The present listing is work in progress seeking to list all printed broadsides consisting primarily of verse which were printed in Devon. It is taken from a variety of sources, including the ESTC, COPAC and the Bodleian Allegro ballads database, and a listing of the Baring-Gould collection in the British Library, Devon Record Office, John Rylands Library and the National Library of Wales. It also incorporates much of the information gathered by Roly Brown in his series of articles on the Musical traditions website, Glimpses into the 19th Century Broadside Ballad Trade, notably No. 9: Some Devon printers and No. 13: Besley of Exeter. Arrangement is alphabetically by place, then alphabetically by printer, then alphabetically by the general title or the title of the first ballad on the sheet. There may be some duplication where second or third ballads are also separately catalogued, normally because they have become detached. Because of the variety of sources used the information given for each item is not entirely consistent.
E_EN_DEV_BARNSTAPLE. Devon.
E_EN_DEV_Barnstaple. Searle. 1820/60. Printers. A new song. - Barnstaple : Searle , [1820?]. - Verse: "When order in this land commenc'd ...". - Time of George III 1760-1820. Slip song. Sources: Bodleian Allegro, Harding B 25(1348).
E_EN_DEV_Barnstaple. Searle and Son. 1840/52. Printers. A description of the manufacture of tape. - [Barnstaple] : Searle and Son, Printer, Barnstaple. License note: Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a well known fact, that while some trades are flourishing, others are in a state of starvation. The Bearer of this paper will be thankful to you to become the Purchaser, as it is his wish to emigrate ... Six ballads on sheet which contains verse and prose. - Spources: Bodleian Allgro, Firth b.26(403/404). Contents: Who is thy neighbour ("Thy neighbour? it is he whom thou ...") ; Lines on frost ("The frost looked forth one still clear night ...") ; The choice of friends ("League not with him in friendship's tie ; Hymn of a child at waking ("Father! before whose majesty ...") ; Verses written by a Mechanic in deep distress ("Oh! think of their less happy doom ...") ; Prayer ("There is an eye that never sleeps ...").
E_EN_DEV_Barnstaple. Searle, S. 1855/60. Printers. The misseltoe bough ["The misseltoe hung in the castle hall ...", by N. T. H. Bayly and] I would be a soldier still ["Might I march through life again ..." and] The fairies' song ["Within this shelter'd mossy dell ...". - [Barnstaple] : S. Searle, Printer, Barnstaple ; [18--]. - Sources: Bodleian Allegro, Firth b.26(405) ; Harding B 11(2459).
E_EN_DEV_BIDEFORD. Devon.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, J. 1849. Printer. An account of the murder of Mrs. Henrichson at Liverpool, together with her two little boys, and an infant she gave birth to before she died of her wounds, and also of Ann Parr her servant, who gave witness before she expired in the hospital against a lodger by the name of Morris, perpetrated in Mar. 1849 and prisoner, whose name is not exactly known, remains to be tried summer assizes ... - [Bideford] : Wilson, printer, [1849].-- 1 sheet ([1] p.) : port. ; 27 x 18 cm. - Notes: First line of song concerning John Gleeson Wilson, who was convicted, on August 22, 1849, of the murder of Mary Parr, the servant of Mrs. Henrichson: Of all the crimes that guilty man.. - Sources: COPAC (British Library).
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1838/65. Printer. Answer to Jeannette and Jeannot ["Cheer up, cheer up my own Jeannette ..."] [and] The gipsy's tent ["Our fire on the turf and tent 'neath the hill ..."] [and] Life on the ocean wave ["A life on the ocean wave, a home on the rolling deep ..."], by E. Serjeant. . - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Illus. Three ballads on sheet. Printed on printer's waste; on reverse is part of a single- sheet gazetteer. The words of The Gypsy's Tent are credited to a 'Miss Cook', that is, Eliza Cook (1818-1889). It appeared in a number of printer's catalogues - Sanderson, Pearson, Johnson etc - and in the stock of several mid-century printers such as Paul, Ryle and Hodges in London, Jackson in Birmingham, Harkness in Preston and Walker in Durham - where the information suggests a date of issue before 1834. Such continued to print it. It re-emerged in the opera Loriena in 1882 as a piece with music by the American composer, Septimus Winner (1827-1902). Life on the ocean wave, now the celebrated march of the Royal Marines, dates from 1838, with words by one, Epes Sargeant (1812-1880), and music by Henry Russell (1810-1900). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(472) ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1856. Printer. The Braunds of Bucks! The Braunds of Bucks! - [Bedeford] : [J. Wilson] , 1856. On the heroics of James Braund, fisherman pilot (christened 31st December 1809, married Mary Ann 15th March 1832, lived at Bucks Mill Hamlet, Parkham, Devon) with the inscription: "James Braunds; within the last 8 years saved 7 lives, with a little herring-boat, besides vessels, and on going off to a ship in distress, she was driven over Bideford Bar, and his boat forced to follow the vessel's perilous track, miraculously escaping." - Sources: Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1830/37. Printer. Carry me back to ole Virginny shore ["Oh, if I was only young again ..."] [and] The mariner's grave ["I remember the night was stormy and wet ..."] . - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Originally a sheet with Firth b.26(455), Firth b.26(479) and Firth b.26(484). On reverse, another ballad: The King, God bless him! [George IV]. Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny Shore , written by Charles T White in 1847 is not to be confused with the better-known Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny (1878). It was apparently sung by Confederate soldiers as they re-crossed the Potomac after the battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg. It seems to have been a rarity in broadside printing terms, found only in Wilson's and Ryle's stock, although it appeared also in a couple of Christy Minstrel songbooks. The Mariner's Grave recorded mid-century amongst the major London printers, Ryle, Paul, Birt, Hodges, Disley and Such, also with Harkness, Ross, Walker and Allerton (York) in the north, Ringham in Lincoln and Sefton in Worcester. It appeared in various catalogues and in the New Concert Room Songster dating from 1854. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(471) ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1854/63. Printer. Christ is come to reign ["Yonder see the Lord descending ..."] [and] His trumpet sounds ["That day of wrath, that direful day ..."] [and] Heaven is my home! ["I was a sinner far from god ..."] [and] The sinner's wants ["I want to lay all sin aside ..."] [and] The stages of life! From the cradle to the grave ["His vain delusive thoughts are filled ..."] . - John Wilson, Printer, Bookbinder &c., Bridge Street, Bideford, Devon. 5 hymns on sheet: 5. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(486/487)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1854/63. Printer. Christ offering living water. Anti-strong-drink ["Since Balaam thou hast been rebuk'd ..."]. - Printed and Sold by J. Wilson, Engraver and Bookbinder, Bridge Street, Bideford, Devon. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.22(138)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1830/37. Printer. Christmas anthems. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. – Contents: England's golden days ["I'll sing, but 'tis an English song, and O! I love to praise ..." and] The red-cross banner ["England, if still thy patriot fires ..."] Firth b.26(455) originally a sheet with Firth b.26(471), Firth b.26(479) and Firth b.26(484); on the reverse is another ballad: The King, god bless him! [George IV]. Only Wilson recorded as printing England's golden days. The Red-Cross Banner appears to have been a mid-century production, an eulogy for England's glory. Apart from the Wilson copy, the piece appears in one or two catalogues, and is attributed to Fortey - the only other name pinpointed. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(455) ; Harding B 11(1073) ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1848/65. Printer. A dying son's farewell. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. – Contents: The Rose of Ardee ["When first to this country a stranger I came ..." and] Uncle Ned ["I once knew a nigger and his name was Uncle Ned ..."]. Originally a sheet with Firth b.26(455), Firth b.26(471) and Firth b.26(479). On reverse, another ballad: The King, God bless him! The Rose of Ardee is found in Pitts and Catnach and then in a number of country printers' stock. Uncle Ned, was a Stephen Foster composition dating from 1848 and is credited with an unusual degree of sympathy for the negro. The broadside take-up seems to have been limited - Hodges, Ross, Pratt and Jackson in Birmingham; but there were several printings in songbooks and the piece continued in popularity throughout the century. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(484) ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1849. Printer. An electioneering "ditty", for the first day of November, A.D. 1849 ["There goes Richard Lake, with votes stiff as a stake ..."] . - Printed for the benefit of the cause, by Wilson, Printer, Alhalland Street, Bideford. To the tune of: Abraham Newland. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.16(469).
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/35. Printer. Faith, hope, & charity ["Faith unto heaven points the way ..."]. - Printed and Sold by J. Wilson, Quay Bideford. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(459/460)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. The fisherman's girl ["It was down in the country a poor girl was weeping ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. The Fisherman's Girl is one of those pieces in the Wilson repertoire perhaps associated with religious revivalism. In printers' catalogues from Pitts, Birt, Fordyce and Collard but not many printings extant besides that from Wilson: one from Swindells, some from Fordyce and one from Ordoyno in Nottingham. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.12 (447) ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1854. Printer. Free for All!. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Contents: The soldier's prayer ["It was autumn when we started from our homes and happy shore ..." and] I die for my country ["I must now bid adieu to the ocean ..."]. With a prose biographical sketch of Lord Raglan. On the Crimean War. Neither of these pieces appears to have been printed by anyone bar Wilson. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(483) ; Firth c.14(361) ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1854/63. Printer. Free for all!. - Printed and Sold by J. Wilson, Engraver and Bookbinder, Bridge-Street, Bideford, Devon. Two hymns on sheet. Contents: The Christian soldier ["I by faith enlisted am ..." and] I bid you all farewell ["I am a sinner quite undone ..."]. Part of an uncut sheet with: The Virgin Mary, Firth b.26(469). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(470)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1863. Printer. The Gospel news. - Bideford: Printed for the Vendor, by J. Wilson, Bridge- Street, 1863. Contents: On the tree ["Behold, behold the Lamb of God ..." and] The lord will provide ["Though troubles assail ..." and] A dying son's farewell ["Weep not for me mother, because I must die ..."] and] Canaan, bright Canaan ["What has Jesus done for me? ..." and] The Christian's dream ["One night as I lay sleeping ..." and] Will you go? ["We're trav'ling home to heaven above ..."]. Six hymns on sheet. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(463/464)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Smoky house, and scolding wife ["The tale is true I've often heard [and] Second thoughts are best ["Come write me down ye powers above ..."]. - [Bideford] : [J. Wilson] , [1825/65]. See Firth b.26(467/468) for imprint. For the first illustration, see Davison catalogue, No. 322. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(3551)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Home, sweet home ["Mid pleasures and places [sic] tho' we may roam ...", by John Howard Payne. With an additional verse] [and] Answer to Home, sweet home ["I was courted by a young man, who led me astray ..."]. – [Bideford] : [J.Wilson] , [1825/65]. Appear also in a sheet of eight ballads; see Firth b.26(467/ 468). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.27(365) ; Harding B 11(1564)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1840/65. Printer. Jeannette and Jeannot ["You are going far away ..." and] The polka ["Among all classes high and low ...". To the tune of: Boatman's dance]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. - Printed on printer's waste, printing on reverse. Jeannette and Jeannot is also recorded by Ross, Harkess, Paul, Ryle, Pratt, Warr, Goode, Johnson etc. and it inspired an Answer printed by Henson in Northampton, Walker in Durham, Harkness in Preston, Ryle and Paul in London etc. which Wilson also printed and there was yet another piece entitled Jeannot's Return (not in the Wilson stock). Selkirk in Newcastle seems to have made the tale a special subject, printing Jeannette and Jeannot, Jeannette's Farewell and The Soldier's Wedding ('Give me your hand, my own Jeannette'). Jeannette's and Jeannot's Wedding appeared from Dalton in York. Pratt printed 'From the field of fight returning' another piece on the couple. But there are no Pitts or Catnach printings and the evidence emerging from the list of printers given above seems to point nearer to the mid-century mark for first issue. It also inspired at least a polka and a quickstep. The piece is credited to Charles Jefferies (1806-1863) with music by Charles W Grover (1807-1865) which might help pinpoint a first issue during the heyday of broadside printing during the 1830s and 1840s. The polka version would not have appeared until more or less mid-century: there is no evidence that the polka as form entered England before the 1840s, indeed, its invention is credited to a Bohemian girl around 1835. The Polka to the tune of the Boatman's Dance mentions 'Vic and Al' and 'old duke Nosey' (Wellington), also solidly mid-century. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.21(155) ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Jesus says there's room ["Tis Jesus voice I now do hear ..." and] The prodigal's welcome ["The wanderer no more will roam ...", by M.J. Walker]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(478) ; Firth b.34(152)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Jesus says there's room. - Printed and Sold by John Wilson, Bridge Street, Bideford . – Contents: Heaven is my home! ["I was a sinner far from God ..." and] The lovely name of Jesus! ["Come children, come and let us sing ..."]. Part of an uncut sheet with title: Jesus says there's room, Firth b.26(475). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(476)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1854/63. Printer. Jesus says there's room ["Tis Jesu's voice I now do hear ..."] and] Faith! Hope! ["Saith Faith, look yonder, there's my crown ..." and] The sinner's hymn ["Jesus, who made the meanest soul ..."]. - Printed and Sold by John Wilson, Bridge Street, Bideford. Part of an uncut sheet with: The lovely name of Jesus!, Firth b.26(476). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(475)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1847. Printer. Lady Franklin's lament ["My Franklin dear long has been gone ..."]. - Wilson Printer Bideford. On Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), lost in the Arctic. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.12(81) ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. The lovely name of Jesus!. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Part of a sheet of eight. See Firth b.26(467/468). Contents of this section: Old Towler ["Bright chanticleer proclaims the dawn ..." and] The woodpecker ["I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curl'd ..."]. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(477)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. The new fashion'd farmer ["Good people all I pray attend ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. The New-Fashion'd Farmer lamented the change whereby farmers now aped the more sophisticated in society and their daughters, in similar style, took up the pianoforte, coincidental with the appearance of the fashionable upright as opposed to square piano mid-century. This piece has only been attributed to one printer, Pitts, apart from Wilson, although some unattributed copies exist. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.16(283) ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1835/45. Printer. New union hymn ["Come, saints and sinners, here [sic] me tell ..." and] The soul's enjoyment, or The road to Heaven ["Warm was his heart, his faith was strong ..."]. - Wilson, Printer and Stationer, High Street, Bideford. