Broadside Ballads: England

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  Roving Journeyman

  Author Unknown

  Life of a traveling laborer

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  Ruddy Aurora

  Author Unknown

  A song praising the new day and life

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  Rynard Dine

  Author Unknown

  Meeting of a man and woman

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  Sadler's Morning Calls

  Author Unknown

  A man campaigning for office lies to and describes the potential voters.

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  Sailor and his Truelove

  Author Unknown

  A woman is sad when her sailor lover sets sail

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  Sailor Boy

  Author Unknown

  A woman mourns her lost sailor.

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  Sailors farewell to his Love

  Author Unknown

  A man's love marries another.

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  Saint's Sweet Home

  Author Unknown

  Praises and thanks to God for a home and feelings of contentness.

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  Sally and her True Love Billy

  Author Unknown

  Woman rejected by the man she rejects

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  Sammy Slap the Bill Sticker

  Author Unknown

  A man pastes bills for different clients.

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  Sammy Slap the Bill Sticker

  Author Unknown

  A man pastes bills for different clients.

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  Sandy and Jenny

  Author Unknown

  A woman denies a man's marriage proposal until he threatens to marry another.

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  Sarah Wilson

  Author Unknown

  A woman wants to die if her love marries another.

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  Saucy Sailor Boy

  Author Unknown

  Saucy sailor discovers greed in a potential wife

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  Say, where shall we meet, love

  Author Unknown

  A man waits for his lover to meet him.

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  Seige of Belisle

  Author Unknown

  A song about the victorious siege of Belisle

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  Seventeen Come Sunday

  Author Unknown

  A couple marry and travel to war together.

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  Shamrock Shore

  Author Unknown

  An Irish traveler waits for the day when he can return home.

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  Shannon and Chesapeak

  Author Unknown

  Song concerning the British and Irish taking the Chesapeake during the War of 1812[?]

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  She Comes Home Tight on Saturday Night

  Author Unknown

  A man marries an abusive woman from a violent family.

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  Sheffield Apprentice

  Author Unknown

  Wealthy woman loves a poor man, who loves her chambermaid

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  Sheffield Park

  Author Unknown

  A woman dies from heartbreak.

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  Sheffield 'Prentice

  Author Unknown

  A man is framed and executed after he refuses his mistress's proposal

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  She is the Belle of New York

  Author Unknown

  A town loves their local Salvation Army girl.

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  Shipwreck'd Tar

  Author Unknown

  A shipwrecked man finds a new love after he is rescued.

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  Shocking Murder of a Wife, at Luton

  Author Unknown

  John Andrews murdered his abused wife and is in jail awaiting his execution.

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  Short Black Aprons and Dandy Caps

  Author Unknown

  A woman fears she is too old to marry and will marry the first one who asks.

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  Short Time Come Again No More

  Author Unknown

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  Signor Bertolotto's Extraordinary Exhibition of the Industrious Fleas from Regent Street London

  Author Unknown

  A flea circus is popular.

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  Since Mary Ann has Learnt to Ride a Bicycle

  Author Unknown

  A woman is criticized for riding a bicycle and her manly apparel.

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  Singing for the Million

  Author Unknown

  A song on the availability of songs for everyone.

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  Sir John Barleycorn

  Author Unknown

  Concerning the stages of Barley cultivation

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  Skew Ball

  Author Unknown

  A horse wins the race for his master.

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  Skying A Copper

  Author Unknown

  A servant blows up a copper pot.

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  Slap-up Lodgings

  Author Unknown

  Man's life changes after renting a bed in a dubious house

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  Slap-up Lodgings

  Author Unknown

  A man is arrested after a bad night in a boarding house.

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  Sleep Gentle Lady

  Author Unknown

  A song wishing a woman would sleep.

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  Soldier's Boy

  Author Unknown

  An orphaned boy seeks shelter with a woman.

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  Someone to Mind the Children

  Author Unknown

  A man needs a new wife to help raise the children.

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  Song

  Author Unknown

  Nationalistic Napoleonic War era song concerning Anglo-Franco relations

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  Song

  Author Unknown

  Nationalistic piece concerning the might of Britain

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  Song of Haymakers

  Author Unknown

  A song about working in the hayfields during summer.

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  Southern Religion

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  An article on the Southern U.S. Anglican Church's stance on slavery.

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  Spanish Ladies

  Author Unknown

  Sailors return to England and drink to forget the Spanish women

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  Spanish Ladies

  Author Unknown

  British sailors leaving Spain

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  Spence Broughton

  Author Unknown

  A man feels remorse for his life and fears his coming death.

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  Spencer the Rover

  Author Unknown

  A man returns home after rambling.

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  Sprig of Shillelah and Shamrock so Green

  Author Unknown

  A song about the happy Irish man and his life of love.