Broadside Ballads: England

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  Maiden's Complaint for the Loss of Her Sailor

  Author Unknown

  A woman will not love again after the death of her sailor.

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  Maiden's Complaint for the Loss of Her Sailor

  Author Unknown

  A woman will not love again after the death of her sailor.

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  Maiden's Complaint for the Loss of Her Sailor

  Author Unknown

  A woman will not love again after the death of her sailor.

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  Maidens fair, of Love beware

  Author Unknown

  A warning to women to be careful of suitor's intentions.

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  Male Coquet

  Author Unknown

  A man is tricked by women he seduced

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  Mamma Won't Let Me Marry

  Author Unknown

  Woman lamenting that her mother will not let her marry until she turns 21

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  Many Happy Returns of the Day

  Author Unknown

  Birthdays should be shared with the ones we love the most.

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  Many Happy Returns of the Day

  Author Unknown

  Joy of loved ones' greeting each day

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  Many Happy Returns of the Day

  Author Unknown

  Happiness and cordiality make life better

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  March to the Battlefield

  Author Unknown

  A poem about soldiers being patriotic and fighitng for Great Britain.

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  Maria

  Author Unknown

  A beggar experiences kindness and tragedy.

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  Maria Louisa's Lamentation

  Author Unknown

  A woman wondes where her lover is.

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  Marian's my Lily and Flora's my Rose

  Author Unknown

  A man is torn between two women he is dating.

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  Marriage of the Blooming Lady and the Gentleman

  Author Unknown

  A couple run away to be married only to have her father catch them.

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  Martha, Martha, why dont you name the day?

  Author Unknown

  A man continues to propose even after he swears to quit.

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  Mary Ann and her Servant Man

  Author Unknown

  A couple are married after her father approves and sets the girl free.

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  Mary Blane

  Author Unknown

  Man's wife is taken

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  Mary, Mary, List, Awake

  Author Unknown

  A man is sad to leave his love.

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  Mary May

  Author Unknown

  Mary May separated from her love and promised to a wealthy man

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  Mary of the Moor

  Author Unknown

  Tragic tale of family boundaries

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  Mary of the Silvery Tide

  Author Unknown

  A man finds his love's murderer.

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  Mary's Complaint

  Author Unknown

  Woman seeking Jesus laments his death

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  Mary's Dream

  Author Unknown

  A dead man visits his lover in her dreams

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  Mary to her Cot Return'd

  Author Unknown

  A woman mourns no more for her sailor who returned home.

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  Mastersons : Masons by Trade

  Author Unknown

  Pair of brothers leave Ireland for America and get caught in the Civil War

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  May Day Morning Early

  Author Unknown

  Woman meets a man, who then leaves her

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  May Pole

  Author Unknown

  Men and women dancing around May Pole at festival

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  Mc. Mahon's Dream

  Author Unknown

  Song concerning Irish home rule; evokes Napoleonic revenge

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  Meal and Water

  Author Unknown

  Wishing better social conditions for the poor

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  Mechanic's Lamentation

  Author Unknown

  A song about the failure of trade and it's impact

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  Merry Broomfield

  Author Unknown

  Wager between a woman and a man concerning his desire to marry her

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  Merry Maids of England

  Author Unknown

  A song on the quality of English women.

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  Merry Maids of England

  Author Unknown

  A song on the beauty of English women.

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  Merry Melvin on the Mersey Side

  Author Unknown

  A man quickly marries a woman he meets

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  Merry Mountain Horn

  Author Unknown

  Returning home from battle

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  Merry Piper

  Author Unknown

  A traveling piper enjoys his life.

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  Mind Hussy What You Do

  Author Unknown

  A woman is warned against sexual interactions with a man.

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  Mind Your Own Business

  Author Unknown

  Society would be better without gossip

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  Mind Your Own Business

  Author Unknown

  Society would be better without gossip

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  Miser's Man

  Author Unknown

  Miser boss mistreats and underpays employee

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  Miss Lucy Long

  Author Unknown

  A musician asks a woman to marry him but is denied.

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  Money Makes the Mare Go

  Author Unknown

  Money makes life easier for those who have it.

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  Mother be Proud of your Boy in Blue

  Author Unknown

  Sailor consoling his mother about dangers of the Navy

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  Mother I've Come Home to Die

  Author Unknown

  A soldier comes home to see his family before he dies.

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  Mr and Mrs. Bone : A Comic Duet

  Author Unknown

  A couple resolve their differences and agree to love each other.

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  Mr. Peter Snout

  Author Unknown

  Peter Snout's night without a shirt

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  Mrs. Jenkins of Billinsgate

  Author Unknown

  A woman gets drunk and loses her food.

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  My Bonny Blooming Highland Jane

  Author Unknown

  A man laments the passing of his wife.