Broadside Ballads Online

1st Ballad - Roud Number: V3088

Title: Ashantee war or A soldier's farewell

First Line: Oh sister, I must soon be going

Themes:  Ashanti war, 1873-1874

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2nd Ballad - Roud Number: V5574

Title: Mother's far away

First Line: One cold winter's night my dear mother died

Themes:  Death

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1st Illustration

IconClass Codes:
31A2543: Gripping someone by the hand or the wrist; clasped hands
45D313: Private soldier
33C21: Courting
45C41: (military) camp with tents
45C16(MUSKET): Firearms (with NAME)
45F41: Leave-taking (of soldiers)

2nd Illustration

IconClass Codes:
31E12: Deathbed
31E112: Assembly of relatives ~ dying person
31B6214: Weeping

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