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The bonny lass of Banaphie; to which is added, the banks of Clyde
Two ballads about lovers who are parted first by class (she is the daughter of a lord, he is a poor farmer’s son), and then by war when the young man goes off to make his fortune by soldiering (one in Spain and one in Germany). The first song ends…
The bold sailor. To which are added, The Irish invasion. A touch on the times. The faint-hearted batchelor. The maid's answer. The travelling Chapman. Tears wash my sad cheeks. If e'er I do well 'tis a wonder.
This is a collection of short ballads on various topics, including war, courting, and poverty. The major theme that seems to run through all the ballads is money, or the lack thereof. Men sign up as sailors because their pockets are empty, the French…
The Blythsome Bridal; or, The Lass wi' the Gouden Hair. To which are added, A New Touch on the Times. Love and Life. This Is No Mine Ain House.
A collection of short songs on a variety of themes. The first song is about attending the marriage of a young couple, including a description of all the people that will be attending and the food that they will eat. The second song is distinctly…
The blaeberry courtship; to which is added, the crook and plaid
Two songs about love. The first is the story of the love between a Highland lad and a Lowland girl. The girls’ father is against the match and disinherits her when she decides she runs off with him. In the beginning, it looks like she has made the…
The Blackamoor of the Wood; Bring a Tragical end of a gallant Lord and virtuous Lady; together with the untimely death of their two children, wickedly performed by a heathenish and blood-thirsty villain, their servant. The like of which cruelty was never heard.
A tragic tale of murder, rape, and betrayal. A Roman lord is out hunting with his servant, a Moor, when the servant makes some unnamed offence for which he is chastised. This punishment has dreadful consequences, prompting the servant to take…
The Berkshire Lady's garland. In four parts. I. Cupid's conquest over a coy lady of five thousand a-year, &c. II. The lady's letter of a challenge to fight him upon refusing to wed her in a mask without knowing who she was. III. How they met by appointment in a grove, where she obliged him to fight or wed her. IV. How they rode together in her gilded coach to her noble seat or castle, &c.
A ballad in four parts that tells the tale of an heiress who is beautiful and rich and pursued by many, but is pleased by none of them. She eventually falls in love, in spite of herself, with a young lawyer, and she resolves to marry him, but also…
The Berkshire Lady, in Four Parts. To which is added, A New Song.
An unusual tale of courtship and gender reversal. This ballad in four parts tells the tale of an heiress who is beautiful and rich and pursued by many, but desired none. She eventually falls in love, in spite of herself, with a young lawyer, and she…
The Belfast maid's lamentation for the loss of her sweetheart, To which are added, Gentlemen rakes of the town. The humours of Rosemary Lane. The whistling daughter. Pady O Blarney. Wine is commander.
A collection of songs and ballads on a variety of themes and topics. The first song is lament of an Irish lass whose lover has gone off to war in France, while the second describes the efforts young women go to in order to attract the handsome young…
