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Ballad Work - Roud Number: V12863

Titles:
The interment bill

First Lines:
Oh! here's a pretty piece of work

Themes:
Burial

Ballad Work - Roud Number: V5136

Titles:
The homes of the dead

First Lines:
We must not make a home for the dead

Themes:
Burial

Ballad Work - Roud Number: V6849

Titles:
Softly now, tenderly, lift him with care

First Lines:
Softly now, tenderly! lift him with care

Themes:
Burial

Edition - Bod4530

Imprint Names:  Magnus, C.

Imprint Locations:  New York, N.Y.

Date  c.1860

Imprint: ... printed by Charles Magnus, No. 12 Frankfort Street, New York. Branch Office: No. 520 7th St. Washington, D.C.

Notes:  The illustration is numbered in Wolf: Magnus 248C. Coloured.

Series Identifier: 2


Ballad - Roud Number: V4914

Title: Carrie Lee

First Line: They made her a grave in the wild wood shade

Themes:  Burial

Harding B 18(506)

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Edition - Bod4566

Imprint Names:  Magnus, C.

Imprint Locations:  New York, N.Y.

Date  c.1860

Imprint: Published by Chas. Magnus, 12 Frankfort St. N.Y.

Notes:  Illustration coloured. The illustration is not presented in this form in Wolf, Catalogue of American song sheets; but see Magnus 31, 32, and 32A.


Ballad - Roud Number: V6849

Title: Softly now, tenderly, lift him with care

First Line: Softly now, tenderly! lift him with care

Themes:  Burial

Harding B 18(547)

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Edition - Bod2455

Imprint Names:  Fordyce, W.

Imprint Locations:  Newcastle

Date  between 1828 and 1837

Imprint: Fordyce, Printer, 48, Dean-Street, Newcastle

Series Identifier: 119


Ballad - Roud Number: V11359

Title: The vicar & Moses

First Line: At the sign of the Horse, old Spintext of course

Themes:  Burial

Harding B 11(3978)

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Edition - Bod11713

Imprint Names:  Neesom, C.

Imprint Locations:  London

Imprint: Neesom's Song Mart, No. 90, Brick Lane, Spitalfields

Series Identifier: 347


Ballad - Roud Number: V8914

Title: The gravedigger

First Line: I am an old gravedigger, & Toby Turf's my name

Tune: The knife grinder

Themes:  Burial

Harding B 11(1399)

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Edition - Bod12601

Imprint Names:  The Poet's box

Imprint Locations:  Glasgow

Date  between 1849 and 1880

Imprint: ... the Poet's box, 6, St Andrew's lane, Glasgow

Notes:  At bottom: List of newest songs.


Ballad - Roud Number: V18121

Title: The old sexton

First Line: Nigh to a grave that was newly made

Authors:  Benjamin, Park, 1809-1864Russell, Henry, 1812-1900

Themes:  Burial

Firth b.27(178)

Notes:  Imprint defaced. Slip


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Edition - Bod13487

Imprint Names:  Bailey

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1790 and 1804

Imprint: London: Printed and Sold at No. 50, Bishopsgate within


Ballad - Roud Number: V11359

Title: The vicar and Moses

First Line: At the sign of the Horse, old Spintext of course

References:

ESTC: T196905

Themes:  Burial

Harding B 11(3979)

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Edition - Bod7605

Imprint Names:  [s.n.]

Imprint Locations:  [s.l.]

1st Ballad - Roud Number: 13866

Title: I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls

First Line: I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls

Authors:  Bunn, A. (Alfred), 1796-1860

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 13836

Title: We have lived and loved together

First Line: We have liv'd and lov'd together

Authors:  Jefferys, Charles, 1807-1865

3rd Ballad

Title: The old sextan [sic]

First Line: Nigh to a grave that was newly made

Authors:  Benjamin, Park, 1809-1864Russell, Henry, 1812-1900

Themes:  Burial

4th Ballad - Roud Number: V703

Title: Gloomy winter's now awa'

First Line: Gloomy winter's now awa'

Authors:  Tannahill, Robert, 1774-1810

Firth b.27(341)

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Edition - Bod8754

Imprint Names:  Pitts, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1802 and 1819

Imprint: Printed and sold by J, Pitts, 14, Great Andrew Street 7 Dials


Ballad - Roud Number: V11359

Title: The vicar & Moses

First Line: At the sign of the Horse old Spinnext [sic] of course

Themes:  Burial

Harding B 16(295d)

Notes:  Slip


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Edition - Bod9226

Imprint Names:  Birt, T.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1833 and 1841

Imprint: Birt, Printer, 39, Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials, London


Ballad - Roud Number: V12863

Title: The interment bill

First Line: Oh! here's a pretty piece of work

Notes:  Verse and prose

Themes:  Burial

Firth c.16(349)

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Harding B 11(1763)

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Edition - Bod9455

Imprint Names:  The Poet's box

Imprint Locations:  Glasgow

Date  between 1849 and 1880

Ballad - Roud Number: V4033

Title: The burial club

First Line: My old 'owman [sic] one day says to me

Tune: Major Longbow

Themes:  Burial

Firth c.19(226)

Notes:  Slip


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Edition - Bod16585

Imprint Names:  [s.n.]

