The Cottager's Daughter/The Sailor's Courtship, Northampton, c1850.
Weavers, Shepherdesses and Sailors [Broadside]. [Shepherds]. [Sailors]. [Great Britain]. The Cottager's Daughter/The Sailor's Courtship. Northampton, England: Henson, Printer and Publisher, 81 Bridge Street-Sold Also by J. Taylor, Town Crier, Aylesbury, Bucks, [c.1850]. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" dual-text broadside in two columns mounted on 10-1/4" x 7-3/4" sheet, verse texts, each below headline, columns separated by rule. Light browning, somewhat heavier browning and foxing to margins. $350. * This broadside has two ballads with pastoral subjects. The Cottager's Daughter describes a female weaver's devotion to her father. The Sailor's Courtship concerns "A pretty young shepherdess" who was "keeping her sheep" and "A brisk young sailor" who encountered her "by chance." No copies listed on Library Hub. OCLC locates 1 copy at UCLA. We located another copy at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Roud Folk Song Index V3169, 959.
Price: $350.00
Book number 73673