Modern Street Ballads

About this eBook

Compiler

Ashton, John, 1834-1911

Credits

Tim Lindell, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Street literature -- Great Britain

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 65524

Release Date

June 6, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MODERN STREET BALLADS
2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — SALE OF A WIFE. — Chorus. — JOHN HOBBS. — A WOMAN NEVER KNOWS WHEN HER DAY’S WORK’S DONE. — Chorus. — Chorus. — THE TREATS OF LONDON. [3] — THE INCOME TAX. — Chorus. — STRIKING TIMES. — Chorus. — THE MECHANIC’S APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. — Chorus. — WOMEN’S SAYINGS . — Chorus. — BOB LOGIC’S DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW BRIGHTON DILIGENCE FOR INSIDE PASSENGERS ONLY. — PAPER’D-UP HAIR. — I LIKES A DROP OF GOOD BEER. — Chorus. — THE SNOB AND THE BOTTLE. — RORY O MORE TURNED TEETOTAL. — HURRAH FOR FATHER MATHEW’S MILL. — HOW FIVE AND TWENTY SHILLINGS WERE EXPENDED IN A WEEK. — Chorus. — THE WAY TO LIVE. — Chorus. — THE CRIES OF LONDON. — Chorus. — THE HONEST POLICEMAN OF MITCHAM. — COOKEY DARLING. — I SHOULD LIKE TO BE A POLICEMAN. — Chorus. — BENDIGO, CHAMPION OF ENGLAND. — Chorus. — THE BOLD IRISH YANKEY BENICIA BOY. — Chorus. — I’M A GENT. — JULLIEN’S GRAND POLKA. — Chorus. — MARGATE HOY. — CRYSTAL PALACE. — Chorus. — SHEEP’S EYES FOR EVER. [22] — CAB, CAB, CAB. [23] — THE RUSH LIGHT. [24] — IF I HAD A DONKEY WOT WOULDN’T GO. — Chorus. — SHOVEL AND BROOM. — VILIKINS AND HIS DINAH. — Moral. — THE EXCISEMAN OUTWITTED. — GILES SCROGGINS GHOST. — THE STRANGE MAN. — A SIGHT FOR A FATHER. — HUMOURS OF BARTLEMY FAIR. — GEORGY BARNWELL. — JONATHAN BROWN. — WERY PEKOOLIAR, OR THE LISPING LOVERS. — THE BABES IN THE WOOD. — KATE’S YOUNG MAN. — HE WAS SUCH A NICE YOUNG MAN. — MRS. MONDAY. — ALL TO ASTONISH THE BROWNS. — THE RATCATCHER’S DAUGHTER. [28] — HOT CODLINGS. — THE WONDERFUL CROCODILE. — THE THIEF’S ARM. — CORK LEG. — THE ONE HORSE CHAY. — THE LITERARY DUSTMAN. — Chorus. — Chorus. — THE BILL STICKER. — Chorus. — THINGS I DON’T LIKE TO SEE. — Chorus. — THE BARREL OF PORK. — ALL ROUND MY HAT. — Chorus. — HERE’S THE MAN A-COMING! — THE NOBBY HEAD OF HAIR. — MISS BAILEY’S GHOST. — HUMPHREY DUGGINS. — THE HONEST PLOUGHMAN, OR 90 YEARS AGO. — THE NEW FASHIONED FARMER. — Chorus. — PRESENT TIMES, OR EIGHT SHILLINGS A WEEK. [40] — JIG, JIG, TO THE HIRINGS. — COUNTRY STATUTES. — Chorus. — THE BOLD POACHER. — DEATH OF POOR BILL BROWN. — THE JOLLY ANGLER. — THE HUMOURS OF THE RACES. — THE BONNY GREY. — THE KING AND WEST COUNTRYMAN. — Chorus. — HODGE IN LONDON. — DEATH OF PARKER. — THE BATTLE OF BOULOGNE. — VICTORY. — THE BATTLE OF NAVARINO. [42] — DUKE WILLIAM’S FROLIC. [43] — THE KING [44] AND THE SAILOR. — JACK BINNACLE AND QUEEN VICTORIA. [45] — Chorus. — SWEET WILLIAM. — THE POOR SMUGGLER’S BOY. — THE SMUGGLER’S BRIDE. — THE FEMALE SMUGGLER. — JACK RETURNED FROM SEA. — THE JOLLY ROVING TAR. — YOUNG HENRY OF THE RAGING MAIN. — JACK ROBINSON . — BOLD WILLIAM TAYLOR . [47] — RATCLIFFE HIGHWAY IN 1842. — Chorus. — Chorus. — THE GREENLAND WHALE FISHERY. — THE NEW YORK TRADER. — VIVA VICTORIA. — QUEEN VICTORIA. [49] — THE QUEEN’S MARRIAGE. [50] — Chorus. — A NEW SONG ON THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. [52] — THE QUEEN AND THE COAL EXCHANGE. — CRYSTAL PALACE. — Chorus. — QUEEN’S VISIT TO FRANCE. [55] — Chorus. — THE QUEEN’S DREAM. — Chorus. — LOVELY ALBERT. [56] — Chorus. — Chorus. — BRAVE NELSON. — LORD NELSON. — Chorus. — BATTLE OF WATERLOO. — KING GEORGE IV.’S WELCOME TO SCOTLAND . — Chorus. — THE DEATH OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART., M.P. — DEATH OF WELLINGTON. [59] — Chorus. — THE CHRONICLES OF THE POPE. — THE HAPPY REFORM. — THE OPERATIVES’ MARCH. — A NEW ALPHABETICAL SONG ON THE CORN LAW BILL. — Chorus. — A NEW SONG ON THE CORN BILL. — THE CRISIS. — CHARTISTS ARE COMING. — Chorus. — THE SONG OF THE LOWER CLASSES. — A NEW HUNTING SONG. — Chorus. — THE WONDERFUL WONDERS OF TOWN. [64] — LAW. [65] — Chorus. — JIM CROW. — Chorus. — THE WORKHOUSE BOY. — THE WILD ROVER. — Chorus. — THE DIGGINS, O! [66] — BOTANY BAY. — VAN DIEMAN’S LAND. — FAREWELL TO JUDGES AND JURIES. — MY BONNY BLACK BESS. — LIFE OF THE MANNINGS. — THE LIFE AND TRIAL OF PALMER. [69] — Chorus. — MARY ARNOLD, THE FEMALE MONSTER . — Chorus. — THE UNDERTAKER’S CLUB. — Chorus. — A TIDY SUIT FOR ALL THAT. — THE RAGGED COAT. — THE COLLIER SWELL. — Chorus. — THE LONDON MERCHANT. — RILEY’S FAREWELL. — YOUNG WILLIAM. — THE BROKEN HEARTED GARDENER. — Chorus. — BOXING DAY IN 1847. — Chorus. — ST. JAMES’S AND ST. GILES’S. — Chorus. — THE THREE BUTCHERS.

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