Broadside Ballads: England

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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 Social Fellows

  Author Unknown

  Men toast to their lives.

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  The Soldiering Chap

  Author Unknown

  Soldiers sing through life.

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  The Soldier's Dream

  Author Unknown

  Soldier dreams of home and family

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  The Soldier's Return

  Author Unknown

  A soldier comes home to his love.

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  The Soldier's Tear

  Author Unknown

  Bravery of a soldier regardless of the pain of separation

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  The Soldier's Tear

  Author Unknown

  Sad soldier leaving home

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  The Soldier's Tear

  Author Unknown

  A song about soldiers being sad when they leave home and gladly fullfillng their duty.

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  The Solemn Dirge, in Romeo and Juliet

  Author Unknown

  Mourning the loss of a woman described as Juliet.

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  The Song of the Day

  Author Unknown

  Concerning British Identity, the need for morality and might

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  The Sons of Albion

  Author Unknown

  Calling on the British to rise up against their enemies.

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  The Sons of Albion

  Author Unknown

  Traditional symbols of England invoking nationalistic feelings

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  The Spanish Ladies

  Author Unknown

  Sailors return to England and drink to forget the Spanish women

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  The Spanish Noah

  Author Unknown

  British sailors encounter a French Privateer.

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  The Sporting Farmers

  Author Unknown

  A song about helping the poor.

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  The Spotted Cow

  Author Unknown

  A woman uses the excuse of losing her cow to meet with the narrator.

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  The Squire and Farmer

  Author Unknown

  A squire sleeps with a farmers wife while he is away and the farmer retaliates with the squire's wife.

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  The Squire and Gipsey Girl

  Author Unknown

  A lord marries a Romany woman who initially refused him.

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  The Squire's Change

  Author Unknown

  A woman uses her sisters baby to blackmail a squire who wronged her.

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  The Stage of Life

  Author Unknown

  A song about taking care of each other because wealth doesn't matter after death.

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  The Standard Bearer

  Author Unknown

  A man loves and fights for his nation.

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  The Star of Fleet Street

  Author Unknown

  A man enjoys Fleet Street in London.

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  The Star of Glengary

  Author Unknown

  A man goes on a night ride with his wife.

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  The Steam Boots

  Author Unknown

  Dutch man invents steam powered boots, to disasterous effect

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  The Stirabout Pot

  Author Unknown

  Widow suspects her lover is interested merely in her money

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  The Stirabout Pot

  Author Unknown

  A Widow breaks a pot that a young man stole when she threatened to stop cooking for him.

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  The Stolen Child

  Author Unknown

  Adult approaches a child sitting by a field

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  The Storm

  Author Unknown

  Details the battle between sailors and a storm

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  The Streamlet

  Author Unknown

  A song about a stream reflecting a woman's beauty.

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  The Sucking Pig

  Author Unknown

  A farmer plays a trick on a Pastor.

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  The Surat Weaver

  Author Unknown

  Ramifications of the American Civil War and the Naval Blockade on Britian

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  The Sweetest Flower Dies!

  Author Unknown

  A man's fiancee dies.

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  The Sweet Silver Light, Bonny Moon

  Author Unknown

  A man hears a woman's grieving for her deceased lover.

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  The Sweets of Love, or, Valentine Day

  Author Unknown

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  The Swiss Girl

  Author Unknown

  A Swiss girl denies a man's marriage proposals.

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  The Tar for all Weathers

  Author Unknown

  Details a shipwreck

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  The Tars of the Blanch

  Author Unknown

  A song on a British victory over a French ship

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  The Tars of the Blanch

  Author Unknown

  A song on a British victory over a French ship

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  The Tartar Drum

  Author Unknown

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  The Ten Commandments

  Author Unknown

  The Ten Commandments

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  The Ten Commandments

  Author Unknown

  The Ten Commandments

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  The Thorn

  Author Unknown

  A man proposes to a woman.

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  The Thorn

  Author Unknown

  A young couple gets married and promises to be happy.

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  The Tinker

  Author Unknown

  Lady wanting a man "to play upon her tiddy iddy, etc."

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  The Tradesman's New Hymn

  Author Unknown

  A beggar asks God for endurance and parent's salvation.

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  The Tradesman's Petition

  Author Unknown

  The hungry and poor want assistance.

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  The Traveller

  Author Unknown

  A song about enjoying life.

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  The Trials of Courtship

  Author Unknown

  A man has trouble finding a faithful woman.