THE COWSLIP. Being a collection of the newest songs now singing. [Containing:] Deep as the fountain. Woodland Mary. Lubin is away. Banks of Allan Water. Charlie is my darling. We're a noddin. The highland lad. Tune,-Woodland Mary [Highland Katy].

BALLAD (Songster Sheet)

Published by London: Printed at J. Pitts Wholesale Toy Warehouse 6 Great st. Andrew Street 7 Dials s, 1820

About this Item

Single 4to sheet (255x188mm), printed in three columns with a woodcut of a small girl child picking a flower. Browned. (Shepard, John Pitts ballad printer of Seven Dials., p139). A typical songster sheet of the period with seven popular contemporary songs. These songster sheets had titles not unlike those found on chapbook garlands and Shepard (p55) states that it seems likely that Pitts invented the famous 'yard of songs', immortalized by the illustration in Henry Mayhew's London labour and London poor, which was an enlarged version of these songster sheets. Printed with less than scrupulous attention to the niceties of presswork, in a small typeface on cheap thin paper, the survival of sheets such as this, which could be held as archaeological artefacts of a semi-literate society, is little short of miraculous. Please note that the advised postage is based on an average book, if necessary the postage will be reduced to the correct amount and you will be notified by email. Seller Inventory # 20763

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE COWSLIP. Being a collection of the ...

Publisher: London: Printed at J. Pitts Wholesale Toy Warehouse 6 Great st. Andrew Street 7 Dials s

Publication Date: 1820