Broadside Ballads: England

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  The Queer Little Man

  Author Unknown

  Man fears death while walking home oddly

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  The Racoon Hunters

  Author Unknown

  Concerning a slave on the run

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  The Rent Day

  Author Unknown

  Landlord attempts to collect rent from tenants

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  There's a Good Time Coming Boys

  Author Unknown

  Good day in which equality rules

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  There's Bound to be a Row

  Author Unknown

  Man in a terrible marriage

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  There's Room Enough for All

  Author Unknown

  A poem urging people to leave cities and move to the country.

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  The Return of the Admiral

  Author Unknown

  An admiral dies and is buried at sea.

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  The Return of the Admiral

  Author Unknown

  An Admiral dies at sea.

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  The Rich Bumper

  Author Unknown

  A celebration occurs after a horserace between a man and a woman

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  The Rich Bumper

  Author Unknown

  A celebration occurs after a horserace between a man and a woman

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  The Rider and Sand-Boy

  Author Unknown

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  The Roaring Man

  Author Unknown

  A daughter dies of heartbreak when her lover, impressed by her father, dies at sea

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  The Robbers of the Glen

  Author Unknown

  A thief left his life of luxury.

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  The Robin's Petition

  Author Unknown

  A Robin asks for shelter during the winter.

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  The Rochester Lass

  Author Unknown

  A woman is upset her man has been sent overseas.

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  The Rochester Lass

  Author Unknown

  A man is pressed into service and leaves his love behind.

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  The Rose and the Lily

  Author Unknown

  A rose regrets rejecting a lily's love after she dies and no other flower will have him.

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  The Rose of Allandale

  Author Unknown

  Man eased by his love and memory for Rose

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  The Rover of the Seas

  Author Unknown

  Life of a pirate at sea

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  The Rover of the Seas

  Author Unknown

  A soldier leaves his love and family to sail.

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  The Roving bachelor

  Author Unknown

  A man would rather be hanged than marry a woman.

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  The Sailor Boy and his Faithful Mary

  Author Unknown

  Tragedy of loving a sailor

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  The Sailor Boy Capering Ashore

  Author Unknown

  Sailor's attempts to remain ashore

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  The Sailor's Farewell

  Author Unknown

  A man loves being an independent captain on the seas.

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  The Sailor's Farewell

  Author Unknown

  Sailor bids adieu to his loved ones

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  The Sailor's Hymn

  Author Unknown

  A song asking sailors to let God be their captain.

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  The Sailor's Tear

  Author Unknown

  A sailor, sad to leave his wife and infant, finds courage when facing England's foes

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  The Sailor's Tear

  Author Unknown

  A sailor is sad to leave but gladly fulfils his duty.

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  The Sailor's Will

  Author Unknown

  A man sings about his will, wake, and what he leaves to his wife.

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  The Same Old Game

  Author Unknown

  A man causes trouble throughout his life.

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  The Saucy Plough Boy

  Author Unknown

  Young farmers and the women who love them.

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  The Savoyard Boy

  Author Unknown

  A poor traveler longs to be home with his parents.

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  The Scullion Sprite: A St. Giles's Tale

  Author Unknown

  Ghost of a cook confronts her deceptive love

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  The Seaman of Dover

  Author Unknown

  A couple are married after he returns from his ex-marriage in Spain and his bride-to-be follows him against her parents wishes.

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  The Seaman's Life

  Author Unknown

  A man loves the life of a sailor.

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  The Sequel to Briton's Strike Home

  Author Unknown

  A man marries the woman that sailed with him on sea.

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  The Seven Champions

  Author Unknown

  A song about a group of knight's adventures.

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  The Shannon and Chesapeak

  Author Unknown

  A song about the fall of the USS Chesapeake to the HMS Shannon.

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  The Sheffield Apprentice

  Author Unknown

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

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  The Shells of the Ocean

  Author Unknown

  Narrative on innocence, childhood and aging

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  The Sights of London

  Author Unknown

  A song on the sights of London.

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  The Slave Auction

  Author Unknown

  A song about the horrors of slavery and slave auctions

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  The Slave Chase

  Author Unknown

  A british ship captures a slave ship.

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  The Slumbering Sleeper

  Author Unknown

  A Christmas Carol

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  The Slumbering Sleeper

  Author Unknown

  A Christmas Carol

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  The Slumbering Sleeper

  Author Unknown

  A song on being a good Christian.

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  The Snob and the Bottle

  Author Unknown

  A woman's husband drank himself to death and her into poverty.

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  The Snob and the Bottle

  Author Unknown

  A woman's husband drank himself to death and her into poverty.