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Edition - Bod4066

Imprint Names:  Armstrong, W.

Imprint Locations:  Liverpool

Date  between 1820 and 1824

Imprint: Printed for W. Armstrong, Liverpool


1st Ballad - Roud Number: 1121

Title: Remember the poor

First Line: Now winter is come, with it's cold chilling breath

Themes:  Winter

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: The spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

Harding B 28(65)

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Edition - Bod1983

Imprint Names:  [s.n.]

Imprint Locations:  [s.l.]

Notes:  The cut is in the style of Bewick: for a near copy, see Davison catalogue, no. 179.

Series Identifier: 238


1st Ballad - Roud Number: V4798

Title: The lazy club

First Line: My wife is such a lazy Turk

Authors:  Perry, J.R.

Themes:  Sloth

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: Spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

Firth b.27(294)

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Harding B 11(2094)

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Edition - Bod5817

Imprint Names:  Russell, S.

Imprint Locations:  Birmingham

Date  between 1840 and 1851

Imprint: Samuel Russell, Printer, (Nephew to the late J. Russell, of 21, Moor-street,) 24, Old Meeting-street, Birmingham


1st Ballad - Roud Number: 2326

Title: The Indian lass

First Line: As I was wa[l]king on a far distant shore

Themes:  Indians of North America

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: Spotted cow

First Line: Ona [sic] morning in the month of May

Harding B 11(1759)

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Edition - Bod2347

Imprint Names:  Shelmerdine, W.

Imprint Locations:  Manchester

Imprint: Shelmerdine & Co. Printers

Notes:  For a version of this illustration, see Select Fables, with cuts by Thomas and John Bewick (1820), p. 129.


1st Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: Spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of June

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: V1432

Title: Hambletonian & Diamond

First Line: Fine news brother sportsmen, to you I'll unfold

Themes:  Horse-racing

Harding B 11(3628)

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Edition - Bod2359

Imprint Names:  Disley, H.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1860 and 1883

Imprint: H. Disley, Printer, 57, High-street, St. Giles


1st Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: Spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: V3450

Title: Poor Tom

First Line: Mas'r I can tell you nothing

Notes:  Based on a passage from Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Themes:  Slavery

Firth b.25(178)

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Harding B 11(3629)

Notes:  Harding B 11(3629) is cropped along top edge, lacking most of both illustrations.


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Edition - Bod2512

Imprint Names:  Such, H.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1863 and 1885

Imprint: London: H. Such, Printer & Publisher, 177, (late 123), Union- street, Boro'. S.E.

Series Identifier: 289


1st Ballad - Roud Number: V29581

Title: The wife's appeal

First Line: It was on a cold and stormy night as I alone did stray

Themes:  Drunkenness

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: The spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

Harding B 11(4201)

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Edition - Bod3023

Imprint Names:  Bebbington, J.O.Beaumont, J.

Imprint Locations:  ManchesterLeeds

Date  between 1858 and 1861

Imprint: Bebbington, Printer, 31, Oldham Road, Manchester, sold by J. Beaumont, 176, York-street, Leeds


Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: The spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

Harding B 15(311a)

Notes:  The illustration and the text are separately printed items. Slip


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Edition - Bod11377

Imprint Names:  [s.n.]

Imprint Locations:  [s.l.]

Series Identifier: 5


1st Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: The spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 1235

Title: Here's a health to all good lasses

First Line: Here's a health to all good lasses

Themes:  Drinking

3rd Ballad - Roud Number: 13873

Title: Sir John Moore's burial

First Line: Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note

Authors:  Wolfe, Charles, 1791-1823

Subjects:  Moore, John, Sir, 1761-1809

Firth b.27(104)

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Johnson Ballads 3354

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Edition - Bod11425

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


1st Ballad - Roud Number: V728

Title: The exploits of Teddy Blink and Bandy Jack

First Line: On Sunday morning early we got on at different chapels

Tune: The British lion, or Mrs. Casey's hotel

Themes:  Church-goingPickpockets

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: The spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

3rd Ballad - Roud Number: 1185

Title: The light horseman slain in the wars, or The lamenting maiden

First Line: Ye maidens, wives, and widows, too, give attention

Themes:  Soldiers

Harding B 11(1106)

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Edition - Bod12927

Imprint Names:  [s.n.]

Imprint Locations:  [s.l.]

1st Ballad - Roud Number: 13449

Title: Sweet home

First Line: 'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam

Authors:  Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: The spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

Firth b.27(95)

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Harding B 11(3714)

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Edition - Bod7310

Imprint Names:  Pitts, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1819 and 1844

Imprint: Pitts printer, toy and marble warehouse, 6 Great st. andrew street seven dials


1st Ballad - Roud Number: V3207

Title: L. A. W. - law

First Line: Come list to me for a minute

Themes:  Courts and lawLawyers

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: The spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

Firth b.26(83)

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Edition - Bod9793

Imprint Names:  Such, H.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1863 and 1885

Imprint: London: H. Such, Printer & Publisher, 177 (late 123), Union- street, Boro.' S.E.

Series Identifier: 289


Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: The spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

Themes:  Seduction

Firth c.18(217)

Notes:  Slip


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Edition - Bod16067

Imprint Names:  Harkness, J.

Imprint Locations:  Preston

Date  between 1840 and 1866

Series Identifier: 406


1st Ballad - Roud Number: 7150

Title: Betsy Brown, or, Riding in a cart

First Line: As I walked out one rainy day

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: The spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

Firth b.28(14a)

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Edition - Bod17085

Imprint Names:  Evans, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1780 and 1812

Imprint: Evans, Printer, Long-lane, London


Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: The spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

Harding B 17(297a)

Notes:  Slip


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Edition - Bod20474

Imprint Names:  Catnach, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1813 and 1838

Imprint: Printed and sold wholesale and retail by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-court

Notes:  Harding B 11(3164) is another edition.


1st Ballad - Roud Number: 186

Title: The pretty plough boy

First Line: It's of a pretty plough boy was gazing o'er his plough

Themes:  Lovers partedCruel parentsPress-gangsSailorsCourtship - difference in social status

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: The spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

Themes:  Seduction

3rd Ballad - Roud Number: 13847

Title: Canadian boat song

First Line: Faintly as tolls the evening chime

Authors:  Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852

Firth b.25(108)

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Harding B 11(3161)

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Edition - Bod21331

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, Bloomsbury

Notes:  Harding B 11(3161) is another edition.


1st Ballad - Roud Number: 186

Title: The pretty plough boy

First Line: It's of a pretty plough-boy who was gazing o'er his plough

Themes:  Social statusAgricultural laborersPress-gangs

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: The spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

3rd Ballad - Roud Number: 13847

Title: Canadian boat song

First Line: Faintly as toll'd the evening chime

Authors:  Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852

Themes:  Boating

Harding B 11(3164)

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Johnson Ballads 438

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Edition - Bod21956

Imprint Names:  Swindells

Imprint Locations:  Manchester

Date  between 1796 and 1853

Imprint: Swindells, Printer


Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: Spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

2806 c.16(260)

Notes:  Slip


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Harding B 16(257b)

Notes:  Slip


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Edition - Bod22278

Imprint Names:  Evans, R.

Imprint Locations:  Chester

Imprint: Evans, Printer, Chester


Ballad - Roud Number: 956

Title: The spotted cow

First Line: One morning in the month of May

2806 c.17(404)

Notes:  Slip. Originally a sheet with 2806 c.17(189)


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