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“FIFTY SONGS FOR A FAR-R-R-R-DEN!"

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MODERN

STREET BALLADS

BY
JOHN ASHTON
AUTHOR OF “SOCIAL LIFE IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE,” ETC.


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WITH FIFTY-SIX ILLUSTRATIONS

London
CHATTO & WINDUS PICCADILLY
1888

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INTRODUCTION.

Over Street Ballads may be raised the wail of “Ichabod, Ichabod, theirglory is departed.” They held their own for many centuries, bravely andwell, but have succumbed to a changed order of things, and a newgeneration has arisen, who will not stop in the streets to listen tothese ballads being sung, but prefer to have their music served up tothem “piping hot,” with the accompaniment of warmth, light, beer, andtobacco (for which they duly have to pay) at the Music Halls; butwhether the change be for the better, or not, may be a moot question.

These Street Ballads were produced within a very few hours of thepublication of any event of the slightest public interest; and, failingthat, the singers had always an unlimited store to fall back upon, ondomestic, or humorous subjects, love, the sea, etc., etc.{vi} Of theirvariety we may learn something, not only from this book, but from theballad of “Chaunting Benny” of which the following is a portion:—

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“My songs have had a tidy run, I’ve plenty in my fist, Sirs,
And if you wish to pick one out, I’ll just run through my list, Sirs.
Have you seen “My daughter Fan,” “She wore a wreath of roses,”
And here you see “My son Tom,” “The Sun that lights the roses,”
“Green grow the rushes O,” “On the Banks of Allan Water,”
“Such a getting out of bed,” with “Brave Lord Ullin’s daughter.”
“Poor Bessie was a Sailor’s bride,” “Sitting on a rail,” Sirs,
“Is there a heart that never loved?” “The Rose of Allandale,” Sirs,
“The Maid of Judah,” “Out of Place,” with “Plenty to be sad at,”
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