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.34(205)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Old Towler ["Bright chanticleer proclaims the dawn ..."] [and] The woodpecker ["I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curl'd ..."] . - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Appear also in a sheet of eight ballads; see Firth b.26(467/ 468). The Woodpecker, written by Thomas Moore in 1801. A copy appeared in the Vocal Library in 1820; another in Little Warbler and Comic Songs as printed by Oliver and Boyd in Edinburgh 1820; yet another in the Model Song Book c.1848. Many separate printings by Pitts and Catnach and several other London printers - Hodges, Ryle and Paul, Batchelar, Taylor; outside London - Gibbs in Ledbury, Child and agents in Hereford and other towns in the south west midlands, Harkness; Swindells; Oliver in Darlington. Also Besley in Exeter. Baring-Gould states that the music was by Michael Kelly, a Dublin composer; and several copies note that John Braham sang it. It also evoked two known Answers, from Harkness and Evans. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(2832) ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. The outlandish knight ["An outlandish knight came from the north lands ..."] . - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Printed on green paper. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(2889)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Popular songs. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. – Contents: The painful plough ["Come all you jolly ploughmen of courage stout and bold ..." and] I've been roaming ["I've been roaming, I've been roaming ..."]. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(485) ; Harding B 11(2937) ;Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Ratcatcher's daughter ["Not long ago in Vestminster ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. The Ratcatcher's Daughter was not, apparently, widely printed. Only Harkness has been identified apart from Wilson. Harkness printed the piece in two forms, the one beginning 'In Westminster not long ago…' and the other adopting a fashionable V instead of a W. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.18(228) ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1835/37. Printer. The Rose of Allandale ["The morn was fair, the skies were clear ..." and] I've been roaming ["Ive been roaming, Ive been roaming ..." and] The moon is up ["The moon is up, and in the sky ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Originally a sheet with Firth b.26(455), Firth b.26(471) and Firth b.26(484). On reverse, another ballad: The King, God bless him! [George IV]. The Rose of Allandale first appeared in 1835. Pitts and Catnach printed The moon is up, also The London Melodist, printed around 1831, inthe provinces Williams in Portsea and Jackson and Pratt in Birmingham. I've Been Roaming popular in the concert hall, sung by Madame Vestris, by Catherine Stephens (and, in parody form, by one, Liston). On one copy a tune is given as sung by Catherine Stephens. The piece was widely printed and is credited to a George Soame, with music by C E Horne. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(479) ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Shepherds rejoice! ["Shepherds, rejoice, lift up your eyes ..." and] Star of Bethlehem! ["When marshall'd on the nightly plain ..." and] Teach me thy love ["Teach me thy love to know ..." and] While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night ["While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night ..."]. - A variety of Hymns printed & sold By John Wilson, Bideford. – Four carols on sheet. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(480) ; Firth b.34(62)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Smoky house, and scolding wife ["The tale is true I've often heard [and] Second thoughts are best ["Come write me down ye powers above ..."]. - [Bideford] : [J. Wilson] , [1825/65]. See Firth b.26(467/468) for imprint. For the first illustration, see Davison catalogue, No. 322. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(3551)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Smoky house, and scolding wife ["The tale is true I've often heard ..." and] Second thoughts are best ["Come write me down ye powers above ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Part of a sheet of eight; see Firth b.26(467/468). Smoky House and Scolding Wife, after Wilson, the evidence for printings is small: Pitts and Hoggett in Durham. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.27(115) ; Firth c.20(111) ; Brown Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1854/63. Printer. The Virgin Mary. - Printed and Sold by John Wilson, Bridge Street, Bideford. – Contents: The gospel news is sounding ["Hark, the gospel news is sounding ..." and] The Christian's hope ["Our souls are in his mighty hand ..." and] Remember Calvary ["Sinners go along with me ..."]. Three hymns on sheet. Part of an uncut sheet with: The harvest home, Firth b.26(474). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(473)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1854/63. Printer. The Virgin Mary. - Printed and Sold by J. Wilson, Engraver and Bookbinder, Bridge Street, Bideford. – Contents: I love my Jesus ["I love my Jesus ..." and] The Masonic hymn ["Come all you freemasons that dwell 'round the globe ..." and] Saint's sweet rest ["While storms of distress and seas full of grief ..."]. Three hymns on sheet. Part of an uncut sheet with: Free for All!, Firth b.26(470). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(469)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1850/65. Printer. Wait for the waggon ["Will you come with me my Phillis dear ..." and] Auld days ["The merry days of old! how dear ..." and] Minnie ["When the sun is high in the bright blue sky ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Wait for the Waggon first appeared around 1850. Only Wilson recorded as printing Auld days. Minnie seems to have been a mid-century concoction, issued by Fortey, Disley and Ryle in London, Bebbington in Manchester, Forth in Pocklington, Andrews in Leeds and Pratt in Birmingham. Ryle's copies indicate performance at the Drury Lane Theatre. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(482) ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. The wandering boy ["When the winter wind whistles along the wild moor ..."], by Henry Kirk White [and] Old Towler ["Bright chanticleer proclaims the dawn ..."] [and] The mariner's compass ["Sam spritsail's a lad you delight in ..."] [and] The woodpecker ["I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curl'd ..."] [and] Smoky house, and scolding wife ["The tale is true I've often heard ..."] [and] Home, sweet home ["Mid pleasures and places [sic] tho' we may roam ..."]by John Howard Payne [and] Second thoughts are best ["Come write me down ye powers above ..."] [and] Answer to Home, sweet home ["I was courted by a young man, who led me astray ..."] . - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. 8 ballads on sheet: 8. See Harding B 11(4026). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(467/468)
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. The wandering boy ["When the winter wind whistles along the wild moor ...", by Henry Kirke White, and] The mariner's compass ["Sam spritsail's a lad you delight in ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. See Firth b.26(467/468). The Wandering Boy was widely printed and both Pitts and Catnach indicated on copy that it was performed for popular entertainment - sung by a Master Hyde and by one Freyer at a London concert. The author was Henry Kirk White (1785-1806). Wilson's text takes a usual form, different from Pratt (Birmingham) which began, 'I was born in the country far over the mountains…' (another written piece by H Harrison Roberts). The Wilson form appeared on a Pitts songsheet which had the title Caroline Triumphant probably dating from 1820-1821 when George IV was trying to rid himself of his queen although the piece probably arrived in broadside repertoire before this. It also evoked an Answer from Walker in Norwich. Kendrew of York issued it alongside The Wandering Girl, another popular piece. The Mariners Compass appeared as a Pitts imprint and in several catalogues and in the Wilson form began 'Sam Spritsail's the lad you delight in'. Jennings and Catnach had the piece too. There was another version (not in Wilson's stock), seemingly issued mid-century, beginning 'You sons of the main that delight in the flood' - printed by Jackson and Harkness, for example. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.27(2) ; Harding B 11(4026); Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. The whole hog or none ["I've just arrived across the sea ..." and] The perfect cure ["Young Love he plays some funny tricks ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. The Whole Hog or None has many varients. Wilson refers to Sydenham Palace, a Mr Blondini, presumably Charles Blondini, who crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope several times during 1859-1860. Apart from Wilson, Fortey, Disley and Such are the only ascertainable names associated with issue and none offered the same text as Wilson which seems to be unique. The Perfect Cure is another mid-century piece. In one version he pays half-a-crown a week - not in Wilson where he merely pays 'for what I never done' (this is the same as in Harkness). In one other copy, the piece was evidently sung by a Master Simonds 'with applause at the Bell Hotel, Cheltenham'. Otherwise the piece does not appear to have had extensive take-up. -Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(481) ; Harding B 11(4169) ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_CULLOMPTON. Devon.
E_EN_DEV_Cullompton. Rowe. 1820/60. Printer. I was the boy for bewitching 'em. - Cullompton : Rowe, Typographer, Collumpton [sic] , [1820/60]. - Verse: "I was the boy for bewitching 'em ...". Slip song. Sources: Bodleian Allegro , Harding B 25(931).
E_EN_DEV_DEVONPORT. Devon. Prior to 1824 Plymouth Dock. Now included in Plymouth.
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. All around my hat I wear a green willow ["All round my hat I vear a green villow ..."] To the tune of: The fisherman's boy [and] O no we never mention her ["Oh no we never mention her ..."], by N.T.H.Bayly]. - Printed and sold ... by E. Keys, 7, James-street, Devonport. Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New Bridge, Exeter. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.27(536)
E_EN_DEV. Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1827/30. Printers. Battle of Navarin. - Devonport : Printed and sold by E. Keys. Sold also by R. Stone, Exeter; A. Brown, General-Dealer, Bristol-bridge, Bristol; And by S. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire, [1827?]. - 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 26 x 19 cm. - Battle of Navarin - first line reads: Come all you British Seamen and listen to my song. - Dated from internal evidence. - In two columns with an illustration above each. - The ploughboy - first line reads: Of all the sounds, give me my choice. - Two ballads. - Sources: COPAC: National Library of Scotland
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Betsey Baker ["From noise and bustle far away, hard work my time employing ..."] [and] The Croppy Boy ["It was very early in the spring ..."] . - Printed by E. Keys, No. 7, James-street, Devonport. Sold by R. Stone, 10 on the New Bridge, Exeter. And by W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.25(508) ; Harding B 25(176)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The Beverly maid and the tinker ["In Beverly town a maid did dwell ..." and] Merrily goes the bark. Glee ["Merrily, merrily goes the bark ..."]. - Printed and sold by E. Keys, Devonport. Sold by R. Stone, 10, New bridge-street, Exeter; and by W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.34(24)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Blow the candle out ["It's of a young 'prentice who went to court his dear ..." and] The new Home sweet home ["When wandering far on distant soil ..."] . - Printed & sold by E. Keys, 7, James-st., Devonport. Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New Bridge, Exeter ... And by W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.34(33) ; Firth b.34(34)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The bold boatswain of Dover ["There was a bold boatswain in Dover did dwell ..." and] The rose of Ardee ["When first to this country a stranger I came ..."] . - E. Keys's Cheap Printing Office, 7, James-street, Devonport. Illustration signed: L.V. Quick. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(363)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Bold Robin Hood ["Bold Robin Hood was a forester good ..."] . - Printed and Sold, Wholesale and Retail by E. Keys, 7, James- st., Devonport. Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New-Bridge, Exeter. And by W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall. A glee for three voices. Slip, part of a sheet of two ballads; see Harding B 11(3282). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 25(242)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1830/40. Printer. The bridal ring. - [Devonport] : From E. Key's Cheap Establishment, 7, James-street, Devonport , [1830/40]. - Roud 13842. - Sources: Baring-Gould Collection, BL L.R.271.a.2, Vol.9, fo.174
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Christmas carols . - Devonport: Printed and Sold Wholesale and Retail By E. Keys, No. 7, James-street. Contents: The Burdened Sinner ["Ah! what can I do ..."] [and] Hark! The Herald Angels Sing ["Hark! the herald angels sing ..."] [and] Christ's Birth ["The King of Glory sends his Son ..."] [and] Christ's Sufferings and Exaltation ["Now let our mournful songs record ..."]. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 7(5)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Cottage that stands by the sea ["As I was a walking one morning in spring ..."] [and] The convict's child ["The convict ship lay near the beach ..."] . - Devonport: Printed by Elias Keys. Sold by R. Stone, Fore- street Hill, Exeter; A. Brown, General Dealer, Bristol- Bridge, Bristol; And by S. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(712)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The church-yard ["The moon rises bright in the east ..."] . - E. Keys, (Columbian Printing Office) 7, James-street, Devonport. (The youth's recitor ; 4). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Johnson Ballads 1545
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The Croppy boy ["It was very early in the spring ..."] . - Printed by E. Keys, No. 7, James-street, Devonport. Sold by R. Stone, 10, on the New Bridge, Exeter. And by W. Burridge, Truro. Slip, part of a sheet of two ballads; see Firth b.25(508). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 25(449)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The dandy husband ["Come all you married women, wherever you may be ..." and] Fly away, pretty moth ["Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade ..."]. - Printed and sold ... by E. Keys, 7, James-street, Devonport. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.25(511) ; Harding B 11(788) ; Harding B 25(468)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1830/40. Printer. Description of a sea-fight. - [Devonport] : E. Keys, (Columbian Printing Office) 7, James-street, Devonport. - Travellers and Country Shops supplied very cheap , [1830/40]. - Sources: Baring-Gould Collection, BL L.R.271.a.2, Vol.1.2, fo. 67
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The drunken husband ["You married women draw near awhile [and] Young Edward, the gallant hussar ["A damsel, possess'd of great beauty ..."] . - Printed and Sold by Elias Keys, Devonport. Sold by R. Stone, Fore-street Hill, Exeter; A. Brown, 27, Bristol-Bridge, Bristol; And also by S. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(1010)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The drunken wife. A companion to the Drunken husband ["Attend, ye men of all ranks of life ..." To the tune of: Dumble dum deary, and] Lubin's rural cot ["Returning home, across the plain ..."]. - Printed and sold by E. Keys, 7, James-street, Devonport. Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New bridge, Exeter. And by W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.25(505) ; Harding B 25(553)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Eliza ["Now stood Eliza on the wood-crown'd height ..."] . - E. Keys, (Columbian Printing Office) 7, James-street, Devonport. Printer's Series: (The youth's recitor ; 8). Subject: Battle of Minden, 1759 Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.14(254) ; Harding B 11(1059)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Englands new b[ellman] ["Awake! awake! O England [and] I bid you all farewell ["I am a sinner quite undone ..."] . - Printed by Elias Keys, James-st, Devonport. Sold by R. Stone, Fore-street Hill, Exeter. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Johnson Ballads 1546
