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    PW Joyce’s Ballad Sheets in Dublin City Library & Archive

    In his published collections Patrick Weston Joyce occasionally makes disparaging remarks about Irish traditional songs in the English language – which he calls ‘Anglo-Irish Peasant Songs’ or the ‘Peasant or Folk Songs of Ireland written in English’. The words of particular songs are ‘very rude and worthless’ or ‘not worth printing’. He thought them as a class ‘very inferior to those in Irish; for the good reason that the song-writers were only imperfectly acquainted with English, while they were quite at home in Irish’.

    But the English-language songs were also part of his fond childhood memories; he had heard them sung by his father and neighbours. His conflicted feelings about them are to be seen in his comments on the first item he published in his first collection of 1873: ‘Both the air and the words of this ballad appear to me to possess much simple beauty and feeling… the words are still sung… though so very much corrupted as to be quite barbarous… I have amended several corrupt stanzas’. His final statement on these songs, made in his last published collection of 1909, can be taken to reflect his true feelings when he quotes another writer on their ‘simplicity, directness, and force’ and on the ‘charm’ that ‘recommends strains so rude and naked to the most cultivated minds. These ballads have done what the songs of our greatest lyric poets have not done – delighted both the educated and the ignorant’.

    Further proof of his true taste can be seen in a little-known part of Joyce’s musical legacy: his large personal collection of some 770 original Irish ballad sheets in the English language (with some few in Irish in a phonetic orthography, and some macaronic in Irish and English). He acquired this collection over some decades in the second half of the nineteenth century, probably from street sellers, and diligently pasted them into two surviving scrapbooks, sometimes annotating them.

    These scrapbooks were acquired by the Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse St, