English Ballads

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  The traytors last farewell: or, Treason miraculously discover'd.

  Let Oliver now be forgotten
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  THE Swaggering Man.
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  The sorrowful complaint of Susan Higges, a lusty Countrey Wench, dwelling in Risborrow in Buckinghamshire, who for twenty yeeres, most gallantly maintained her selfe by Robberies on the high-way side, and such like practises. And lastly, how she was executed at Brickhill, at the Assises, for a murther by her committed upon Messeldon Heath.

  Lusty Gallant
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  The Shipwreck
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  The SEA-Martyrs; OR, The Seamen's sad Lamentation for their Faithful Service, Bad Pay, and Cruel Usage. Being a woeful Relation how some of them were unmercifully put to Death for pressing for their Pay, when their Families were like to starve. Thus our New Government does Subjects serve, And leaves them this sad choice to hang or starve. To the Tune of Banstead Downs.

  Banstead Downs
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  The Scotch Lover's Lamentation: OR, GILDEROY's Last FAREWEL.

  Gilderoy
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  The sad effects of Covetousness. Being, a Relation of a Horrid Murther, commited upon a Maid Servant, in the Town of Lyn; by her Mistriss and her Son, for the Lucre of what she had: But they being apprehended for the same, was accordingly found Guilty, and was also Executed.

  The Young-Mans Legacy
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  The pope in his fury doth answer returne, To a letter ye which to Rome is late come

  Row Well Ye Marriners
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  THE Plotter Executed: OR, The Examination, Tryal, Condem-nation, and Execution, of Edward Coleman Esquire. Who was Convicted of High Treason, the 27th. day of November, at the King-Bench-Barr at West-minster, for Plotting against the Life of his most Sacred Majesty, and for Endeavouring to subvert the Government, and the true Protestant Religion Establisht: he received Sentence the 28th. day of November 1678. to be Drawn Hangd, and Quartered, and was Executed at Tyburn the 3d. of December: With his Last Speech and Confession, made by him at the place of Execution.

  Captain Digby
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  THE Penitent Highway-man: OR, The Last Farewel of Mr. Biss, Who was Born at Shaftsbury, in Wiltshire, and was arrain'd and found guilty, and accordingly received Sentence of Death, and was Executed at Salisbury, on the 12th of March, 1695.

  Russell's Farewell
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  The Penitent Gallant, Being, An Account of a Gentleman who lay Condemn'd for the Murther of his Friend, and pretended he could not dye till he had eas'd his Conscience, in sending for thirteen Men, to beg their Pardons, whom he had Cuckolded at Branford.

  Hyde Park
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  THE Murtherers Lamentation: BEING An Account of John Jewster and William Butler, who where arraign'd and found guilty of the Robbery and Murther of Mrs. Jane Le-grand; for which they received due Sentence of Death, and was accordingly Executed on the 19th day of this Instant July, in Spittle-fields.

  Russell's farewell
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  The murtherer justly condemned, or, An account of George Feast, a butcher of Shoreditch, being found guilty ... for the barbarous bloody murther of his wife ... also some account of his penitent behaviour in Newgate. To the tune of, Packingtons pound.

  Packington's Pound
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  THE Mournful Murtherer: OR, The last Dying Lamentation of Thomas Randall, who was arraign-ed and found guilty of the Murther of Roger Levins, at Stone-bridge, near Kings-land, for which he received the due Sentence of Death, and was accordingly Executed and Hang'd in Chains at the said Bridge, on the 29th of this Instant January.

  Russell's Farewell
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  The Midwife of Poplar's Sorrowful Confession and Lamentation in Newgate Who was Condemned to Dye for that Horrid and Unheard of Murder, which she committed on the Bodys of several young infants, whom she Starved to Death, and was accordingly Executed for the same in Holbourn, upon the 23d. of this instant October, 1693.

  Russell's Farewell
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  The Merites of PIRACIE

  My Virgins Treasure
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  The Melancoly loss of the Windermere
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  The Matchless murder

  Troy Town
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  The Loss of the Princess Alice

  Sailor's Grave
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  The loss of the Mary Ann
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  The Loss of the London
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  The loss of the brig George
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  The loss of the Betsey
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  The loss of the Alert Dublin packet. On the 26th of March ... 1823
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  The loss of the Albion