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Fair Betsy of Plymouth, and her young sailor bold ["Come all you pretty fair maids of every degree ..."]. – [Keys, E. (Devonport)]. To the tune of: Boys of Kilkenny. Part of a sheet of two ballads; see Firth c.13(289) for the imprint. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 25(180)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The farmer's son [Come all you pretty maidens fair, attend unto my song ..." and] There's nae luck about the house ["And are ye sure the news is true ..." by William Julius Mickle]. - E. Keys, Printer, No. 7, James-street, Devonport. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.18(276) ; Harding B 11(1163)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The fate of faithful Nancy, and William of the waggon train ["Attend awhile and do not smile young men and maids around ..." and] The sailor's tear ["He leap'd into the boat ..."]. - Printed and Sold by E. Keys, 7, James-street, Devonport. Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New Bridge, Exeter. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.25(506)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Fly away, pretty moth ["Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade ..."]. - Printed and Sold at the Cheapest Establishment in the West of England, by E. Keys, 7, James- street, Devonport ... Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New Bridge, Exeter. Sold also by W. Burridge, Truro. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 25(668)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1835/. Printer. Gallant female sailor ["Good people give attention, and listen to my song ..."] [and] Sling the flowing bowl ["Come, come, my jolly lads, the wind's abaft ..."], by Linley. - E. Keys, Printer, 7, James-Street, Devonport ... Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New-Bridge, Exeter. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(1278)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. George Barnwell ["In Cheapside there liv'd a marchant ..." and] Young William of the royal waggon train ["One lovely morning as I was walking"]. - Printed and Sold by E. Keys, 7, James-Street, Devonport. Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New Bridge, Exeter. And by W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.17(72) ; Firth b.25(503)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The gleaner ["Before the bright sun rises over the hill ..."] . - E. Keys, (Columbian Printing Office) 7, James-street, Devonport. (The youth's recitor ; 3). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Johnson Ballads 1547
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The green mossy banks of the Lea ["When first in this country a stranger [and] The Croppy boy ["It was very early in the spring ..."] . - Devonport: Printed and Sold by E. Keys. Sold also by R. Stone, Exeter; A. Brown, General-dealer, 27, Bristol-bridge, Bristol; And by S. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(1423)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Greenland fishery ["In eighteen hundred and twenty-four [and] Rosa May ["Come darkies listen unto me"]. - Devonport: Printed and Sold by Elias Keys. Sold by R. Stone, Exeter; A. Brown, General Dealer, 27, Bristol-Bridge, Bristol; And S. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(1420)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The idiot ["It had pleased God to form poor Ned ..."] . - E. Keys, (Columbian printing office) 7, James-street, Devonport. (The youth's recitor ; 9). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.34(138)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1830? Printer. The jolly miners [and] The bridal ring. - [Devonport] : E. Keys, Printer, James-st., Devonport. Cheap writing papers and account books. Sold by R. Stone, 10, on the New Bridge, Exeter [1830?]. - Sources: Baring-Gould Collection, BL L.R.271.a.2, Vol.9, fo.174
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Little Anne and her mother ["Little Anne and her mother were walking one day ..."] . - E. Keys, (Columbian Printing Office) 7, James-street, Devonport. (The youth's recitor ; 5). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Johnson Ballads 1548
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Logic; or, the Chestnut horse ["An Eton stripling, training for the law ..."] . - E. Keys, (Columbian Printing Office) 7, James-street, Devonport. (The youth's recitor ; 11). - Travellers and Country Shops supplied very cheap , [1830/40]. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Johnson Ballads 1549 ; Baring-Gould Collection, BL L.R.271.a.2, Vol.1.2, fo. 65
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. May-pole ["Come lasses and lads, get leave of your dads ..."] Subject: May day [and] I wish I'd a thousand a year ["I wish I'd a thousand a year ..."] . - Printed and Sold by Elias Keys, Devonport. Sold also by R. Stone, Fore-street hill, Exeter; A. Brown, General Dealer, Bristol Bridge, Bristol; And S. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(2389)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Merry little soldier ["I'm a merry little soldier ..."] . - [Printed by E. Keys, No. 7, James Street, Devonport. Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New bridge, Exeter.] And by W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall. Slip, imprint partly obscured. The illustration and the text are separately printed items. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 15(197a)
E_EN_DEV. Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1830/50. Printers. The minstrel to his steed. - Devonport : Printed & sold by E. Keys, 7, James-st., Devonport. Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New Bridge, Exeter, where travellers may be supplied cheaper than at any other house in the kingdom, with all kinds of children's history and other books, &c., [1830-1840?]. - 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 23 x 9 cm. - Dated from the British Book Trade Index. - First line reads: Then up and prepare thee! my own brave steed. - In one column with an illustration beneath the title. - Sources: COPAC: National Library of Scotland
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Moslem and the old soldier ["Rest awhile, disabled soldier! ..."] . - E. Keys, (Columbian Printing Office) 7, James-street, Devonport. (The youth's recitor ; 10). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Johnson Ballads 1550
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. My friend, and pitcher ["The wealthy fool, with gold in store ..." and] Fair Betsy of Plymouth, and her young sailor bold ["Come all you pretty fair maids of every degree ..." To the tune of: Boys of Kilkenny]. - Devonport: Printed by E. Keys, 7 James-street ... Sold also by R. Stone, Exeter; and by W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.13(289) ; Firth b.25(519)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1837/. Printer. My grandfather's days ["Give attention to my ditty ..."] . - Printed and Sold by E. Keys, 7, James-street, Devonport. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(2543)
E_EN_DEV. Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1850/60. Printers. Nelson's monument. - Devonport : Printed and sold by Elias Keys. Sold also by R. Stone, Exeter; A. Brown, General-Dealer, Bristol-bridge, Bristol; And by S. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire, [1840-1845?]. - 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 26 x 19 cm. - Dated from the British Book Trade Index. - In two columns with an illustration above each. - Nelson's monument - first line reads: Britons long expected great news from our fleet. - The blue bells of Scotland - first line reads: Oh, where, and oh where is my High-/land laddie gone?. - Sources: COPAC: National Library of Scotland
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/30. Printer. The new George Barnwell [and] An affectionate copy of verses on a young man murdering his sweetheart. - [Devonport] : Printed and sold by E. Keys, 100, James-street, Devonport, where hawkers, Travellers, and Shopkeepers may be spplied [sic] with a great assortment of new and popular ballads, with a liberal allowance [1830?] . - Sources: Baring-Gould Collection, BL L.R.271.a.2, Vol.9, fo.155
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1830/40. Printer. Nothing. - [Devonport] : Printed at E. Keys' Cheap Printing Office, No. 7, James-street, Devonport. - Travellers supplied , [1830/40]. - Sources: Baring-Gould Collection, BL L.R.271.a.2, Vol.9, fo.150 E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1837/60. Printer. Oh dear! how I long to get married ["I am a damsel so blooming and gay [and] The girl I left behind me ["The wars are o'er, and gentle peace ..."]. - Printed by Elias Keys, Devonport. Sold by R. Stone, Exeter; A. Brown, Bristol Bridge, Bristol; And S. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(2738)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1830/40. Printer. The pawnbroker's shop [and] Sling the flowing bowl. - [Devonport] : Keys, Printer, 7, James-street, Devonport. Cards, Hand-bills, &c. printed very cheap. The only House in the West of England where Travellers, Country Shops, &c. can be supplied with a cheap and extensive assortment [1830/40] 1 sheet : 1 ill "Verse with prose: "A song I will recite you, I hope it will delight you," [and] "Come, come, my jolly lads, the wind's abaft,". In two columns." . - Sources: Baring-Gould Collection, BL L.R.271.a.2, Vol.1.1, fo. 66
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1840? Printer. The perpetual almanack; or, gentleman soldier's prayer book: shewing how one Richard Middleton, was taken before the Mayor. - Devonport: E.Keys, 7, James Street , [1840?]. - 1 sheet. - Source Devon Heritage Centre Broadsides/045 ; Mf 4.2 fiche 1
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Plains of Waterloo ["On the eighteenth day of June, my boys, Napoleon did advance ..."]. - Printed and sold, wholesale and retail by E. Keys, 7, James- st., Devonport. To the tune of: Hanoverian march. Subject: Batle of Waterloo, 1815. Slip, part of a sheet of two ballads. See Firth b.25(507). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.14(28)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Poor Black Bess ["When fortune, blind goddess, she fled my abode ..."] [and] The exciseman ["To a village that skirted the sea ..."] . - Printed and Sold by E. Keys, Devonport. Sold by R. Stone, Exeter; A. Brown, General Dealer, 27, Bristol-Bridge, Bristol; And S. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(3062)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The poor old man ["Ah! who is it totters along ..."] . - E. Keys, (Columbian Printing Office) 7, James-street, Devonport. (The youth's recitor ; 6). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Johnson Ballads 1551
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Pretty star of the night ["The daylight has long been sunk under the billow ..."] . - Printed & sold by E. Keys, 7, James-st., Devonport. Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New Bridge, Exeter ... And by W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall. Slip. Printed on blue paper. Part of a sheet of two ballads; see Firth c.13(48). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.25(523) ; Harding B 25(1571)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The return of the admiral ["How gallantly, how merrily ..." and] The days we went lushy home ["In the days when we came lushy home ..."]. - Printed by E. Keys, Devonport. Sold by R. Stone, Bridge- street, Exeter; W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall; And by S. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Johnson Ballads 1552
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The rigs of the fair ["Ye lads and lasses every where ..." and] Bold Robin Hood ["Bold Robin Hood was a forester good ..." A glee for 3 voices]. - Printed and Sold, Wholesale and Retail by E. Keys, 7, James- st., Devonport. Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New-Bridge, Exeter. And by W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.25(524) ; Firth c.19(160) ; Harding B 11(3282) ; Harding B 16(227a) ; Harding B 17(256a)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/30. Printer. The rigs of the times [and] O'er the water to Charlie. As sung by Miss Love, at the Plymouth Theatre. - [Devonport] : Printed and sold by E.Keys, 100, James-street, Devonport, where Hawkers and Travellers may be supplied with Books, Ballads, &c. at the shortest notice. Cards, Hand-Bills, &c. printed cheap [1830?] 1 sheet : 2 ill. Verse: ("Ye men of high degree, come listen to my song," [and] "Come boat me o'er, come row me o'er;"). - Sources: Baring-Gould Collection, BL L.R.271.a.2, Vol.1.1, fo. 6
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The rose of Ardee ["When first to this country a stranger I came ..."] . - E. Keys's Cheap Printing Office, 7, James-street, Devonport. Slip, part of a sheet of two ballads; see Harding B 11(363). The illustration is signed: L.V. Quick. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 25(1655)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The rosy morn ["When the rosy morn appearing ..."] . - Devonport: Printed and Sold by E. Keys, 7, James-Street. Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New Bridge, Exeter. Travellers supplied. And Sold also by W. Burridge, Truro. - 1 sheet : 1 ill. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 16(236c) ; Baring-Gould Collection, BL L.R.271.a.2, Vol.6, fo. 5
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The shepherd-boy ["Upon a mountain's grassy side ..."] . - E. Keys, (Columbian Printing Office) 7, James-street, Devonport. (The youth's recitor ; 7). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Johnson Ballads 1553
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1830/40. Printer. The streams of lovely Nancy [and] The day when we got married a long time ago. Tune- "The days when we went gipsying." - [Devonport] : Printed and sold by E. Keys, 7, James-street, Devonport. Sold by R. Stone, New Bridge-street, Exeter ; S. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire ; W. Burridge, Truro [1830/40]. - 1 sheet : 2 ill. - Verse: "The streams of lovely Nancy divides into three parts," (Roud 688) [and] "I will sing a song not very long,". - Sources: Baring-Gould Collection, BL L.R.271.a.2, Vol.1.1, fo.102
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The tars of the Blanch ["You Frenchmen don't boast of your fighting ..." and] Pretty star of the night ["The daylight has long been sunk under the billow ..."]. - Printed & sold by E. Keys, 7, James-st., Devonport. Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New Bridge, Exeter. ... And by W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall. Printed on blue paper. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.13(48)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1828? Printer. The test of loyalty, a new song occasioned by the visit of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, to Plymouth and Devonport [Devonport] : Printed and Sold at E. Keys' Cheap Printing office, 100, James-street, Devonport [1828?] . - Sources: Baring-Gould Collection, BL L.R.271.a.2, Vol.9, fo.175
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Tobacco ["Tobacco is an Indian weed"] [and] Advice to drunkards ["You drunkards all I pray attend wherever you may be ..."] . - Devonport: Printed and Sold by Elias Keys. Sold by R. Stone, 10, Fore-street Hill, Exeter; A. Brown, General Dealer, 27, Bristol-Bridge, Bristol; And S. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(3846)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. To-morrow we will marry ["O say, my love what wrings thy heart ..."] [and] Ye mariners of England, [by Thomas Campbell] . - Devonport: Printed and Sold by Elias Keys. Sold by R. Stone, Exeter; A. Brown, General Dealer, 27, Bristol-Bridge, Bristol; S. Reed, Stationer, Newport, Monmouthshire; And S. Mann, Ashburton, Devon. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(3859)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. The Turkish lady ["Young virgins all I pray draw near ..."] [and] The fatal Ramilies ["You soldiers and seamen give ear and attend ..."] . - Devonport: Printed and Sold by Elias Keys. Sold by R. Stone, Fore-street hill, Exeter; A. Brown, General Dealer, 27, Bristol-Bridge, Bristol; And S. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(3907)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Will Watch ["'Twas one morn when the wind from the north'ard blew keenly ..."] Subject: Smuggling; Naval [and] A thumping glass of gin ["Oh! a woman I do love, believe me that is true ..."] . - Devonport: Printed by E. Keys, 7, James-street ... Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New-bridge, Exeter; and by W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.25(528)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Will Watch ["'Twas one morn when the wind from the north'ard blew keenly ..."] . - Devonport: Printed by E. Keys, 7, James-street ... Sold also by R. Stone, 10, on the New-bridge, Exeter; and by W. Burridge, Truro, Cornwall. Slip, part of a sheet of two ballads. See Firth b.25(528). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.25(529)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Elias. 1825/60. Printer. Young William of the royal waggon train ["One lovely morning as I was walking ..."] . - Printed & sold by E. Keys, James-st. Devonport. Part of a sheet of two ballads; see Firth c.17(72). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 15(398)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Samuel and John. 1860/80. Printer. Blossoms of holiness: a selection of admired Christmas carols . - Devonport: Printed by S. & J. Keys. Sold by R. Stone, New Bridge Street, Exeter; J. Elms, East Street, Newton Abbott; W. Burridge, Truro; J. Perrow, St. Austle; J. Comeford, Penzance, Cornwall. Contents: The new sailor's hymn ["Our stately ship, she long has sail'd ..." and] I love Jesus ["Fly, ye sinners, to yon mountain ..."]. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.12(372)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Samuel and John. 1860/80. Printer. Christmas harmony: a variety of choice carols. - Devonport: Printed by S. & J. Keys. Sold by R. Stone, Exeter; Ford & Co., Stationers, Newton Abbot; W. Burridge, Truro; J. Perrow, St. Austle, Cornwall; And M.A. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire. – Contents: The first good joy ["The first good joy our Mary had ..." and] Christ's sufferings, &c ["Now let our mournful song record ..." and] Hark! the herald angels ["Hark! the herald angels sing ..." and] Glory be to God ["Glory be to God on high ..."]. Four carols on sheet. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 7(64)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Samuel and John. 1860/80. Printer. The Christmas holly: an assortment of favorite carols. - Devonport: Printed By & For S. & J. Keys. Sold by R. Stone, Stationer, Exeter; Ford & Co., Newton Abbot; J. Evans, Barnstaple; W. Burridge, Truro; J. Perrow, St. Austle; And by M.A. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire. – Contents: Bright and joyful Morn ["Bright and joyful is the morn ..." and] The Holy Well ["As it fell out on May morning ..." and] The Prodigal Son ["My father he gave me a portion in hand ..." and] For Christmas Day ["Come, let us raise our voices high ..."]. Four carols on sheet. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 7(10)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Samuel and John. 1860/80. Printer. Christmas mirth. A variety of excellent carols. - Devonport: Printed by S. & J. Keys. Sold by R. Stone, Exeter; And M.A. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire. Contents: On the Nativity of Christ ["Christians rejoice, and hail the day ..." and] See the Morn ["See the morning fair and bright ..." and] Christ, the good Shepherd ["Sheep of Christ's redeemed fold ..." and] Christ in the Manger ["Where is this stupendous stranger ..." and] The Sunny Bank ["As I sat on a sunny bank ..."]. Five carols on sheet. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 7(16)