Imprint Locations:  [s.l.]

Ballad - Roud Number: V11360

Title: The vicar and Mosei [sic]

First Line: At the sign of the Horse old Spinuext [sic] of course

References:

ESTC: T50739

Themes:  Burial

Harding B 22(325)

Notes:  Slip


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Edition - Bod20010

Imprint Names:  [s.n.]

Imprint Locations:  [s.l.]

Ballad - Roud Number: V5136

Title: The homes of the dead

First Line: We must not make a home for the dead

Authors:  Cook, Eliza, 1818-1889

Themes:  Burial

Johnson Ballads 2558

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Edition - Bod22739

Imprint Names:  Pitts, J.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1802 and 1819

Imprint: Printed for and sold by J. Pitts, no. 14, Great St. Andrew street, Seven Dials


Ballad - Roud Number: V11359

Title: The vicar and Moses

First Line: At the sign of the Horse, old Spinnext [sic] of course

Themes:  Burial

Douce Ballads 3(138)

Notes:  Slip


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Edition - Bod24118

Imprint Names:  [s.n.]

Imprint Locations:  Newcastle

Imprint: Newcastle upon Tyne, Printed in this present Year


Ballad - Roud Number: V4032

Title: The bride's burial

First Line: Come mourn come mourn with me

Tune: The lady's fall

References:

ESTC: T29598

Themes:  Burial

Douce Ballads 3(3b)

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Ballad Work - Roud Number: V4914

Titles:
Carrie Lee

First Lines:
They made her a grave in the wildwood shade
They made her a grave in the wild wood shade
They made her grave in the wild wood shade

Themes:
Burial
Death

Edition - Bod4017

Imprint Names:  Hodges, E.M.A.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  between 1846 and 1854

Imprint: Hodges, Printer (from I. Pitt's wholesale toy warehouse, 31, [Dudley] Street, 7 Dials

Notes:  Harding B 11(490) and Johnson Ballads 578 are two impressions of another edition.


1st Ballad - Roud Number: V1778

Title: The pilot

First Line: Ah! pilot 'tis a fearful night

Themes:  Naval

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: V4033

Title: Burial club

First Line: My old 'ooman one day says to me

Themes:  Burial

Firth b.25(395)

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Ballad Work - Roud Number: V11359

Titles:
Vicar and Moses
The vicar and Moses
The vicar & Moses
The Vicar and Moses

First Lines:
At the sign of the Horse, old Spintext of course
At the sign of the Horse, old Spintext, of course
At the sign of the Horse old Spinnext [sic] of course
At the sign of the Horse, old Spinnext [sic] of course
At the sign of the horse, old Spintext of course

Themes:
Burial
Drunkenness
Clergy

Ballad Work - Roud Number: V4033

Titles:
Burial club
The burial club

First Lines:
My old 'ooman one day says to me
My old 'owman [sic] one day says to me
My old ooman one day says to me

Themes:
Life insurance
Burial
Funerals

Edition - Bod759

Imprint Names:  Wrighton, D.

Imprint Locations:  Birmingham

Date  between 1812 and 1830

Imprint: D. Wrighton, Printer, No. 86, Snow-Hill, Birmingham


Ballad - Roud Number: V4032

Title: The bride's burial

First Line: Come mourn, come mourn with me

Themes:  BurialLove, unfortunate

Harding B 2(2)

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Edition - Bod2643

Imprint Names:  Sheppard, C.

Imprint Locations:  London

Date  1786

Imprint: Publish'd June 16th, 1786, by C. Sheppard, No. 19, Lambeth Hill, Doctors Commons

Notes:  An engraving.


Ballad - Roud Number: V11359

Title: Vicar and Moses

First Line: At the sign of the Horse, old Spintext, of course

Themes:  ClergyDrunkennessBurial

Harding B 12(118)

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Edition - Bod15585

Imprint Names:  [s.n.]

Imprint Locations:  [s.l.]

1st Ballad - Roud Number: 13956

Title: Nelly Bly

First Line: Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly! bring de broom along

Themes:  Blackface minstrelsy

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 13866

Title: Marble halls

First Line: I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls

Authors:  Bunn, A. (Alfred), 1796-1860

3rd Ballad - Roud Number: 13836

Title: We have lived and loved together

First Line: We have liv'd and lov'd together

Authors:  Jefferys, Charles, 1807-1865

4th Ballad

Title: The old sextan [sic]

First Line: Nigh to a grave that was newly made

Authors:  Benjamin, Park, 1809-1864Russell, Henry, 1812-1900

Themes:  Burial

5th Ballad - Roud Number: V703

Title: Gloomy winter's now awa

First Line: Gloomy winter's now awa'

Authors:  Tannahill, Robert, 1774-1810

Firth b.27(153)

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Edition - Bod15592

Imprint Names:  Turner, J.

Imprint Locations:  Coventry

Date  between 1797 and 1846

Imprint: Turner, Printer, High Street, Coventry


Ballad - Roud Number: V4032

Title: The bride's burial

First Line: Come mourn, come mourn with me

Themes:  BurialLove, unfortunate

Harding B 2(1)

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Harding B 23(3)

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