Five capital new songs.
[Durham] : Printed and sold wholesale by George Walker, Jun., Sadler-Street, Durham, where hawkers may be supplied, with a choice selection of songs, ballads, 24-page histories, spellings, reading easies, primers, battledores, arithmetic cards, &c., &c.- Almanacks published annually,
[1838?]
'[266]' is printed beneath the imprint.
Dated from internal evidence - Victoria's coronation took place on June 28th 1838.
Five ballads.
In five columns.
Old Ben the Yankee, or, More Jonathans! - first line reads: Uncle Ben, did you never hear tell.
Old Ben the Yankee, or, More Jonathans!: A celebrated comic song, sung by Mr. T. Dillon, with great applause in the Virginian Mummy, Theatre, Durham.
Queen Vic's coronation - first line reads: Never since the golden days.
Queen Vic's coronation: A right royal, loyal and allegorial ditty, most humbly inscribed to Her maiden Majesty, by J. Labern. Tune - Norah Creina.
The mother's tear - first line reads: Upon the tomb she sat.
The mother's tear: An original song, sung at the London concerts. Tune - The soldier's tear.
The robber chief - first line reads: Oh, I am a robber free!
The robber chief: Tune - The gipsey king.
The weather eye - first line reads: Murphy hath a weather eye.
The weather eye: A favourite comic song, written by W. T. Moncrieff, Esq.
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Ballads, English
Thieves
Weather