E_EN_DEV. Devonport. Keys, Samuel and John. 1860/70. Printers. Death of Parker. - Devonport : Printed by Samuel and John Keys. Sold by R. Stone, stationer, Fore-street, Hill, Exeter; J. Evans, High-street, Barnstaple; H. Jacobs, Newton Abbot, A. Brown, general dealer, 27, Bristol Bridge, Bristol; And by S. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire, [1840-1845?]. - 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 26 x 19 cm. - Dated from the British Book Trade Index. - Death of Parker - first line reads: Ye gods above, protect the widow, and with pity look down on me. - In two columns with an illustration above each. - My Helen is the fairest flower - first line reads: My Helen is the fairest flower. - Two ballads. - Sources: COPAC: National Library of Scotland
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Samuel and John. 1860/80. Printer. The enjoyments of Heaven and torments of Hell ["In Heaven the Christian's sorrows cease ..." and] The angel's whisper ["A baby was sleeping ..."] . - Devonport: Printed by S. & J. Keys. Sold at Stone's, New Bridge street, Exeter; J. Elms, East Street; J Pascoe, Bridge Street, Newton Abbot, Devon; W. Burridge, Truro; J. Perrow, and E. & C. Warne, St. Austle; and J. Comeford, Penzance, Cornwall. Printed on blue paper. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.34(99)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Samuel and John. 1860/80. Printer. The firm bank ["I have a never-failing bank ..."]. - Devonport: Printed and sold by S. & J. Keys, 46, St. Aubyn street. - With: Bible quotation, Revelations 3. 18. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.34(110)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Samuel and John. 1860/80. Printer. The harp of paradise. A variety of Christmas carols. - Printed and Sold by S. & J. Keys, Devonport. Contents: Heavenly Union ["Come, saints and sinners, hear me tell ..." and] The Star of Bethlehem ["When marshall'd on the nightly plain ..." and] The Nativity of Christ ["Shepherds rejoice, lift up your eyes ..." and] The Child's Confession ["Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour ..." and] Dying Saviour ["Yonder, -- amazing sight! -- I see ..."] Five carols on sheet. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 7(22)
E_EN_DEV. Devonport. Keys, Samuel and John. 1870/80. Printers. Pilgrim's progress. - Devonport : Printed and sold by S. & J. Keys, Devonport. Sold by R. Stone, 10, Fore-street, Hill, Exeter; W. Burridge, Truro; J. Perrow, St. Austell; H. Jacobs, Newton Abbot, Devon; And by S. Reed, Newport, Monmouthshire, [1840-1845?]. - 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 24 x 18 cm. - Dated from the British Book Trade Index. - In two columns with an illustration above the second. - Pilgrim's progress - first line reads: Pil. - Come, all ye wand'ring pilgrim's dear. - The victory - first line reads: Deceiv'd by subtle snares of hell. - Sources: COPAC: National Library of Scotland
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Keys, Samuel and John. 1860/80. Printer. Shepherds, rejoice ["Shepherds, rejoice, lift up your eyes ..." and] The Great I AM ["See the morning, fair and bright ..."] and] Christ's Resurrection ["Christ, the Lord, is ris'n to-day! ..."]. - Devonport: Printed By S. & J. Keys. – Three carols on sheet. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 7(62)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Mudge, John. 1824/35. Printer, bookseller, stationer. Cornish miners one and all [and] Cherry ripe. - [Devonport] : J. Mudge, Printer, Devonport [1824/35]. - Sources: Baring-Gould Collection, BL L.R.271.a.2, Vol.9, fo.161
E_EN_DEV_Plymouth Dock. Mudge, John. 1822/24. Printer, bookseller, stationer. Duke William [and] The beautiful boy. - John Mudge, Printer, 90 James Street, Dock , [1822/24]. - Quarto ; 1 ill. - Sources: British Library HS.74/2008.
E_EN_DEV_Plymouth Dock. Mudge, John. 1822/24. Printer, bookseller, stationer. Shannon side [and] The time of day (a new song). - Mudge, Printer, James Street, Dock, [1822/24]. - Quarto ; 1 ill. - Sources: British Library HS.74/2008.
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Picken, William. 1842? Printer. The assessed taxes; or, some wonderful change is wanted. An interesting song and dialogue on the present state of the country. - Devonport : Printed and sold by W.Picken, 38, Tavistock-Street, Devonport. Travellers supplied cheap , [1842?]. - 1 sheet : 1 ill. - Verse with prose: "Draw near awhile and listen to me,". Signed J.Morgan. Peel introduced income tax in 1842. Window tax was replaced in 1856. In two columns separated by type ornaments. - Sources: Baring-Gould Collection, BL L.R.271.a.2, Vol.1.1, fo. 69
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Picken, William. 1829/40. Printer. The Beverly maid and the tinker ["In Beverly town a maid did dwell ..." and] The sailor boy ["The bitter wind blew keen and cold ..."]. - W. Picken Printer, Devonport. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(33) ; Firth b.34(22) ; Firth b.34(23)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Picken, William. 1829/40. Printer. The drunken wife. A companion to the Drunken husband ["Attend, ye men of all ranks of life ..." To the tune of: Dumble dum deary, and] Love's a tyrant ["That love's a tyrant I can prove ..."]. - Printed and Sold by W. Picken, 38, Tavistock St., Devonport. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(15) ; Harding B 11(1012)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Picken, William. 1829/40. Printer. Jonathan Brown ["Twas down in a snug little country town ..."]. - W. Picken, Printer, Devonport. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(1937)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Picken, William. 1829/40. Printer. Poor Caroline of Edinburgh Town. Picken operated from 38 Tavistock-Street, Devonport and his products were also sold by 'R. Bond, junr. 3 Bull-Hill, near the Guildhall, Plymouth, and R. Bond, senr. 23, Bond Street, Jersey'. - Sources: Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Picken, William. 1829/40. Printer. The rambling miner ["I am a miner stout and bold ..." and] Madam Sneak ["'Twas on a frosty morn as Madam Sneak and I ..."]. - Printed and Sold by W. Picken, 38, Tavistock-Street, Devonport. - The rambling miner otherwise unrecorded. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(133) ; Firth b.34(251) ; Harding B 11(3224) ; Firth b.34(248) ; Firth b.34(249) ; Firth b.34(250)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Picken, William. 1829/40. Printer. Rigs and humours of the fair ["You jovial lads attention give, and listen to my ditty ..." and] The village bells ["How sweet to hear the village bells ..."]. - Printed and Sold by W. Picken, 38, Tavistock-Street, Devonport, - Where Travellers and Country Shopkeepers may be supplied with Childrens Books; Street Songs, Scripture Pieces, etc., cheaper than other House in England. Sold also by R. Bond, junr. 3 Bull-Hill, near the Guildhall, Plymouth, and R. Bond, senr. 23, Bond Street, Jersey. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(135) ; Firth c.19(157) ; Harding B 11(3277)
E_EN_DEV_Devonport. Picken, William. 1829/40. Printer. Woman is the comfort of man ["Come listen to my song, I'll not detain you long ..." and] The glasses sparkle ["The glasses sparkle on the board ..."]. - Printed and Sold by W. Picken, 38, Tavistock-Street, Devonport. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(172) ; Harding B 11(4268)
E_EN_DEV_EXETER. Devon.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1733? Printer. Britain excis'd, or a copy of verses on the duty on cyder. - [Exeter?, 1733?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - "Folks talk of supplies". - Sometimes attributed to William Pulteney. - A satire on Robert Walpole's excise bill. - Several editions were published in London in 1733, with the title 'Britannia excisa'. - ESTC citation no.: T201189. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1740? Printer. An acrostick upon the name of Mrs. Elizabeth Ball / [Seguin, James.]. - [Exeter?, 1740?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - Signed: James Seguin. - Verse. - ESTC citation no.: T19417. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [British Library (London, England, U.K.)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1740? Printer. To Mrs Elizabeth Ball / [Seguin, James.]. - [Exeter?, 1740?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - Signed: James Seguin. - Verse. - ESTC citation no.: T51148. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [British Library (London, England, U.K.)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. [s. n.]. 1752? Printer. To Capt. ------, belonging to late Cock-Dandiprat's volunteers [Bury, Tom.]. - [Exeter, 1752?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - A satire in the form of a letter sent "from my chambers in Phlegethon" and signed: Tom Bury. - Beneath the letter are printed verses in two columns headed: 'H---- and B---: an occasional dialogue', with the first line: "Quoth H--, you say you can prove a priori,". - B--- = Thomas Balle, M.P. for Exeter. - Probably relating to a dispute over appointments to Exeter Corporation offices. - ESTC citation no.: T220870. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1760? Printer. A song for Devonshire militia-men : to the tune of the hounds are all out. - [Exeter?, 1760?]. - 1 sheet : ill. ; 1/4°. - A slip-song - "The militia of Devon, to whom it is given". In reference to the Seven Years War. With: 'Shasbury's health'; intended to be separated. ESTC citation no.: N39370. - Source: English Short Title Catalogue [The National Archives (London, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1760? Printer. Shasbury's health : A new song frequently sung at the meeting of the militia in Dorsetshire to the tune of the Lillies of France. - [Exeter?, 1760?]. - 1 sheet : ill. ; 1/4°. - A slip-song - "Should the French but presume on our coast to appear.". - Evidently in reference to Anthony Ashley Cooper, fourth Earl of Shaftesbury, and the Seven Years War. - The first two words of the title are enclosed in a woodcut compartment. - With: 'A song for Devonshire militia-men'; intended to be separated. - ESTC citation no.: N39369. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [The National Archives (London, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1761? Printer. A new song, addressed to the honest freemen of Exeter. Tune of 'Tis of an old woman of Grimstone. - [Exeter?, 1761?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - "Brother-freemen, attend, take advice from a friend:". - An election handbill in favour of the sitting members for Exeter. - ESTC citation no.: T181494. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1761? Printer. A song. To the tune of And a begging we will go, &c. - [Exeter?, 1761?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - A song - "Freeman believe my story". - ESTC citation no.: T155661. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. [s. n.]. 1761? Printer. An excellent new ballad. To the tune of Old Cobley, &c. - [Exeter, 1761?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - "The election for Exeter's over we find,". - A satire on Mac Billy, i.e. W. Mackworth Praed, one of the defeated candidates in the Exeter election of 1761. - ESTC citation no.: T183732. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. [s. n.]. 1761? Printer. An honest new ballad, to the old tune of here's a health to the King and a lasting peace. - [Exeter, 1761?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - A song - "Here's Tuckfield and Walter's grand success,". - John Tuckfield and John Walter were elected as Members of Parliament for Exeter in 1754 and 1761. - ESTC citation no.: T167592. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1763? Printer. A new song, and a true song : by a lady. To the tune of Nancy Dawson / [Lady.]. - [Exeter?, 1763?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/4°. - "Ye gentlemen of Honiton,". - An election handbill in favour of Sir George Yonge. - ESTC citation no.: T181493. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1775? Printer. The social fellow. A new song. - [Exeter?, 1775?]. - 1 sheet : ill. ; 1/4°. - "Come each jolly fellow that love's [sic] to be mellow,". - ESTC citation no.: T210978. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Record Office (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. [s. n.]. 1780. Printer. An election satire, with explanatory notes, dedicated to the gentlemen, clergy, freemen, and freeholders of the city of Exeter. - [Exeter, 1780]. - 1 sheet ; 1/8°. - Signed: J*** B***** i.e, John Baring, but not in fact by him. Dated Exeter, Sept. 11, 1780. Verse. "The Honour conferr'd by my this Day's Election". Baring faced a bitterly contested election because of the unpopularity of his sister Elizabeth's marriage to John Dunning. ESTC citation no.: T182676. - Source: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1780? Printer. A new song about murder. - [Exeter?, 1780?]. - 1 sheet : ill. ; 1/2°. - "A story I'll tell you indeed,". - With reference to a brewer of Newlyn who murdered his wife. - ESTC citation no.: T181491. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Record Office (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1780? Printer. Capt. Ephraim or the Yankee entertainment. - [Exeter?, 1780?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - Verse - "Brother Ephraim sold his cow'". - A second song is printed side by side, '[Admiral] Rodney victorious, or the Spaniards defeated' - "Ye Britons all rejoice and sing,". - The sheet was probably meant to be divided into two separate slip-songs. - ESTC citation no.: T198338. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1780? Printer. The lamentation of Ezekiel Pollard : who lost his sight by a inflammation / [Pollard, Ezekiel.]. - [Exeter?, 1780?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/4°. - A slip-song - "Good Christians give attention,". - ESTC citation no.: T192840. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1780? Printer. The Newfoundland [seaman]. - [Exeter?, 1780?]. - 1 sheet : ill. ; 1/2°. - A song. - "A Newfoundland seaman walking on the Strand,". - ESTC citation no.: T182167. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Record Office (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1782? Printer. A new song on Rodney's triumph over the French, April 12, 1782. - [Exeter?, 1782?]. - 1 sheet : ill. ; 1/2°. - A slip-song. - "Come all you bold Britons of every degree". - ESTC citation no.: T181573. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. [s. n.]. 1783. Printer. A song composed by a sailor at Exeter, on Ld. Hood's expected visit to that city, to the tune of "He comes, &c.". - [Exeter?, 1783?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - "Come, follow, lads, and let us meet". Hood was made a freeman of Exeter in 1783. ESTC citation no.: T155653. - Source: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1783? Printer. An answer to the song of Banter turn'd merchant, or success to trade. - [Exeter?, 1783?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/4°. - Song - "Ye people of Exon, - pray, be not deceived;". - A satire on John Baring, merchant and M.P. for Exeter?. - ESTC citation no.: T191194. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1784. Printer. A new copy of verses called an answer to the candidates glory by I D B. - [Exeter?, 1784]. - 1 sheet ; 1/4°. - A slip-song - "Last Friday some verses I chanc'd to peruse;" - A satire associated with the contest in Exeter, in the General Election of 1784, between Charles Warwick Bampfylde, fifth Baronet of Poltimore in Devon, who was returned for Exeter in that election, and John Buller, of Morval in Cornwall. - ESTC citation no.: T174592. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1785? Printer. Mr. Billy's taxes : or the downfal of the nation. A new song and a true song. - [Exeter?, 1785?]. - 1 sheet : ill. ; 1/2°. - "Good people of England,". - A complaint against high levels of taxation. - ESTC citation no.: T170586. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Record Office (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1790. Printer. An occasional prologue, spoken, to the tragedy of Julius Cæsar : performed by the young gentlemen of Mr. Weatherdon's boarding-school, in Newton-Abbot, on Friday, December 3, 1790. - [Exeter?, 1790?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - "What various scenes are fashion'd by mankind". - ESTC citation no.: T177512. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter? [s. n.]. 1790? Printer. Sketches of truth. Tune, Ide election. - [Exeter?, 1790?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/4°. - A song - "Freemen and freeholders, attend to my story". - ESTC citation no.: T160097. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Adieu my Native Land. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - once credited to Thomas D'Arcy Magee but since he was born in 1825 (dying in 1868) and the piece appeared in Catnach's 1832 list, this is unlikely. In fact, John Clare collected a version in the 1820s; and it turns out that the music was by a John Westbrook Chandler, published around the turn of the century, and, according to Baring-Gould, it is likely to have first been sung at one of the Garden entertainments such as those at Vauxhall or Ranelagh in London. The ascription to Magee can be found in H H Sparling: Irish Minstrelsy (London, The Walter Scott Publishing Company, 3rd edn., n. d.), p.361. The volume is thought to date from around 1888. The index to Hyland's Mammoth Hibernian Songster (1901) also credits the text to Magee. For Baring-Gould's comments, see English Minstrelsie, Vol. III (Edinburgh, T. C. 1 E. C. Jack, 1895), Notes to Songs, p.ix. Broadsides include those from Pitts (Madden, Reel 75, Number 56); Catnach (Madden, Reel 77, Number 487); Walker in Durham (Madden, Reel 83, Number 616); Houghton in Worcester (Madden, Reel 87, Number 305) and Taylor in London (Madden, Reel 80, Number 80. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Answer to The Enniskillen Dragoon. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - but no Enniskillen Dragoon itself in the Besley stock. A handful of names is given here - Pitts in Madden, Reel 76, Number 640, Batchelar in Madden, Reel 79, Number 428 and King (Oxford) in Madden, Reel 86, 216 - all under the title, 'Inniskillen'; and then, under 'Enniskillen', Ross, in Madden, Reel 83, Number 467; Walker (Durham) in Madden, Reel 83, Number 660; and Russell in Madden, Reel 88, Number 316. Clift in Cirencester issued an Answer … (Madden Reel 86, Number 569) which is commensurate save that Besley has altered the first four-line . Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Answer to The Happy Stranger. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - The Happy Stranger itself sketches a gentle courtship. For The Happy Stranger see, further, Swindells in Madden, Reel 85, Number 317; Harkness in Madden, Reel 85, Number 976; Fordyce in Madden, Reel 83, Number 172; and Thompson (London) in Madden, Reel 81, Number 696. Besley's Answer is from the maid's side and she names her suitor as 'young Jemmy of Newry'. For an Answer to The Happy Stranger see, further, Pitts in Madden, Reel 75, Number 779; Mate (Dover) in Madden, Reel 889, Number 4 and Swindells in Madden, Reel 85, Number 99, all commensurate. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Arab Steed. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - Verse: "Oh bring me but my Arab steed". - Associated with the name of Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839). A piece sung by Madame Vestris (and to be found in London Melodist c.1831). For Arab Steed see, for example, as well in various catalogues, Catnach in Madden, Reel 77, Number 313 (there are several other Catnach printings); Pitts in Madden, Reel 76, Number 385; Batchelar in Madden, Reel 79, Number 475, Harkness in Madden, Reel 85, Number 711; and Keys in Madden, Reel 90, Number 25. See also Swindells in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 17(12a); Sharp (London), same source, as Johnson Ballads 11455; and Hodges, same source, as Harding B 11(100). The piece also appeared in London Melodist (c. 1831), p.111 (as sung by Eliza Vestris) and the Model Song Book 1 5c. 1848), p.30. . Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly ; St. Bride Printing Library Broadside Collection (London) S41a
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Auld Lanhsyne [sic] . – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - attributed to Burns. The earliest recorded Burns version is that sent to a Mrs. Dunlop in 1788. As with Highland Mary, there are numerous printings, including those from Pitts in Madden, Reel 75, Number 73 and in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 11(3613); Catnach, same source, as Johnson Ballads 260 and in Madden, Reel 77, Number 517 - as Auld Langsyne; Hodges in Madden, Reel 78, Number 315: Ward (Ledbury) in Madden, Reel 87, Number 423; and Pratt in Madden, Reel 88, Number 78. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1835/40. Printer. The Banks of Allan Water. – Exeter : Besley , [1835/40]. - Horn was involved with another piece, this time arranging but not composing the music for The Banks of Allan Water, the text for which was written by Matthew (Monk) Lewis, c. 1832-1833. Perhaps, in this case, C E Horn adapted a tune existing in sung or Art tradition. He returned to London in 1831 to manage the music at Eliza Vestris' Olympic theatre; went back to America a year later, there to finish his career teaching and conducting in Boston, dying in 1846. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Banks of the Clyde. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - In Pitts and Catnach lists but, in the case of Pitts, it would appear that the piece began, 'When I was young and in my prime' whereas the Besley piece began 'When I was young and youth did bloom'. In the Besley and Catnach form it was also printed by Walker in Durham, Stewart in Carlisle, both Ross and Fordyce in Newcastle, Harkness in Preston, Booth in Selby and Armstrong in Liverpool. Broadside examples include Fordyce (Madden, Reel 83, Number 215); Ross (Madden, Reel 83, Number 542); Harkness (Madden, Reel 85, Number 913). Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Banners of Blue. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - 'Strike up, strike up, Scottish minstrels so gay …' - had good distribution, more or less predictable in its 'descent' from Pitts and Catnach through the mid-century inheritors and others. Harkness printed this piece (Bodleian Allegro archive as 2806 c. 14(99) and so did Ryle, same source, as Harding B 11 52652). Madden copies include those from Pitts (Reel 76, Number 375), Taylor in London (Reel 80, Number 7) and Williams in Portsea (Reel 89, Number 357) . Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Barney Brallaghan's Courtship. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - one of a number of stage-Irish outpourings and the words were written by T Hudson, to music by J Blewitt. Judy Callaghan became Barney's female apotheosis. Birt printed Barney Brallaghan … c.1828-9 and on the same sheet was Judy's Reply to Barney. Catnach printed a piece entitled Barney Brallaghan's Wedding (and Such followed with Pat O'Connor's Wedding … a similar piece involving the by now well-known characters of Pat and Judy). For Barney Brallaghan's Courtship see the Bodleian Allegro archive, without imprint, as Harding B 11(168) where Bayly's name is given as author. Harkness printed the same piece, same source, as Harding B 11(2267). As if to underline popularity Fordyce printed Barney Brallaghan's Courtship (Madden, Reel 83, Number 399) as 'sung by Mr. Dodd', on a sheet entitled Fashionable Songster. There are various other Brallaghan-Callaghan pieces, indicating popularity, such as Barney Brallaghan, from Swindells in Madden, Reel 85, Number 163 and Birt in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 25(124). For Judy Callaghan's Answer to Mr Brallaghan see Madden, n. i., Reel 81, Number 704 and Judy's Reply from Catnach in Madden, Reel 76, Number 208 and Williams in Madden, Reel 89, Number 408. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1801/40. Printer. Buy a broom. Duett. - Besley, Printer, Exeter. - ["From Teutchland I come, with my light wares all laden ..."] Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 16(42b)
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Cottage Near a Wood. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - appears, for example; in the Bodleian Allegro archive as printed by Quick in London (Harding B 11(4114); Pitts, same source, as Harding B 11(692); and from Batchelar, same source, as Johnson Ballads 3070. Madden copies include Catnach (Reel 77, Number 81), Paul (Reel 78, Number 648), Swindells (Reel 85, Number 174) and, less predictably, Sleath in Stony Stratford (Reel 86, Number 191. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Downhill of Life. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - Written by John Collins, the actor, poet, orator and staymaker (1742-1808) … born the son of a tailor in Bath. Originally entitled Tomorrow the piece in question can be found in a publication entitled Flowers of British Poetry… dated 1802 (J Mitchell, Newcastle). Alfred Williams collected a version of Downhill of Life, thus indicating a presence of sorts - if unsupported elsewhere - in sung tradition. Broadside examples are from Pitts in Madden, Reel 76, Number 437; Batchelar in Madden, Reel 79, Number 485, and Russell in Madden, Reel 88, Number 325. The Alfred Williams copy may be found as Gl96 - Frank Purslow's catalogue designation (Gloucestershire. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Draw the Sword. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - Scotland had a wide distribution beginning with Pitts and Catnach, Carpue and Hill in London, and then, in the north, Harkness, Walker in Newcastle, Thomson's chapbooks - from Fordyce, and Fordyce himself; Stewart in Carlisle; Heppel and Russell in Birmingham, and then Willey in Cheltenham, Williams in Portsea and Besley. The piece was actually performed by Braham who, as has been seen, is yet another prominent singer to appear in association with Besley stock. And there are one or two Songster references. It had a modestly successful life, then, and may have acted as stimulant for its companion piece as printed by Besley, Follow, Follow over Mountain (below), but in diction and structure seems hardly likely to been widely accepted into traditional sung repertoire.33 - See, further, Pitts in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 11(1194) and in Madden, Reel 75, Number 220, on both of which copies is the information that the piece was sung by John Braham. See also Catnach in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 36(5) and in Madden, Reel 77, Number 343; Carpue in Madden Reel 81, Number 28; Williams in Madden, Reel 89, Number 410; and Willey in Madden, Reel 90, Number 439; plus Moore in Belfast in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 26(151. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Fair Helen. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. Harkness and Williams with usual legacy to Fortey. Fair Helen often appeared as Helen the Fair. For Fair Helen see, for example, Catnach in Madden, Reel 77, Number 83; Fordyce in Madden, Reel 83, Number 279; and Ward in Ledbury as Madden, Reel 87, Number 439. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Female Auctioneer. - Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - Thisappeared, not in the guise offered by the majority of printers - in London, Pitts and Catnach, Phair, Birt (like Hodges, an inheritor), Neeson and Batchelar, or the printings from Pratt in Birmingham, Huntley in Sunderland, or Willey in Cheltenham (elsewhere in catalogues from Fordyce, Birt and Pitts). Pitts in the Bodleian Allegro archive as 2806 c.18(114); Catnach as Harding B 11(195); Birt as Harding B 11(4361) - an inheritance; and Pratt as Harding B 11(1181).12. Besley's is a cut-down version , a rare example of such manipulation of text in the Besley stock. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Follow, Follow over Mountain. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - Both Pitts and Catnach carried Follow, Follow over Mountain, a very slight piece indeed. Apart from the two London printers, only Kendrew in York and Besley appear to have taken it up although there are records of it as appearing in Songsters. For Pitts see Bodleian Allegro archive as Firth b. 26(12) and for Kendrew, same source, as Harding B 11(1658). Madden copies are Catnach (Reel 77, Number 292) and Pitts (Reel 76, Number 128). There are printings in Model Song Book 1 (c. 1848), p.151 and Songs of the Day (c.1870), pp.29-30 - the latter from Marr in Glasgow. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Fuddling Day. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - Hoggett in Durham, in a printing somewhere between 1816-1843 - the dates of Hoggett's activity, according to the Bodleian - lists it as 'A new song'. Pitts, in one of several printings, calls it Answer to the Washing Day. So does Walker in Norwich and his connection with Pitts has been described before … they may have shared text. Madden copies include Evans in London (Reel 74, Number 97); Pitts (Reel 75, Number 963); Bloomer in Birmingham (Reel 88, Number 53); Cotton in Tamworth (Reel 87, Number 278) and Hurd in Shaftesbury (Reel 90, Number 114). The Bodleian Allegro archive has Evans in Chester as 2806 c. 17(140), Walker in Norwich as Douce ballads 4(52), Hoggett in Durham as Harding B 11(1267), and Croshaw in York as 2806 c. 18(122). The piece appeared earlier rather than in the 1840s. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. God Save the King. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - reputed to have been first heard in pubic in 1740 at a dinner to celebrate Admiral Vernon's taking of Portobello (on the Spanish Main), as arranged by Henry Carey, who claimed it as his own composition. The oldest extant copy of the tune can be found in Harmonia Anglicana, dating from 1743. Broadsides themselves recount a kind of history. Pitts, for example, printed the piece with specific reference to 'Great George our King' - George III (1738-1820) … see Madden, Reel 76, Number 158. So did Catnach, in Madden, Reel 77, Number 353. Rosson in Middlewich referred to George IV (1762-1830) - in the Bodleian Allegro archive as 2806 c. 17(86r). Warwick in Leicester referred to the Queen (Victoria, 1819-1901) in Madden, Reel 87, Number 185, as did Disley in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 11(2093). Other printings include those from Birt in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Johnson Ballads 48 and in Madden, Reel 79, Number 381. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Gosport tragedy. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. Stock of Dicey and Marshall, Aldermary Churchyard between 1764 and 1775; Roxburghe collection c.1750; Catnach of London; Jennings; Pitts (Madden, Reel 70, Number 370); Turner of Coventry (Madden, Reel 70, Number 380 ; Bodleian Allegro archive Harding B 3(34)); Davenport (Madden, Reel 70, Number 3712); from Stonecutter Street (Madden, Reel 70, Number 372) Evans of London (Madden, Reel 70, Number 378.7). - Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1830/40. Printer. Green Hills of Tyrol. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - Credited to Rossini's opera, William Tell but 'as sung by Miss Mellon' (Harriet Mellon, an actress who became Sir Francis Burdett's second wife) and by Eliza Vestris (opened in Paris in 1829). The piecewas widely printed on broadside with Pitts and Catnach in London, Gibbs in Ledbury and Quick in London extending the familiar range of Harkness, Fordyce, Swindells and so on. Green Hills of Tyrol (sometimes 'Banks') can be found in catalogues and lists which include those of Russell, George Walker, Fordyce and Pitts. Broadside examples include those from Pitts in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 11(1415) and in Madden Reel 76, Number 456; Catnach in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 36(6) and in Madden Reel 77, Number 375; Taylor in London in Madden Reel 80, Number 52; and Gibbs in Madden, Reel 87, Number 395. A late example may be found in Songs of the Day, c.1870 (from Marr in Glasgow. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Highland Mary. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - From Burns, published posthumously in 1799. Pitts printed both four and six stanza versions. Marshall, in Newcastle 1820/31 printed four. Fordyce and Sanderson in Edinburgh printed four. Pollock in North Shields, Bebbington and Jacques in Manchester, Harkness in Preston, Armstrong and Thompson in Liverpool, Stephenson in Gateshead, Hodges and Such all printed six. So did Besley. Brereton in Dublin completely different format. Broadside copies include Pitts (Madden, Reel 75, Number 323 ; Bodleian Allegro archive Harding B 12(37)); Catnach (Madden, Reel 77, Number 129); Fordyce (Bodleian Allegro archive Harding B 11(1547)); Pollock, (Allegro Harding B 11(1546)); Plant of Nottingham (Madden, Reel 87, Number 113); and Chilcot o Leominster (Madden, Reel 87, Number 487). Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. I've been Roaming. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - another Vestris song, had music by C E Horn. Broadside examples include those from Pitts in Madden, Reel 76, Number 100; Catnach in Madden, Reel 77, Number 701; King in Oxford (Madden, Reel 86, Number 222); Plant in Nottingham (Madden, Reel 87, Number 104); Corkshaw in Leicester (Madden, Reel 87, Number 130); Whiting in Birmingham (Madden, Reel 88, Number 692); and Evans of Chester in the Bodleian Allegro archive as 2806 c17(182). The Stephens references can be found on Catnach's sheet, The Blackbird, in Madden, Reel 77, Number 642 and (same) in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 36(20). Eliza Vestris' name is found in the Bodleian Allegro archive copy from Pitts as Harding B 11(3005. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The King and the Countryman. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - Sometimes The West Countryman. Country printers include Marshall in Newcastle (a catalogue reference only), Wright, Pratt and Russell in Birmingham, Williams in Portsea, Wilson in Cambridge, Swindells in Manchester, Forth in Pocklington, Freeman in Northampton, Mason in Belper. In Devon, both Besley and Keys printed the piece. Pitts (Madden Reel 76, Number 52); Catnach (Madden Reel 77, Number 426); Birt (who offered a parody catalogue 1, 79 and Madden Reel 79, Number 255), Hodges and Disley; Russell (Madden Reel 88, Number 367); Harkness in Preston (Bodleian Allegro archive Harding B 20(105); Universal Songster 3, p.381; Keys (Madden Reel 90, Number 37.8). Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1830/40. Printer. The King of the Cannibal Islands. – Exeter : Besley , [1830/40]. - Broadside texts of The King of the Cannibal Islands include those from Pitts, from Russell in Birmingham and from Baird in Cork, positing a wide-ranging hinterland - and it turns up also in The London Melodist, c.1831, noted as having been issued by Deprose. It subsequently spawned a tune well-known in country dance circles for The Cumberland Reel. It appeared in a Piano Forte Tutor from an A Hughes, c.1830; and is credited as being sung by A W Humphreys 'with great applause at the London concerts', again in 1830. It has been suggested that when such a remark appeared on a sheet this tended to indicate that the piece was new. For Pitts' copy of King of the Cannibal Islands, see Madden, Reel 76, Number 76; for Russell; Madden, Reel 88, Number 341; and for Baird, Madden Reel 91, Number 416. The suggestion about newness comes from a particularly interesting article by Anthony Bennett entitled Rivals Unravelled: A Broadside Song and Dance in Folk Music Journal, Volume 6, Number 4, 1993, pp.420-445. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1820/40. Printer. Kitty of Colrain [sic] . – Exeter : Besley , [1820/40]. - has been attributed to Edward Lysaght, a barrister, wit and writer, born 1793, author also of The Sprig of Shillelagh, who died in 1811. However, Alfred Moffat claimed that the piece was issued in an early nineteenth century chapbook by Kelly in Waterford, and, as such, has to be accounted 'anonymous'. Further, Alfred Graves had already come to a similar conclusion about genesis and dated the piece, tentatively, to around 1790. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Light Guitar. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - Discussed in connection with Merry of Bedford in an earlier piece in this series, a piece from the Barnett- Van Dyke stable, issued, predictably enough, by Catnach and Pitts and by Wright and Harkness and sung by Eliza Vestris. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Love in a Hayband. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. Also Pitts (Madden, Reel 75, Number 495); Harkness (Madden, Reel 85, Number 530); and Williams (Madden, Reel 85, Number 64). Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Lovers All. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - Restricted to Besley and one copy without imprint - tells a tale of a sailor captured by Turks, reminiscent in a slight way of Lord Bateman but, unusually, set off Newfoundland. It seems to have been a piece exploiting wild tales not uncharacteristic of the period when pirates from Algiers captured both sailors and travellers and the imagination, a period older than the Besley imprint. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Love's Ritornella. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - The Brigand (1829), in turn, provided Love's Ritornella (first appearing with a musical setting by T Cooke. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Lubin's Cot. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - recalls Why are you Wand'ring here, I Pray? and can be set amongst other texts containing the same name - Lubin is Away, Lubin and Mary, Lubin and Lisette, Where is my Lubin? and so on. Keys in Devonport also printed Lubin's Cot. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1795? Printer. Lunnen is the devil. - Exeter : Besley, printer, [1795?]. - 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 1/4°. - First line: When at home with dad. - Dimensions: 23 x 7 cm. - Place and date of publication conjectured from internal evidence. - Catalogued from NN OPAC record. - ESTC citation no.: N473183. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [New York Public Library (New York, New York, United States.)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1825/40. Printer. The Maid of Llangollan (sic) . – Exeter : Besley , [1825/40]. - Although the overwhelming evidence for the dissemination of The Maid of Llangollan (sic) lies in broadside printers' catalogues and material including that of Pitts and Catnach and continuing through to mid-century - Birt, Wheeler in Manchester and Keys in Devonport, for instance - there is one reference to the piece in a Songster as having been written by Charles Mathews, with music by John Parry and sung by Charles Mathews, Eliza Vestris' husband, and one other reference indicating that it had been sung by Mathews. Mathews, indeed, had been a celebrated one-man entertainer at a time when theatre audiences demanded and were served variety. He was, for instance, associated with the Adelphi theatre in this guise during the 1820s and 1830s. The Maid … dates from the period 1826-1830. Maid of Langollan [sic] was printed by Catnach and Pitts, found in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Johnson Ballads 284 and Harding B 11(1093) respectively; by Hodges, same course, as Johnson Ballads fol. 59; and, amongst others, by Jackson in Madden, Reel 88, Number 584, Warwick (Leicester) in Madden, Reel 87, Number 220; by Houghton in Worcester, in Madden, Reel 87, Number 326; and by Keys in Madden, Reel 90, Number 35. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Meet me by Moonlight Alone. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - written c.1826 by Joseph Augustine Wade (?1796-1845), a Dublin man, who travelled to England, there, unfortunately, to dissipate his talents. Eliza Vestris included it in her repertoire. For Meet me by Moonlight alone, see Wilkinson (Manchester) in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 36(21); Pitts, same source, as Johnson Ballads fol. 121 and in Madden, Reel 76, Number 579; Catnach in Madden, Reel 77, Number 433, Hillat and Martin in Madden, Reel 80, Number 431; Hill (Ballingdon) in Madden, Reel 86, Number 59; Pannell (Liverpool) in Madden, Reel 85, Number 39; and in London Melodist (c.1831), p.182, Model Song Book 2 (c. 1848), p; 235 and Selkirk's Songs and Ballads for the People No. 4 (c.1851), pp.85-86. There are many other examples. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Model. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - 'My friend is the man I would copy through life …' - had words by Miles Peter Andrews. Andrews died in 1814 but his date of birth seems to be unknown. The Model can be found in the Bodleian Allegro archive from Pitts as Harding B 25(1261); and from Dean in Manchester as Harding B 17(1956). There are copies from Catnach in Madden, Reel 77, Number 204; Batchelar (Reel 79, Number 501); Evans in London (Reel 72, Number 1140); Wrighton (Reel 88, Number 790); and Williams (Reel 89, Number 462. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Morn Is Beaming Brightly. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - There is but a single record, other than in Besley: The Universal Songster 3 alludes to a Miss Bryant who sang this; but it does not seem to have had any extended life if the absence of broadsides is taken into account. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1825/40. Printer. My Heart and Lute. – Exeter : Besley , [1825/40]. - from Thomas Moore - like The Model found on a Pitts compilation, in this case The Jovial Fellow sheet and on Pitts' sheet The Ladies Concert. Broadsides of My Heart and Lute include those from Pitts in Madden, Reel 76, Number 666b and in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Johnson Ballads, fol. 129; Wright in Madden, Reel 88, Number 784; and Pannell in Liverpool (Madden, Reel 85, Number 39). The piece also appeared in James Kay's National Songster (Edinburgh, 1827), p.163 and The Popular Songster from Glasgow, (1848), p.23. This indicates a fair spread in distribution and time. There were also Answers, for example, on a sheet The Soldier's Delight - in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Johnson Ballads fol 407; from Catnach (Madden, Reel 77, Number 329) and from Smith in Bristol (Madden, Reel 90, Number 341).25 Sir Henry Rowley Bishop composed music for it in 1830. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. My Own Blue Bell. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - widely printed but does not seem to have generated a song. For My Own Blue Bell see, as examples, Pitts in Madden, Reel 76, Number 269; Catnach in Madden, Reel 77, Number 209; Fordyce in Madden, Reel 83, Number 163; and Houghton (Worcester) in Madden, Reel 87, Number 321. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1825. Printer. A New Song Composed by Thomas Heydon of Stratton, Cornwall. On a most Dreadful Shipwreck, that happened at a place called Widemouth, near the harbour of Bude, and the Town of Stratton, on the 23rd November, 1824. – Exeter : Besley , [1825?]. - No trace of Thomas Heydon in census returns. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. New Way to Make a Husband. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - wide attention from printers but there is no song associated with it. For New Way to Make a Good Husband, see, as examples, Pitts in Madden, Reel 76, Number 500; Phair in Madden, Reel 81, Number 495; Harkness in Madden, Reel 85, Number 933; and Baird in Cork (Madden, Reel 91, Number 552. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1830/40. Printer. Oh No We Never Mention Her. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - (c.1828), Baring Gould recounted the story of a love affair between Bayly and a young lady at Bath which came to nought owing to the financial straits of both parties. Sir Henry Bishop wrote music for the piece. Bayly's piece, Oh, No, we Never Mention Her, can be found as issued by Catnach in Madden, Reel 77, Number 100 (there are several Catnach printings); by Pitts in Madden, Reel 76, Number 53; by Batchelar in Madden, Reel 79, Number 500; by Sharp in London in Madden, Reel 81, Number 596; by Harkness in Madden, Reel 85, Number 693: by Fordyce in Madden, Reel 83, Number 204; by Pratt in Madden, Reel 88, Number 203 and so on … It appeared in Songsters such as The London Melodist (c. 1831), The Model Song Book 1 (c. 1848), and The Comic Minstrel (1850). After mid-century its popularity may have declined since it is not represented in broadside printing terms to any extent. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1830/37. Printer. Our king is a true British sailor. - Besley, Printer, Exeter , 18--. - ["No dangers the heart of a seaman appals ..."]. On William, IV. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) 2806 c.18(229)
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Past 10 o'Clock. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - had a wide hinterland and Henry Burstow claimed it in repertoire. Copies include those from Pitts in Madden (Reel 76, No. 503); Fordyce (Reel 83, Number 264); Williams in Portsea (Reel 89, Number 498); and Whiting in Birmingham (Reel 88, Number 647). Mr. Burstow' reference is on p.117 of his Reminiscences. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1801/40. Printer. Perambulator; or, Dandy's hobby horse. - Besley, Printer, Exeter. - ["In a dandy dress on a hobby horse ..."] Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 25(1487)
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Post Captain. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - written by John Rannie, and widely printed. Music for The Post Captain was supplied by William Shield (1748-1829). For The Post Captain, see, further, Pitts in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B11(3128); Ferraby in Hull, same source, as Harding B 22(240); and Lane and Walker in Norwich, same source, as Harding B 17(245a). Madden printings include those of Pitts (Reel 76, Number 317); Catnach (Reel 77, Number 502); Russell (Reel 88, Number 286); and Williams (Reel 89, Number 637. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Pretty Chambermaid. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - Apart from Johnson's catalogue, there is a Johnston (Falkirk) reference from 1801. After that, Catnach, Pitts and George Walker in Durham seem to be the only printers to have taken the piece up - other than Besley, that is. It does not appear, for instance, in the Roxburghe or Pepys collections but is, in language, characteristic of older stock … it concerns an amorous squire. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1833/40. Printer. Rise, Gentle Moon. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - with music by John Barnett (for Barnett, see also below), came from Charles XIIth, appeared in 1833, was associated with the singing of John Braham and entered Besley stock. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Shepherd's Boy. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. Also Whiting in Birmingham (Madden, Reel 88, Number 688); Fordyce in Newcastle (Madden Reel 83, Number 223); Whinham in Carlisle (Madden Reel 83, Number 223); Smith in Bristol (Madden, Reel 90, Number 353). Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Soldier's Grave. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - There are no records at all to other than in Besley. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Soldier's Tear. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - A Bayly piece with music by George Alexander Lee (1802-1852). Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1830/40. Printer. The Spider and the Fly. – Exeter : Besley , [1830/40]. - written by Mary Howitt (1799-1888), was taken into Besley stock. The Spider and the Fly is probably the only piece remembered, appearing first In a publication, The New Years Gift, in 1829. Baring-Gould gave the composer's name as Thomas Hudson and added that 'The air is probably an old nursery jingle, as it was the way with Hudson to write his songs to familiar old airs'. Broadsides include those from Thompson in Liverpool in the Bodleian Allegro archive as 2806 c. 17 (403) 'to be sung to the tune of Will You Come to the Bower'. This use of tune is confirmed in the Universal Songster 2, p.268 where Hudson's name is given. Baring-Gould's comments appear in English Minstrelsie, Vol. I (Edinburgh, T C & E C Jack, 1895), Notes to Songs, p.xxxii. Other printings include those from Harkness in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Firth b 25(408); Pitts, same source as Harding B 11(3622) and Dixon in Workington, same source, as Harding B 25 (1825); plus Horsley in Derby (Madden, Reel 88, Number 783); Hook in Brighton in Madden, Reel 89, Number 215; and Batchelar in Madden, Reel 79, Number 524. Answers … appear in the Bodleian Allegro archive from Pitts as Harding B 11(1255) and Birt as Harding B25(76. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800? Printer. The sprig of shilelah and shamrock so green. - [Exeter] : Besley, printer, Exeter, [1800?]. - 1 sheet : ill. ; 1/8°. - A slip-song - "Oh, love is the soul of a neat Irishman". - ESTC citation no.: T197096. Author: Henry B. Code. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 25(1830) ; English Short Title Catalogue [Oxford University Bodleian Library (includes The Vicar's Library, ST. Mary's Church, Marlborough) (Oxford, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Storm. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - written by George Alexander Stevens (1710-1784) though one or two printers credited it to a Mrs Robinson. [Mary Darby Robinson, was certainly an authoress, mistress of the then Prince of Wales. Figured in programmes at the Adelphi theatre, London, during the 1820s. Baring-Gould gave the immediate source as The Muses' Delight in 1754 - published again in Stevens' Songs Comic and Satyrical in 1772 - and various versions of the air as dating from the 1730s. One reference, crediting the piece, erroneously, to Dibdin, gave the information that the music was by one Leveridge. This was Richard Leveridge (1670-1758). Catnach (for example in Madden Reel 77, Number 545), Batchelar and Birt printed The Storm. Songsters included the Convivial Songster, dating from 1782, pp.320-322, Lydian Leaves 1 (c.1830), pp.33-36, 'sung by Mr. Incledon', and the Model Song Book 2 (c. 1846), p.249. The Dibdin-Leveridge reference can be found in Songs of the late Charles Dibdin, 2nd. edn., 1841, pp.278-280. The John and Abraham Hume reference is to Hugh Shields: Some Songs and Ballads in use in the province of Ulster … 1845 in Ulster Folk Life, No. 17 (1971), p.23. The appearance of the piece in Henry Burstow's list in Reminiscences of Horsham (1911) is on p 116. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1835/40. Printer. Sweet Kitty Clover. – Exeter : Besley , [1835/40]. - advertised as A new comic song. One source dates this to 1837. Another gives the information that it was included in the copybook of the grandmother of a singer which copybook dates from before 1823. Baring Gould goes one better to date the piece from 1819 and wrote that it was also introduced into the ballad opera, The Lord of the Manor, in 1823. One performer in England was named as Huckell who could be found singing both in the north and in the south of England. A broadside of Sweet Kitty Clover, from Pollock in North Shields, for example, indicates that the piece was sung by 'Mr. Huckel [sic] WITH RAPTUROUS APPLAUSE'. The Pollock reference is in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 25(1866) and the Surrey reference as Curzon 65(144). Evans, Batchelar and Harkness printed it as Madden, Reel 74, Number 134, Madden, Reel 79, Number 498 and Madden, Reel 85, Number 1203 respectively. The first Songster reference is to Universal Songster 1, p.123. James Kay printed it in National Songster, 1827, p.40. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1825/40. Printer. The Swiss Toy Girl. – Exeter : Besley , [1825/40]. - originally entitled The Rose of Lucerne and was written by John Barnett (1802-1890) born in Bedford of German stock. The Swiss Toy Girl, written with Van Dyk, appeared in 1823. The Bodleian Allegro archive has copy by Harkness as The Rose of Lucerne (2806 c. 13(309); and, as The Swiss Toy Girl, by Catnach (Harding B 11(1566) which is how Pitts has is as Harding B 11 (2314). There are printings from Birt in Madden (Reel 79, 314); Batchelar (Reel 79, Number 523); Sharp in London (Reel 81, Number 622; and Williams (Reel 89, Number 257. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1830/40. Printer. Tell me, Mary 'how to woo thee'. – Exeter : Besley , [1830/40]. - according to Baring-Gould, was written by F Morrison with a tune by C A Hodson. It seems to have been a relatively late addition to broadside repertoire, appearing in copy from Birt and Hodges in London, Cadman in Manchester and then Marr in Glasgow (Songs of the Day, c.1870). After various catalogue entries, there are printings in Madden from Hodges (Reel 78, Number 436) and Birt (Reel 79, Number 26); and in Songs of the Day (c.1870) - from Marr in Glasgow. The Baring-Gould reference is from English Minstrelsie, Vol. IV (Edinburgh, T C and E C Jack, 1895) Notes to Songs, p.i. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Under the Willow Tree. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - Pitts had it as Besley in sheet form (The Hibernian Songster) and Walker in Durham and Williams in Portsea also carried it. Madden references include Pitts, Reel 76, Number 708 (The Hibernian Songster), Williams in Reel 89, Number 575 and Walker in Durham (Reel 83, Number 770). 'O take me in your arms … ' may be found in the Bodleian Allegro archive from Pollock in North Shields (Bodleian Allegro archive as 2806 c. 18(337) - also printing a parody, The Apple Tree, on the same sheet; and from Harkness as Firth b. 25(426) - but Harkness also printed the alternative (Besley) text, same source, as 2806 c. 13(119. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Village Clock. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - There are no records at all to other than in Besley. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. We met. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - Bayly's other contribution to the Besley stable (and elsewhere, of course) was a piece entitled We Met from his Songs of the Boudoir (1830). For We Met … see, as well as in various catalogues, Catnach in Madden, Reel 77, Number 595 and in a sheet entitled Holiday Mirth and Fun in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 36(6); Pitts in Madden, Reel 76, Number 115 and, in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 11(772); Batchelar in Madden, Reel 79, Number 532; Fordyce in Madden, Reel 83, Number 314; Walker (Durham) in Madden, Reel 83, Number 767; Williams in Madden, Reel 89, Number 455; Willey in Madden, Reel 90, Number 546; Neesom in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 11(4091); and Such, same source, as Firth b. 26(279) . Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Werry Ridiculous. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - no other reference as far as has been ascertained and proclaims the fashionable 'w' as did The Ratcatcher's Daughter discussed in an earlier piece in this series. It castigates a girl's ugly partner at a ball and there is an 'Answer' to a piece entitled Werry Pecooliar, wherein the girl is the butt of humour. For Werry Pecooliar see the Bodleian Allegro archive and Catnach's sheet, Rotunda Songster, as Harding B 36(12. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1832? Printer. What A Shocking Bad Hat. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. On a journey to London to vote in the reform Bill debate and includes references to Wellington, Grey and Peel, suggesting a date of issue around 1832. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. What Can a Poor Maiden Do? . – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - had limited distribution, looking as if it came into prominence towards the middle of the century through Williams in Portsea, Besley, and then Such. There is one appearance in the Universal Songster which might suggest a one-time reasonable interest. In this publication a note states that it was written by 'Beazley' - for whom, so far, no information has been found. At least its printing by the Besley firm indicates a continuing period of production mid-century, presumably under the auspices of Henry Besley. The Williams copy is in Madden, Reel 89, Number 577. The Beazley reference is in Universal Songster 1, p.220. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1820/40. Printer. Why are You Wand'ring here I Pray? . – Exeter : Besley , [1820/40]. - another Vestris piece - appearing on a Pitts sheet and elsewhere around 1828.18 - For Why are you Wand'ring here, I Pray? see, for instance, Pitts in Madden, Reel 76, Number 382 and on a sheet, The Blackbird, in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Johnson Ballads fol. 735 (where Eliza Vestris' name is given); Catnach on as sheet entitled The Melodist (also mentioning Eliza Vestris) in Madden, Reel 77, Number 677; and Birt on a sheet entitled The Minstrel, issued, it seems, in 1828-1829 and found in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 11(2432. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1836?. Printer. With A Helmet On His Brow. – Exeter : Besley , [1836?]. Pitts' 1836 catalogue. Pickwick Papers first issued in serial form during 1836 and 1837 and then in a full version in 1837. In London, Taylor, Hill and Hillat and Martin (Madden Reel 80, Number 307; Harkness had it (Madden Reel 85, Number 735); and the Model Song Book (c.1848), p.266, (a copy from Goode in London); The Royal Victoria sheet (issued by Mann in Leeds, Madden Reel 84, Number 414(b)); Sam Weller's Songsheet (Wright in Birmingham, Madden Reel 88, Number 786). Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. Wives' Lamentation. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - A lament: 'I wish I was a maid again, as I was ten years ago' because the husband is a 'drunken sot'. In this case, though, the language is more redolent of a slightly later age, perhaps early nineteenth century.11 -See Catnach in Madden Reel 77, Number 615 and Pitts in Madden Reel 75, Number 1425 as examples. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Woodpecker. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - from the pen of Thomas Moore with music by Michael Kelly (1764-1826). The Woodpecker was written in 1801. Printings including those from Pitts (Madden, Reel 75, Number 877); Catnach (Madden, Reel 77, Number 570); Gibbs of Ledbury (Madden, Reel 87, Number 401); and Hoggett of Durham in the Bodleian Allegro archive as Harding B 25(1864. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley. 1800/40. Printer. The Yarmouth Tragedy. – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - Early appearance in London from Bow churchyard and Aldermary churchyard, from Stonecutter Street, and from Evans, Pitts and Davenport. In addition, Dicey and Marshall had it in catalogue. Apart from this it had a limited distribution - Turner in Coventry, Swindells in Manchester, Wright in Birmingham, Symonds in London; and, in Scotland, Randall in Stirling and Hutchison in Glasgow. There were also catalogue listings - Pearson, Sanderson, Fordyce, Lane, Johnson. As fashions changed, the piece seems to have slipped out of printed repertoire. - Sources: Bow Churchyard in Madden Reel 71, Number 875; Pitts in Madden Reel 71, Number 881; Evans in Madden, Reel 71, Number 877; and Swindells in Madden, Reel 85, Number 269 (as Jemmy and Nancy's Garland - there are other manifestations as Jemmy and Nancy or Jamie and Nancy and as The Constant Lovers) ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Besley, T. and H. 1825/34. Printer. Bay of Biscay O! . – Exeter : Besley , [1800/40]. - Written by Andrew Cherry (1762-1812), an Irishman, whose play The Soldier's Daughter was produced at the Drury Lane theatre in 1804 'with much applause'. The Bay of Biscay O! was set to music by John Davy, a Devon blacksmith's son around 1805. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Brice, Elizabeth and Thomas. 1780. Printers. Remonstrance of the American officers, from the London Gazette of last Saturday, December the 2d 1780. Rhymified by Thomas Brice. - Exon : Printed by E. & T.Brice , [1780]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - Verse, first line: We captains of the Yankee line. - *ESTC t001360.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Brice, Elizabeth and Thomas. 1781. Printers. The Dutch answer to the British manifesto. - Exeter : printed by E. and T. Brice, [1781]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - A verse satire, signed: Cocq. Haaftan, H. Fagel. - "If ever on earth a poor nation was hobbled,". - The 'Manifesto' was printed in the 'London chronicle', March 24-27, 1781. - ESTC citation no.: T212886. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Brice, Elizabeth. 1782. Printer. The Newfoundland sailor. - [Exeter] : [Elizabeth Brice] , [1782?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/4°. - Verse, first line: A Newfoundland seaman, walking on the strand, with woodcut of sailing ship identical to that on The sorrowful lamentation of Miss Sarah WestSources: Devon Heritage Centre, DRO 997Z/Z9.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Brice, Elizabeth. 1782. Printer. The SORROWFUL lamentation of Miss Sarah West. The unhappy young lady who lost her life with her sweetheart on board the formidable man of war commanded by the brave Rodney, in the engagement with De Grasse, was killed at the round top. - Exon : Printed by Elizabeth Brice, near East:Gate , [1782]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - In two columns with two woodcuts, one, of a sailing ship identical to that in The Newfoundland sailor. - Sources: Devon Heritage Centre.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Brice, Thomas. 1781. Printer. Successes in East-India. - Exon : printed by T. Brice, [1781?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - Verse - "Now, ye Britons, rejoice;". - With a long footnote on the disposition of the French and British forces in the Indies. - ESTC citation no.: T192719. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Brice, Thomas. 1782. Printer. Elegy, on the much-lamented death of Lady Courtenay, [Brice, Thomas.]. - [Exeter, 1782]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - Attributed to Thomas Brice. - Signed and dated: T. B. Exon, April 6, 1782. - "Ah! Court'nay! wast thou of the vulgar great,". - Lady Frances Courtenay, widow of Sir William Courtenay, died on 25th of March, 1782. - ESTC citation no.: T182462. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Brice, Thomas. 1782. Printer. The lamentation of Rebecca Downing : condemn'd to be burnt at Heavitree, near Exeter, on Monday, July 29, 1782, for poisoning her master, Richard Jarvis, [attrib. Rebecca Downing]. - Exon : printed by T. Brice, [1782?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/4°. - A slip-song - "Good people all, pray, pity me,". - Not in fact written by Rebecca Downing?. - ESTC citation no.: T192847. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Brice, Thomas. 1782. Printer. The maid's lamentation for loss of her shepherd. - [Exeter : printed by Thomas Brice, 1782]. - 1 sheet ; 1/4°. - A slip-song - "Down to the woods, down to the groves,". - One of two slip-songs printed side by side on one half-sheet, intended to be separated; the other is 'Rodney triumphant, and France humbled', a song commemorating Admiral Rodney's victory of 1782, which has a colophon "Exon: printed by T. Brice". - ESTC citation no.: T169341. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Brice, Thomas. 1782. Printer. The prospect of peace: an ode / [Brice, Thomas.]. - Exon : printed by T. Brice, June 17, 1782. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - Signed: T. B. = Thomas Brice. - "No more let horrid war engage,". - ESTC citation no.: T213554. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Brice, Thomas. 1782. Printer. Rodney triumphant, and France humbled. - Exon : printed by T. Brice, [1782]. - 1 sheet ; 1/4°. - A slip-song - "Ye sailors that [row] on the ocean so wide,". - Commemorates Admiral Rodney's victory over the French fleet off Dominica in 1782. - ESTC citation no.: T169339. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Brice, Thomas. 1782. Printer. [Rodney's] complete victory over the French fleet. - Exon : printed by Thomas Brice, [1782]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - Verse - "Of late o'er a goblet of nectar old Jove" - with a prose explanation on the lower half of the page. - Commemorates Admiral Rodney's victory over the French fleet off Dominica in 1782. - ESTC citation no.: T169338. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Brice, Thomas. 1783? Printer. Address of thanks, from the English virgins of sixteen to the Hon. Charles-James Fox : for his zeal to obtain an amendment of the marriage-act, to enable females to marry at sixteen and males at eighteen. Put into rhyme by their typographic amanuensis, Thomas Brice, [Thomas Brice]. - Exeter : printed by Thomas Brice, [1783?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - "Thou dear dearest Charles Fox,". - ESTC citation no.: T187592. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Brice, Thomas. 1783? Printer. The ever-memorable history of the goose-chace : or, the oven ransack'd. Partly a parody on the ballad of Chevy-Chace, and to the same tune. - Exeter : printed by Thomas Brice, [1783?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - "God prosper long great George our king,". - ESTC citation no.: T183309. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Record Office (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Brice, Thomas? 1784? Printer. A song. - [Exeter : Thomas Brice?, 1784?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/4°. - A song - "Freemen and freeholders, come let us rejoice". - ESTC citation no.: T155652. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Brice, Thomas. 1790? Printer. Bampfylde ever! Tune - Heave the lead. - Exeter : printed by T. Brice, [1790?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/4°. - "For Bampfylde, late, with unbought voice,". - In favour of Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde, who stood unsuccessfully for reelection to Parliament in Exeter in 1790. - ESTC citation no.: T188114. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Clark. 1810? Printer. The Hardy Tar. - Printer otherwise unrecorded. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Featherstone and Co. 1847/58. Printer. Crusaders' hymn of the twelfth century. - Exeter : Featherstone and Co, 246 High Street , [1847/58]. - Verse: "Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature". - Sources: John Rylands R150649/162
DEV_Exeter. Griffiths, Jeremiah. 18--. Ballad printer or seller. Broadsides in Madden 23. Sources: Cambridge UL, Madden Collection, unverified.
