Broadside Ballads: England

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  The Chapter of Kings

  Author Unknown

  A poem about the succession of the English crown

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  The Charming Young Widow I met in the Train

  Author Unknown

  A woman leaves her dead baby in the care of a stranger.

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  The Cheesemonger's Daughter

  Author Unknown

  Deception and jealousy by the cheesemonger's daughter in the courtship between Maria and Timothy

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  The Child with Three Fathers

  Author Unknown

  Man denies his paternity of a child and bribes two other men to claim paternity

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  The Cobbler

  Author Unknown

  A man focuses on his work when his wife leaves him.

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  The Collier Swell

  Author Unknown

  A man inherits money from his family and changes his lifestyle.

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  The Comforts of Marriage

  Author Unknown

  A man warns other men against marriage.

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  The Constant Lovers

  Author Unknown

  A sailor will marry a farmer's daughter despite his mother's wishes.

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  The Constant Maid

  Author Unknown

  Daughter discussing her love and seeking acceptance.

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  The Constant Pair

  Author Unknown

  A young woman sails to and brings back so she can marry her lover that her father had banished to the Indies

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  The Constant Pair

  Author Unknown

  Woman impersonates sailor to track down poor lover after her father denies their love

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  The Cork Leg

  Author Unknown

  Wealthy man burdened with a cork leg after refusing a poor relative

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  The Coster's Sister

  Author Unknown

  A brother is upset over his sister's heartbreak.

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  The Cradle Hymn

  Author Unknown

  Details succession, reform and radicalism in England.

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  The Crafty London Apprentice

  Author Unknown

  A man blackmails his mistress

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  The Crafty Ploughboy

  Author Unknown

  A boy takes a thief's horse while he attempts to rob the boy.

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  The Crafty Ploughboy

  Author Unknown

  A boy takes a thief's horse while he attempts to rob the boy.

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  The Cruel Father and Affectionate Lovers

  Author Unknown

  A lowerclass boy releases his lover after her father locks her up.

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  The Cruel Step Mother

  Author Unknown

  Jealous and greedy stepmother battles an innocent boy

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  The Cuckold Drover

  Author Unknown

  Wife cheats on her husband with a wealthy merchant

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  The Cuckoo

  Author Unknown

  Song about the Cuckoo's song bidding the day adieu

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  The Damsel in Tears for the loss of her Sailor, slain in Nelson's Engagement, April 2d.

  Author Unknown

  A woman mourns the death of her lover who died at the Battle of Copenhagen.

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  The Dandy

  Author Unknown

  A man boasts about his looks and his charms with the ladies.

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  The Dandy Bonnet

  Author Unknown

  A woman wants a new bonnet.

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  The Dandy Wife

  Author Unknown

  Man lamenting his marriage

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  The Dark Girl Drest in Blue

  Author Unknown

  Song concerning the misguided love of a man towards the girl in blue

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  The Dear Irish Maid

  Author Unknown

  A man stumbles upon a beautiful woman picking flowers

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  The Death of General Wolfe

  Author Unknown

  A song about the death of General James Wolfe

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  The Death of Parker

  Author Unknown

  A woman digs up and reburies her tried and prosecuted husband

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  The Death of Parker

  Author Unknown

  A woman mourns the loss of her soldier.

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  The Death of Poor Bill Brown

  Author Unknown

  A friend of Bill Brown avenges his death.

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  The Death of the Stag

  Author Unknown

  Hunting of a deer

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  The Derbyshire Recruit

  Author Unknown

  After a fight a soldier is whipped.

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  The Deserter

  Author Unknown

  A soldier gets drunk and deserts his command.

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  The Despairing Hero

  Author Unknown

  Soldier thinking through sins, bravery and Britishness

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  The Devil and the Hackney Coachmen

  Author Unknown

  The Devil tries to steal a cab driver's soul.

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  The Devils in the Girl

  Author Unknown

  A woman has a child by a man who seduced her with a song and left.

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  The Disappointed Wife

  Author Unknown

  A woman is sad when she awakes from a dream and sees her husband alive.

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  The Dodger

  Author Unknown

  A Whitechapel thief is being sent to a penal colony in Australia

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  The Doublet of Gray

  Author Unknown

  A woman's ghost haunts a castle where she took her life over her dead love.

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  The Downfall of Life

  Author Unknown

  A man longs to stop time and aging so he can enjoy living in his quiet country home.

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  The Drover Boy

  Author Unknown

  A man herds his animals and returns home to his wife.

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  The Drunkard's Confession

  Author Unknown

  A man gives up alcohol and changes his life.

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  The Duchess of Drury Lane

  Author Unknown

  The Duchess of Drury Lane attracts attention and callers with her beauty.

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  The Dumb Wife

  Author Unknown

  A man takes his good wife to the doctor to make her talk but then she won't quit scolding him.

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  The Dumb Wife

  Author Unknown

  A man takes his good wife to the doctor to make her talk but then she won't quit scolding him.

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  The Emigrants Fareweell

  Author Unknown

  A man and woman move to Ireland together.

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  The English Courtship

  Author Unknown

  An Irish couple marries after after running away being captured and then separated.