmingham
Title: What are you going to stand
First Line: Queer sayings now are all the go
Themes: Drinking
Title: Scew Ball
First Line: Come gentleman [sic] sportsmen I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
Imprint Names: Forth, J.
Imprint Locations: Pocklington
Notes: See Firth b.25(297) Slip. Another issue forms part of a sheet of two ballads; see Firth b.25(297)
Title: Scew Ball
First Line: Come gentlemen sportsmen I pray listen all
Themes: Horse-racing