P> E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Healey. 1800/30. Printer. The Gosport Tragedy [...] The Perjur'd Ship Carpenter. Earlier versions in garlands from Stonecutter Street, London, and in Dicey's and Marshall's catalogue. Evans, Pitts, Davenport and Jennings, early 19th century. Later Turner in Coventry and Besley in Exeter. Healey probably error for Besley. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.E_EN_DEV_Exeter. M'Kenzie. 1795? Printer. Paradise lost, and paradise regained. - Exeter : printed by M'Kenzie, [1795?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - Verse - "All Christians, pray, now attend". - Often published in chap book form with title 'Paradise lost and paradise regain'd, by the wonderful works of God'. - ESTC citation no.: T170438. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. M'Kenzie and Son. 1795/1812. Printers. Man of War. - [Exeter] : McKenzie & Son , [1795/1812]. Verse: "Once a pretty lass I courted" - Source: St. Bride Printing Library Broadside Collection (London) S449.
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Spencer. 1825/50. Printer. Sucking pig ["All you that love a bit of fun, come listen here awhile ..." and] Rise! gentle moon ["Day has gone down, on the Baltic's bright billow ..."]. - [Exeter] : Spencer, Printer, St. Sidwell's, Exeter 1825/50. - 1 sheet : ill. - Sources: Bodleian Allegro, Harding B 11(3688).
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Sutton, T. 1774. Printer. A new song, on an engagement with the Isis man of war, with a French sevety-four [sic] gun ship. - Exeter : printed by T. Sutton, [1774?]. - 1 sheet : ill. ; 1/2°. - Relating to an engagement fought on 16 August 1774. - "You Britons all I pray draw near,". - ESTC citation no.: T181567. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Record Office (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Trewman, Robert and Son. 1793. Printers. Church and King. A song. Tune ----- "Rule Britannia.". - Exeter : printed by R. Trewman and Son, and delivered (gratis) by the Constitutional Society, at the Country-House, [1793]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - A slip-song contrasting the state of revolutionary France with that of Great Britain. - "While o'er the bleeding corpse of France,". - Nine stanzas. - ESTC citation no.: T166234. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Trewman, Robert and Son. 1793? Printers. The loyal Briton. A song. - Exeter : printed by R. Trewman & Son, and delivered (gratis) by the Constitutional Society, [1793?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/4°. - A slip-song - "Let wicked Paineites rail 'gainst kings,". - ESTC citation no.: T170892. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Exeter. Trewman, Robert and Son. 1795? Printers. A song, tune - "God save the King.". - Exeter : printed by R. Trewman and Son, [1795?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/4°. - A song - "Hark! from the trump of fame,". - ESTC citation no.: T155663. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_HONITON. Devon.
E_EN_DEV_Honiton. Snell, Thomas. 1823/30. Printer, bookseller, stationer. Betsy Watson (Young lovers all I pray draw near)[and] The streams of lovely Nancy (The streams of lovely Nancy divide in three parts). - Snell, Printer &c., Honiton , [1823/30]. - On the verso: The unfortunate farmer (‘Twas in the month of August in cutting of the corn') [and] Down in our village ('When first I was a shepherd boy'). - Printed on both sides. - Sources: British Library HS.74/2008.
E_EN_DEV_Honiton. Snell, Thomas. 1823/30. Printer, bookseller, stationer. The fox-hunting farmer's lament. - [Honiton] : Snell, Printer, &c. Honiton , [1823/30]. - 1 sheet : ill. - Verse: "You once dashing farmers give ear to my song ...". Slip song. - Sources: Bodleian Allegro, Harding B 25(684).
E_EN_DEV_Honiton. Snell, Thomas. 1823/30. Printer, bookseller, stationer. Mary Neil. - [Honiton] : Snell, Printer, Honiton , [1823/30]. - Verse: "Once I loved a damsel ...". Slip song. - Sources: Bodleian Allegro, Harding B 16(144a).
E_EN_DEV_ILFRACOMBE. Devon.
E_EN_DEV_Ilfracombe. Clark, C. Ingram. 1905? Printer. The Home Rule Banner Man. To be sung to the tune of The Fine Old English Gentleman, a piece critical of Henry Campbell-Bannerman. Sources: Madden ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_PLYMOUTH. Devon.
E_EN_Plymouth? [s. n.]. 1780? Printer. An election song, addressed to the vicar of Warbstow, Cornwal. Tune, Hearken on Lady Betty / [Warbstoniensis.]. - [Plymouth?, 1780?]. - 1 sheet : ill. ; 1/4°. - A slip-song - "Gentle Billy, give attention". - A rebuke to the over-proud vicar of Warbstow for being involved in politics. - ESTC citation no.: T195564. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Oxford University Bodleian Library (includes The Vicar's Library, ST. Mary's Church, Marlborough) (Oxford, England)]
E_EN_Plymouth? [s. n.]. 1785? Printer. A full true and particular account of the most cruel barbarous and inhumane murders that were committed on the bodies of John Breeze, gunner, ... and Catherine Breeze his wife, at the Obelisk Battery near Frank's Quarry, opposite Plymouth-Dock, on ... the 7th. of December, 1785, by Thomas Russell, [sic]. - [Plymouth?, 1785?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - ESTC citation no.: T184062. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Record Office (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Plymouth. [s. n.]. 1785. Printer. The busy fellows in the suds. A new song. Tune - Vicar and Mosey / [Gingle, Junius.]. - [Plymouth, 1785]. - 1 sheet ; obl.1°. - "It is perfectly known,". - The final three lines, "Here's nothing about the small bread. I'm a friend to a baker. Pray read the ballad.", refers to 'The town in a hurry; or, the Dock dance. A new ballad', which is printed on the same side of the sheet in such a way that it could be separated as a complete entity, and which is signed and dated: Junius Gingle. Dock, August the 11th, 1785. - Junius Gingle is a pseudonym. - An attack on the Dock commissioners for their injustice and profligacy. - ESTC citation no.: T167364. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [British Library (London, England, U.K.); Devon Heritage Centre (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_DEV_Plymouth. Bates, William. 1830/60. Printer. Dot and Carry One ["Pounds, shillings, pence and farthings" and] The Coal Meter ["Twas in the middle of the day"]. - Plymouth : William Bates , [1830/60]. - The two pieces were issued together. No other information on these two pieces, so it is not possible to know if The Coal Meter was exclusive to Bates. - Sources: Madden Collection 23 (Country Printers 8) [VWML mfilm No.90] Item no.77 ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Plymouth. Bates, William. 1830/60. Printer. My Friend and Pitcher. - Plymouth : William Bates , [1830/60]. - Verse: "The Wealthy fool with gold in store". By John O'Keeffe (1747-1843). - Sources: Madden Collection 23 (Country Printers 8) [VWML mfilm No.90] Item no.78 ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Plymouth. Bates, William. 1830/60. Printer. The Quarter Day. - Plymouth : William Bates , [1830/60]. - Verse: "Twas on a quarter's day". About rent-collecting, mentions the building of the new London Bridge in 1831. Attributed to J Bruton and sung at the Eagle Tavern. - Sources: Madden Collection 23 (Country Printers 8) [VWML mfilm No.90] Item no.78 ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_DEV_Plymouth. Bates, William. 1830/60. Printer. Tom Starboard. - Plymouth : William Bates , [1830/60]. - Verse: "Tom Starboard was a lover true". Attributed to T. Knight. - Sources: Madden Collection 23 (Country Printers 8) [VWML mfilm No.90] Item no.78 ; Brown, Roly.
E_EN_Plymouth. Bond, R. 1780? Printer. The Bristol coachman. A new song - [Plymouth] : Printed for Wm. Rice, by R. Bond, Whimple-Street, Plymouth , [18--]. - Verse: "Come all you country lasses, come listen to my song ...". Slip song. Sources: Bodleian Allegro, Harding B 25(287).
E_EN_Plymouth. Collins, John. 1780? Printer. The humours of Plymouth : A medley. As it was exhibited, by Mr. Collins, at the theatre, to a brilliant audience, with universal applause. - Plymouth : printed by John Collins, [1780?]. - 1 sheet ; obl.1/2°. - Verse - "In days of yore, as ancient authors speak,". - In four columns with the title above the first two. - ESTC citation no.: T217256. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [Devon Record Office (Exeter, England)]
E_EN_Plymouth. Jordaine, John. 1732. Printer. An elegy: made on the Rev. Mr. William Stephens, late Vicar of St. Andrew's Church in Plymouth; who departed this life on Thursday the 16th day of March, 1731-2 / [Lover of all good men.]. - [Plymouth : printed by John Jordaine, 1732]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - At foot of epitaph: Written by a lover of all good men. - "Awake my muse, and do not silent be!". - The elegy proper is followed by an epitaph with the first line: "Not wisdom, learning, goodness, can defend". - The woodcut headpiece is that used by John Jordaine of Plymouth. - ESTC citation no.: T182436. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [West Sussex Record Office (Chichester, England)]
E_EN_Plymouth. Parade Printing Office. 1750? Printer. The mournful widow's garland, in three parts. - Plymouth : printed and sold at the Printing-Office on the Parade, [1750?]. - 1 sheet ; 1/2°. - A song - "Good people all both old and young draw near". - ESTC citation no.: T41477. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [British Library (London, England, U.K.)]
E_EN_Plymouth. Parade Printing Office. 1750? Printer. A new song, call'd, The happy pair. - Plymouth : printed and sold at the Printing-office, on the Parade, [1750?]. - 1 sheet : ill. ; 1/2°. - A song - "When high hills and lofty mountains,". - ESTC citation no.: T39970. - Sources: English Short Title Catalogue [British Library (London, England, U.K.)]
E_EN_DEV_Plymouth. Williams, John. 1812/30. Printer, stationer,bookbinder. The times; or, the poor man's cry (a new song) ('You gentlemen all I understand') [and] Love and murder [=Ship Carpenter] ('In Worcester town a young damsel did dwell'). - Williams, Printer, Old-Town, Plymouth , [1812/30]. - Sources: British Library HS.74/2008.
E_EN_DEV_TAVISTOCK. Devon.
E_EN_DEV_Tavistock. [s. n.]. 1857. Printer. A song for the million. Tune - Buff breeches [Tavistock] : [s.n.] , [1857?]. - 1 sheet. - "Verse: "Johnny Scroggins came to Tavistock". - Sources: Devon Heritage Centre Broadsides/026 ; Mf 4.2 fiche 1
E_EN_DEV_Tavistock. [s. n.]. 1857. Printer. Here you have printed & published a copy of verses giving a full, true and particular account of the bold young Samivell ... - [Tavistock] : [s.n.] , [1857?]. - 1 sheet. - Sources: Devon Heritage Centre Broadsides/030 ; Mf 4.2 fiche 1
E_EN_DEV_Tavistock. [s. n.]. 1857. Printer. Election ballads, - no. 1. The Old Woter; or the windbag blown: a tale of consistency, sung by a young woter. - [Tavistock] : [s.n.] , [1857?]. - 1 sheet. - Sources: Devon Heritage Centre Broadsides/031 ; Mf 4.2 fiche 1
E_EN_DEV_Tavistock. [s. n.]. 1857. Printer. Election ballads, - no. 1. Traitors, trimmers, turncoats, and Trelawny; or, Tavistock suited to a T. - [Tavistock] : [s.n.] , [1857?]. - 1 sheet. - Sources: Devon Heritage Centre Broadsides/032 ; Mf 4.2 fiche 1.
E_EN_DEV_Tavistock. [s. n.]. 1857. Printer. Song: Carter is a gentleman. Tune, - The old English gentleman. - [Tavistock]: [s.n.] , [1857?]. - 1 sheet. - Sources: Devon Heritage Centre Broadsides/037 ; Mf 4.2 fiche 1
E_EN_DEV_TIVERTON. Devon.
E_EN_DEV_Tiverton. Boyce, Edward. 1810? Printer. The Sampford ghost, examined on oath!!! - Tiverton : Printed by E. Boyce, fore-street , [1810?] - 1 sheet. - Verse: "Ghost. Stranger who art? that dost intrude ...". - Sources: Bodleian Allegro, Johnson Ballads 2058.
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