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
Title: Alice Gray
First Line: She's all my fancy painted her
Title: Billy Barlow's wedding
First Line: As I was going down Whitecross street
Themes: Marriage
Title: Nothing
First Line: When rhyming and verses at first were in fashion
Title: The archer boy
First Line: Oh! elude him not -- the archer boy!
Title: The landing of royal Charlie
First Line: There's news from Moidart cam' yestreen
Subjects: Charles Edward, prince, grandson of James II, king of England, 1720-1788
Title: The Invincibles
First Line: When the merry fife and drum
Themes: Soldiers
Title: The troubadour from distant land
First Line: From distant climes a troubadour
Title: The moon is on the hill
First Line: Awake my light, my sleeping love
Title: Native land good-night
First Line: Adieu! adieu! my native shore
Authors: Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
Title: Isabel
First Line: Wake! dearest wake! and again united
Imprint Names: Watts, T.
Imprint Locations: Birmingham
Imprint: Printed and Published by T. Watts, 14, Snowhill, Birm.
Title: The maniac
First Line: Hark! 'tis the watch-man; he guards my lonely cell
Authors: Russell, H.
Themes: Insanity
Title: The Englishman
First Line: There's a land that bears a world-known name
Authors: Cook, Eliza, 1818-1889
Subjects: England
Themes: Patriotism
Title: [W]hy walk I by the lonely strand
First Line: Why walk I by the lonely strand?
Title: Jullien's grand polka
First Line: Oh! Sure the world is all run mad
Themes: Dancing
Title: The hunter's horn
First Line: The hunter's signal horn is sounding
Title: The Castilian maid
First Line: Oh! remember the time in Lamanchas shade
Authors: Moore, Thomas
Title: Merry row the bonny bark
First Line: O merry row, O merry row
Title: Deep in my soul
First Line: Deep in my soul that tender secret dwells
Title: My own Blue Belle
First Line: My own Blue Bell!
Title: Jack Shepard's celebrated chaunt
First Line: Its going to strange countries don't grieve me
Title: Henry's gone to the wars
First Line: Ah! my heart from my bosom did fly
Themes: Soldiers
Title: Rosetta and her plough boy
First Line: You constant lovers give attention
Title: Isabel
First Line: [W]ake! dearest wake! and again united
Notes: Only the first line survives the cropping.
Notes: Imperfect; cropped along bottom edge. Stamp on reverse: Bodleian Library 22 April 1918. Large format.
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Imprint Names: Catnach, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date [1825]
Imprint: London: Printed & Sold by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court
Title: I've been roaming
First Line: I've been roaming, I've been roaming
Performers: Vestris (Lucia Elizabeth Mathews), Madame, 1797-1856
Title: Isabel
First Line: Wake! dearest wake! and again united
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Title: Rest, warrior, rest
First Line: He comes from the wars, from the red field of fight
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Themes: Soldiers
Title: An old man, &c
First Line: An old man would be wooing
Title: Come live with me, &c
First Line: Come live with me, & be my dear
Title: Taste, O! taste
First Line: Taste, O taste this spicy wine
Themes: Drinking
Title: He loves and he rides away
First Line: At the baron of Mowbray's gate was seen
Title: The sheep-shearing
First Line: Here's the rose-bud in June, and sweet violets below
Themes: Sheep
Title: The sweet, silver moon
First Line: As I went to my cot, at the close of the day
Title: The tuneful lark
First Line: The tuneful lark on æther win[g]
Title: The early horn
First Line: The early horn
Title: Fair Rosamond
First Line: Was ever nymph like Rosamond
Subjects: Clifford, Rosamond, d. 1176 , Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189 , Eleanor, of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England, 1122-1204
Title: Remember, love, remember
First Line: Twas ten o'clock one moonlight night
Notes: Portion of the right hand column has been cut out.
