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Title Details
408 Pages
21.6 x 13.8 cm
Series: Publications of the Surtees Society
Series Vol. Number:
196
Imprint: Surtees Society
Songs from the Manuscript Collection of John Bell
- Description
Includes all those songs from the manuscript collection of John Bell (d. 1864) which throw light on the way of life of the majority of the population of North-East England and the Eastern Borders. Each piece derives ultimately from the life and work of those men and women who were obliged to work for a living, usually with their hands.Texts arranged under the following headings: Soldiers and Sailors, Civil and Political, Coalwork, Country Life, Festivities, Sport and Social Life, Drinking, Courtship, Love Unrequited, Love Satisfied, Children, In Praise of Wedlock, Trouble and Strife, Stories, Fragments.
Hardcover
9780854440535
January 1984
$36.95 / £25.00
Title Details
408 Pages
2.16 x 1.38 cm
Series: Publications of the Surtees Society
Series Vol. Number:
196
Imprint: Surtees Society