Imprint Names: Watts, T.
Imprint Locations: Birmingham
Imprint: Printed and Published [b]y T. Watts, 4, Snowhill, Birmingham
Title: Death of Robin Adair
First Line: Now he is dead and gone, Robin Adair
Title: Blue ey'd Ellen
First Line: Farewell my blue ey'd Ellen
Title: Leicester chambermaid
First Line: It's of a brisk young butcher as I have heard 'em say
Title: Old England shall weather the storm
First Line: Old England thy stamina never hath yielded
Subjects: England
Themes: Patriotism
Title: Brightly breaks the morning
First Line: Behold how brightly breaks the morning
Themes: Fishing
Title: Poor Mary in the silvery tide
First Line: It's of a fine young creature who dwelt by the sea-side
Themes: Murder
Title: John Anderson my jo
First Line: John Anderson my jo, John
Authors: Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
Themes: Marriage
Title: Parody on old England shall weather the storm
First Line: Oh brandy, thy virtues they never will yield to
Themes: Drinking
Title: The effects of love
First Line: Young lovers all I pray draw near
Notes: Stamp on reverse: Bodleian Library, 22 April 1918. Large format
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Imprint Names: Wilkinson, T.
Imprint Locations: Manchester
Imprint: Printed and Sold by T. Wilkinson, Ridgefield, Back King- street, Manchester
Title: Ri fum ti fum
First Line: If you will list I vow sirs
Title: Drink to me only
First Line: Drink to me only with thine eyes
Title: Welcome to the Bell
First Line: Around the face of blue eyed Sue
Themes: Taverns
Title: Lash'd to the Helm
First Line: In storms when clouds obscure the sky
Title: The De'il take the war
First Line: The de'il take the war that hurried Willie frae me
Title: The Sovereign Driver
First Line: Arthur was a Coachman rare
Title: The rose will cease to blow
First Line: The rose will cease to blow
Title: Little Sally
First Line: Come buy poor Sally's wooden ware
Themes: Street traders
Title: The young highlander
First Line: A Highland Lad my Love was born
Title: Willow tree
First Line: Oh take me to your arms, love
Title: Old England for ever
First Line: Old England thy stamina never has yielded
Title: My Friend and Pitcher
First Line: The wealthy fool with gold in store
Title: Robin Adair
First Line: Now he is dead and gone
Title: O'er the water to Charlie
First Line: Come boat me o'er, come row me o'er
Subjects: Charles Edward, prince, grandson of James II, king of England, 1720-1788
Title: Fanny Blair
First Line: Come all you young females wherever you be
Themes: Perjury
Title: Barney Brallaghan's courtship
First Line: Twas o[n] a windy night
Title: Adieu, my native land
First Line: Adieu my native land, adieu
Title: Oh! 'tis love
First Line: Oh! 'tis love, 'tis love, 'tis love
Title: Come soldier's cheer
First Line: Come Soldier's cheer for the danger's past
Subjects: Tipu Sultan, Fath Ali, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799
Title: Steady she goes, alls well
First Line: The British tar no peril knows
Themes: Sailors
Title: He's the man to win
First Line: When a trembling lover dies
Notes: Mutilated; one ballad has been cut out of the sheet
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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: Old England for ever shall weather the storm
First Line: Old England thy stamina never has yeilded [sic]
Subjects: England
Themes: Patriotism
Title: Brandy for ever shall cheer up the heart. A celebrated parody on Old England for ever shall weather the storm
First Line: Oh! brandy, thy virtues they never will yeild [sic] to
Themes: Drinking
Title: Poor Mary of the moor
First Line: 'Twas one cold night when the wind
Notes: Harding B 17(243b) is another edition of this ballad alone
Themes: Death
Imprint Names: Such, H.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1863 and 1885
Imprint: London: H. Such, Printer & Publisher, 177 (late 123), Union Street, Boro'
Title: Be careful in choosing a wife
First Line: Now all young men that's going to wed
Themes: Marriage
Title: Old England for ever shall weather the storm
First Line: Old England, thy stamina never has yielded
Subjects: England
Themes: Patriotism
Title: The country lass
First Line: I am a brisk and bonny lass, that's free from care and strife
Themes: Agricultural laborers
Imprint Names: Catnach, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1813 and 1838
Imprint: Printed and Published by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Title: Deeds of the brave
First Line: Deeds of the brave inspire a noble strain
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Themes: Soldiers
Title: Love among the roses
First Line: Young Love flew to the Paphian bower
Title: Draw the sword, Scotland
First Line: Draw the sword Scotland, Scotland, Scotland
Themes: Scotland
Title: Glee. (Three voices)
First Line: To all you ladies now at land
Title: The green-wood shade
First Line: To an arbor of woodbine ye both shall be led
Title: Oh! 'tis love
First Line: Oh! 'tis love, 'tis love, 'tis love
Title: Old England for ever shall weather, &c
First Line: Old England thy stamina never has yielded
Subjects: England
Themes: Patriotism
Title: A bundle of conundrums
First Line: While in your favour basking
Performers: Keeley,Robert, 1793-1869
Notes: Verse and prose
Title: A dawn of hope
First Line: A dawn of hope my soul revives
Title: A favourite song
First Line: Softly sound the martial trumpet
Title: Home! sweet home!
First Line: Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam
Authors: Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852
Performers: Bradshaw, Ann Maria, 1801-1862
Title: Loch-Eroch side
First Line: As I came by Loch-Eroch side
Title: The forsaken shepherdess
First Line: Beneath some hoary mountain
Themes: Seduction and abandonment
Title: The mermaid's song
First Line: Now the dancing sun-beams play
Title: O had I been &c
First Line: O had I been by fate decreed
Attributation: Sung in Love in a village
Title: The cottager's daughter
First Line: Down in yon valley my father does dwell
Title: Where is my Lubin
First Line: Ah! where is my Lubin! ye songsters ah where!
Performers: Bland, Maria Theresa, 1769-1838
Title: Chorus of huntsmen in Der Freishutz [sic]
First Line: What equals on earth the delight of the hunsman [sic]
Authors: Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826
Themes: Hunting
Title: [None]
First Line: Here we meet too soon to part
Attributation: The words from Clare's poems
Authors: Clare, John, 1793-1864
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Title: Parody on the Rose-bud of summer
First Line: When gooseberries grow on the stem of a daisy
Title: The cottager's daughter. A favourite son[g]
First Line: Ah! tell me, ye swains, have you seen my Pastora
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
Title: Old England for ever shall weather the storm
First Line: Old England -- thy stamina never has yielded
Subjects: England
Themes: Patriotism
Title: Brandy for ever shall cheer up the heart. A celebrated parody on \"Old England for ever shall weather the storm\"
First Line: Oh! brandy, thy virtues I never will yield to
Themes: Drinking