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Imprint Names: Catnach, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1813 and 1838
Imprint: Printed and Sold by James Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Notes: Two titles on an uncut sheet
Title: The tiger hunters. A glee
First Line: O'er dreary wastes and deserts wild
Themes: Hunting
Title: My ain kind deary, O
First Line: Will ye gang o'er the lee-rigg
Performers: Broadhurst, Mr.
Title: Betsy Baker
First Line: From noise and bustle for away
Themes: Education , Actors , Doctors
Title: Julia to the wood robin
First Line: Stay sweet enchanter of the grove
Performers: Bland, Maria Theresa, 1769-1838
Title: The bower. Favourite song from the Oracle
First Line: I've been to my bower, for I love it's retreat
Performers: Cawse, Harriet, 1812-1889
Title: Let us seek
First Line: Let us seek the yellow shore
Performers: Bradshaw, Ann Maria, 1801-1862
Title: Mary's love
First Line: My morn of life how gay, how blest
Title: Fair Ellen
First Line: Fair Ellen like a lily grew
Title: Where shall the lover rest
First Line: Where shall the lover rest
Authors: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832
Title: Kelvin grove
First Line: Let us haste to Kelvin grove
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Title: Isabel
First Line: Wake! dearest wake! and again united
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Title: Epping hunt
First Line: All the fun is beginning, broad day is approaching
Notes: Verse and prose
Themes: Hunting
Title: Jock of Hazel Dean
First Line: Why weep ye by the tyde lady?
Authors: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832
Title: The Spanish madrigal
First Line: For me my fair a wreath has wove
Title: The answer to My heart and lute
First Line: Your heart and lute you frankly say
Title: Susanna
First Line: Ask if yon damask rose be sweet
Title: The graceful move
First Line: When first I saw thee graceful move
Title: How sweet in the woodlands
First Line: How sweet in the woodlands, with fleet hound and horn
Themes: Pastoral
Imprint Names: Wright, W.
Imprint Locations: Birmingham
Date between 1820 and 1855
Imprint: [Wright, Printer, Birmingham]
Title: The popular ballad of Isabel
First Line: Wake! dearest wake! and again united
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
Title: Mary Neil
First Line: Once I lov'd a damsel
Title: Canadian boat song
First Line: Faintly as tolls the evening chime
Authors: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
Title: Isabel
First Line: Wake dearest wake and again united
Imprint Names: Broadhurst, W.
Imprint Locations: Norwich
Imprint: Printed for W. Broadhurst, St. Benedict's-Street, Norwich
Title: The pleasing wife and satisfied husband
First Line: You married people high and low come listen to my song
Authors: Morgan, John
Themes: Money
Title: Isabel
First Line: Wake! darest [sic], wake! and again united
Imprint Names: Walker
Imprint Locations: Durham
Date between 1797 and 1834
Imprint: Walker, Printer, Durham
Series Identifier: 63
Title: To the West! to the West
First Line: To the west! to the West! to the land of the free
Themes: Emigration
Title: Isabel
First Line: Wake! dearest wake! and again united
Title: The Briton's home
First Line: I am a Briton, bold and free!
Title: The bride's farewell
First Line: Farewell, mother! tears are streaming
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Imprint Names: Catnach, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1813 and 1838
Imprint: Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-court, 7 Dials
Title: Isabel
First Line: Wake! dearest wake! and again united
Title: She's fail'd in her truth
First Line: And has she then fail'd in her truth
Title: The light guitar
First Line: O leave the gay and festive scene
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: Harding B 17(141b) is another issue
Title: [I']ve been roaming
First Line: I've been roaming -- I've been roaming
Title: Isabel
First Line: Wake! dearest wake! and for ever united
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
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: Harding B 17(142a) is another issue.
Title: [I']ve been roaming
First Line: I've been roaming -- I've been roaming
Title: Isabel
First Line: Wake! dearest wake! and for ever united
Performers: Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882
Notes: Slip.
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Notes: Slip.
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