Titles:
The old hag and her money
First Lines:
You lads of the city give ear to my ditty
Themes:
Marriage - age difference
Money
Titles:
The bold dragoon
Mrs. Flinn and the bold dragoon
Mrs. Flinn, and the bold dragoon
Bold dragoon
First Lines:
There was an ancient fair and she lov'd a neat young man
There was [sic] ancient fair, O she lov'd a nate young man
There was an ancient fair, O she love'd a nate young man
There was an ancient fair, O she lov'd a nate young man
There was an ancient fair, O she lov'd a neat young man
Oh! there was an ancient fair, and she loved a neat young man
Themes:
Marriage - age difference
Titles:
The old marquis and his blooming wife
First Lines:
Oh, here's a jolly lark
Themes:
Marriage - age difference
Titles:
Young flesh is for my money, or, The subtile damosels choice
First Lines:
Young damosels come hither
Themes:
Marriage - age difference
Women
Titles:
The doating old man
First Lines:
You gallants so witty in country and city
You maidens so pretty, in country or city
Themes:
Marriage - age difference
Imprint Names: Vere, T.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1644 and 1680
Imprint: Printed for T. Vere, at the Angel without Newgate
Title: Iockeys complaint for want of his Ienny
First Line: I have an awd woman wed
Tune: Come hither my own sweet duck
Themes: Marriage - age difference , Brewsters
Imprint Names: Armstrong, W.
Imprint Locations: Liverpool
Date between 1820 and 1824
Imprint: Armstrong, Printer, Liverpool
Title: Bold dragoon
First Line: There was an ancient fair and she lov'd a neat young man
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Imprint Names: Pitts, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1819 and 1844
Imprint: Printed at Pitts, Wholesale Toy Warehouse, Great St. Andrew Street 7 Dials
Title: Willy of the Green
First Line: On Tay's sweet pleasant banks how happy have I stray'd
Title: I'm his only daughter
First Line: Down in the valley my father did dwell
Title: The blue tail'd fly
First Line: A hungry fish once chanced to espy
Title: Mr December
First Line: Old Mr. December he lost his wife
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Title: Its just the time for lovers
First Line: Behold the moon o'er western hills
Tune: I love thee ever dearly
Title: Let us haste to Kelvin grove
First Line: Let us haste to Kelvin grove
Performers: Braham, John, 1774-1856
Performance Locations: Drury Lane Theatre
Title: I saw from the beach
First Line: I saw from the beach, when the morning was shining
Tune: Rose bud in summer
Notes: Printed on blue paper
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Notes: Printed on blue paper
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Imprint Names: Fordyce, W. and T.
Imprint Locations: Newcastle
Date between 1832 and 1842
Imprint: W. & T. Fordyce, Printers, 15, Grey street, Newcastle
Series Identifier: 177
Title: The bold dragoon
First Line: There was an ancient fair, O she lov'd a neat young man
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Title: Poor Jack
First Line: Here I am, poor Jack
Imprint Names: Jennings, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1790 and 1840
Imprint: Printed and sold by J. Jennings, No. 15, Water Lane, Fleet Street, London
Title: Lawyer Flam, his wife, and Flam's ghost
First Line: Old Flam was a lawyer so grim
Themes: Marriage - age difference , Lawyers
Notes: Slip
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Notes: Slip
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Imprint Names: Such, H.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1863 and 1885
Imprint: H. Such, Printer & Publisher, 177 Union Street, Boro'.
Series Identifier: 53
Title: The mermaid
First Line: On Friday morning as we set sail
Themes: Shipwreck
Title: The silly old man
First Line: Come listen awhile and I'll sing you a song
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Imprint Names: Harkness, J.
Imprint Locations: Preston
Date between 1840 and 1866
Imprint: Harkness, Printer, 121, Church-Street, Preston
Series Identifier: 34
Title: The old bachelor
First Line: I am an auld bachelor, sixty and three
Subjects: Scotland
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Title: The banks of sweet primroses
First Line: As I walked one mid-summer morning
Imprint Names: Catnach, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1813 and 1838
Imprint: J. Catnach, Printer, 2, Monmouth-court, 7 Dials
Notes: Firth c.20(66) is another issue.
Title: The tired soldier
First Line: The tired soldier, bold and brave
Themes: Soldiers
Title: Silly young maid
First Line: I am an old miser both aged and lame
Themes: Marriage - age difference
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: The silly old man
First Line: Come listen awhile, and I'll sing you a song
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Notes: Slip
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Notes: Slip
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Imprint Names: Heppel, R.
Imprint Locations: Birmingham
Date between 1827 and 1840
Imprint: R. Heppel, Printer, 113 Coleshill-street, Birmingham
Title: The silly old man
First Line: Come listen awhile, and I'll sing you a song
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Imprint Names: Pitts, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1819 and 1844
Imprint: Printed and Sold by J. Pitts, Wholesale Toy and Marble Warehouse, 6, Great St. Andrew Street, Sevn [sic] Dials
Title: Silly young maid
First Line: I am an old miser, both aged and lame
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Title: The wild and wicked youth
First Line: In Newry town I was bred and born
Themes: Highwaymen
Imprint Names: [s.n.]
Imprint Locations:
[s.l.]
Title: A new song, called, The thrashing of peas
First Line: I am a fair madien over burden'd with business
Themes: Marriage - age difference
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
Title: The silly old man
First Line: Come listen awhile and I'll sing you a song
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Title: The constant lovers
First Line: A sailor courted a farmer's daughter
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
Notes: Slip. Part of a sheet of two ballads; see Harding B 11(949)
Title: The doting old man
First Line: You girls so pretty, of country and city
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Imprint Names: Such, H.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1863 and 1885
Notes: See Harding B 11(2404)
Title: The silly old man
First Line: Come listen awhile and I'll sing you a song
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Imprint Names: Sanderson
Imprint Locations: Edinburgh
Date between 1830 and 1910
Imprint: Sanderson, Printer, Edinburgh
Title: The bold dragoon
First Line: Oh! there was an ancient fair, and she loved a neat young man
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Notes: Slip
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Notes: Slip
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Imprint Names: Disley, H.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1860 and 1883
Imprint: H. Disley, Printer, 57, High Street, St. Giles
Title: The old marquis and his blooming wife
First Line: Oh, here's a jolly lark
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Imprint Names: Pitts, J.
Imprint Locations: London
Date between 1802 and 1819
Imprint: J. Pitts, Printer 14, Great st. Andrew street, 7 Dials
Title: The jaunting car
First Line: I have often heard of an old man
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Imprint Names: Harkness, J.
Imprint Locations: Preston
Date between 1840 and 1866
Imprint: J. Harkness, Printer 121, Church St., Preston
Series Identifier: 284
Title: The bold dragoon
First Line: There was an ancient fair, O she love'd a nate young man
Themes: Marriage - age difference
Title: Thief's arm
First Line: I sing of a man to some well known
Themes: Robbery
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: The bold dragoon
First Line: There was an ancient fair, O she lov'd a neat young man
Themes: Marriage - age difference
