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1st Ballad - Roud Number: V20401

Title: Old chairs to mend

First Line: Mankind still in mending, if fame tells us true

2nd Ballad - Roud Number: 1093

Title: The Nightingale

First Line: My love he was a rich farmer's son

Themes:  Ghosts ,  Press-gangs ,  Cruel parents

1st Illustration

IconClass Codes:
45D323: Sailor
43A2(+61): Private festivities, merry company (+ solitary drinking ~ festive activities)
43C911: Man dancing alone

2nd Illustration

IconClass Codes:
46C24(SHIP)(+63): Sailing-ship, sailing-boat (with NAME) (+ under way, at sea (~ travelling))

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Shelfmark: Johnson Ballads 2723


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