Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Collection of English ballads.
Published / Created:
London, early 19th century.
Physical Description:
1 volume : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
With two ballads affixed to most leaves (rectos only).
Contents:
[1] The British flag -- The beggar -- [2] Bung your eye -- Britain's guardian angel -- [3] Parody on home sweet home -- The poor little sweep -- [4] Poor Mary of the Moor -- Poor little sailor boy -- [5] The banks of the Dee -- New York streets -- [6] The butterfly was a gentleman -- Bleak was the morn, or the sailor's return -- [7] The Barnet races -- Bewildered maid, or, slow broke the light -- [8] The lass wi' the bonnie blue 'een -- The thorn -- Battle of the Nile -- [9] Blackbird -- All on board of a man of war -- [10] Pensioners complaint against his wife -- Blackbird -- [11] While pensive I thought on my love -- Wives lamentation -- [12] Belfast mountains -- Sheep shearing over -- [13] William & Nancy's parting -- Wounded farmer's son -- [14] Parody on the bee proffer's honey -- What d'ye think of the new Spanish War -- [15] Polly dear now I must leave you -- The good fellow's wish -- [16] The knight of the golden crest -- The minstrel boy -- The gallant sailor -- [17] When bucks a hunting go -- Winter piece -- [18] New version of Adam and Eve -- The nightingale -- [19] City carting, or, the Charlies are coming! -- When Vulcan forg'd the bolts of Jove -- [20] The landing of Royal Charlie -- The sequel to Briton's strike home -- [21] Braham's beautiful maid -- Liston's beautiful maid -- Green grows the rashes -- [22] The glass sparkle on the board -- Castle Hyde -- [23] The maid of the mill -- With a helmet on his brow -- [24] Behold how brightly breaks the morn -- Battle of Barossa -- [25] The orphan wet with the rain -- Odds & ends of the year 1830 -- [26] The female auctioneer -- Four and twenty fidlers -- [27] The youth of the garden -- We conquer dear girls but for you -- [28] The orphan boy -- Henry's gone to the wars -- [29] The betrayed maiden -- The elopement of pretty Polly.
Subject Terms:
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828. | Jupp, Edward Basil, 1812–1877. | Bewick, Jane, 1787–1881. | Ritson, Joseph, 1752–1803. | Ballads, English. | Spence, Robert, 1784–1845 -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Ballads. | Broadsides. | Broadside poems. | Woodcuts -- 1800-1825.
Contributors:
Pitts, John, 1765–1844, printer. | Birt, T., printer. | Rutland, George, bookseller. | Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828.