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Modern Street Ballads

by John Ashton

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  1. 1Epigraph — Introduction
  2. 2Sale of a Wife
  3. 3Chorus
  4. 4John Hobbs
  5. 5A Woman Never Knows When Her Day’s Work’s Done
  6. 6Chorus
  7. 7Chorus
  8. 8The Treats of London
  9. 9The Income Tax
  10. 10Chorus
  11. 11Striking Times
  12. 12Chorus
  13. 13The Mechanic’s Appeal to the Public
  14. 14Chorus
  15. 15Women’s Sayings
  16. 16Chorus
  17. 17Bob Logic’s Description of the New Brighton Diligence for Inside Pa…
  18. 18Paper’d-Up Hair
  19. 19I Likes a Drop of Good Beer
  20. 20Chorus
  21. 21The Snob and the Bottle
  22. 22Rory o More Turned Teetotal
  23. 23Hurrah for Father Mathew’s Mill
  24. 24How Five and Twenty Shillings Were Expended in a Week
  25. 25Chorus
  26. 26The Way to Live
  27. 27The Cries of London
  28. 28Chorus
  29. 29The Honest Policeman of Mitcham
  30. 30Cookey Darling
  31. 31I Should Like to Be a Policeman
  32. 32Chorus
  33. 33Bendigo, Champion of England
  34. 34Chorus
  35. 35The Bold Irish Yankey Benicia Boy
  36. 36Chorus
  37. 37I’m a Gent
  38. 38Jullien’s Grand Polka — Chorus
  39. 39Margate Hoy
  40. 40Crystal Palace
  41. 41Chorus
  42. 42Sheep’s Eyes for Ever
  43. 43Cab, Cab, Cab
  44. 44The Rush Light
  45. 45If I Had a Donkey Wot Wouldn’t Go
  46. 46Chorus
  47. 47Shovel and Broom
  48. 48Vilikins and His Dinah
  49. 49Moral
  50. 50The Exciseman Outwitted
  51. 51Giles Scroggins Ghost
  52. 52The Strange Man
  53. 53A Sight for a Father
  54. 54Humours of Bartlemy Fair
  55. 55Georgy Barnwell
  56. 56Jonathan Brown
  57. 57Wery Pekooliar, or the Lisping Lovers
  58. 58The Babes in the Wood
  59. 59Kate’s Young Man
  60. 60He Was Such a Nice Young Man
  61. 61Mrs. Monday
  62. 62All to Astonish the Browns
  63. 63The Ratcatcher’s Daughter
  64. 64Hot Codlings
  65. 65The Wonderful Crocodile
  66. 66The Thief’s Arm
  67. 67Cork Leg
  68. 68The One Horse Chay
  69. 69The Literary Dustman
  70. 70Chorus
  71. 71Chorus — The Bill Sticker
  72. 72Chorus
  73. 73Things I Don’t Like to See
  74. 74Chorus
  75. 75The Barrel of Pork
  76. 76All Round My Hat
  77. 77Here’s the Man A-Coming!
  78. 78The Nobby Head of Hair
  79. 79Miss Bailey’s Ghost
  80. 80Humphrey Duggins
  81. 81The Honest Ploughman, or 90 Years Ago
  82. 82The New Fashioned Farmer
  83. 83Chorus
  84. 84Present Times, or Eight Shillings a Week
  85. 85Jig, Jig, to the Hirings
  86. 86Country Statutes
  87. 87Chorus
  88. 88The Bold Poacher
  89. 89Death of Poor Bill Brown
  90. 90The Jolly Angler
  91. 91The Humours of the Races
  92. 92The Bonny Grey
  93. 93The King and West Countryman
  94. 94Chorus
  95. 95Hodge in London
  96. 96Death of Parker
  97. 97The Battle of Boulogne
  98. 98Victory
  99. 99The Battle of Navarino
  100. 100Duke William’s Frolic
  101. 101The King and the Sailor
  102. 102Jack Binnacle and Queen Victoria
  103. 103Chorus
  104. 104Sweet William
  105. 105The Poor Smuggler’s Boy
  106. 106The Smuggler’s Bride
  107. 107The Female Smuggler
  108. 108Jack Returned From Sea
  109. 109The Jolly Roving Tar
  110. 110Young Henry of the Raging Main
  111. 111Jack Robinson
  112. 112Bold William Taylor
  113. 113Ratcliffe Highway in 1842 — Chorus
  114. 114Chorus — The Greenland Whale Fishery
  115. 115The New York Trader
  116. 116Viva Victoria
  117. 117Queen Victoria
  118. 118The Queen’s Marriage
  119. 119Chorus
  120. 120A New Song on the Birth of the Prince of Wales
  121. 121The Queen and the Coal Exchange
  122. 122Crystal Palace
  123. 123Chorus
  124. 124Queen’s Visit to France
  125. 125Chorus
  126. 126The Queen’s Dream
  127. 127Chorus
  128. 128Lovely Albert
  129. 129Chorus
  130. 130Chorus — Brave Nelson
  131. 131Lord Nelson
  132. 132Chorus
  133. 133Battle of Waterloo
  134. 134King George Iv.’s Welcome to Scotland — Chorus
  135. 135The Death of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P.
  136. 136Death of Wellington
  137. 137Chorus
  138. 138The Chronicles of the Pope
  139. 139The Happy Reform
  140. 140The Operatives’ March
  141. 141A New Alphabetical Song on the Corn Law Bill
  142. 142Chorus
  143. 143A New Song on the Corn Bill
  144. 144The Crisis
  145. 145Chartists Are Coming
  146. 146Chorus
  147. 147The Song of the Lower Classes
  148. 148A New Hunting Song
  149. 149Chorus
  150. 150The Wonderful Wonders of Town
  151. 151Law
  152. 152Chorus
  153. 153Jim Crow — Chorus
  154. 154The Workhouse Boy
  155. 155The Wild Rover
  156. 156Chorus
  157. 157The Diggins, o!
  158. 158Botany Bay
  159. 159Van Dieman’s Land
  160. 160Farewell to Judges and Juries
  161. 161My Bonny Black Bess
  162. 162Life of the Mannings
  163. 163The Life and Trial of Palmer
  164. 164Chorus
  165. 165Mary Arnold, the Female Monster
  166. 166Chorus
  167. 167The Undertaker’s Club
  168. 168Chorus
  169. 169A Tidy Suit for All That
  170. 170The Ragged Coat
  171. 171The Collier Swell
  172. 172Chorus
  173. 173The London Merchant
  174. 174Riley’s Farewell
  175. 175Young William
  176. 176The Broken Hearted Gardener
  177. 177Chorus
  178. 178Boxing Day in 1847
  179. 179Chorus
  180. 180St. James’s and St. Giles’s
  181. 181Chorus
  182. 182The Three Butchers

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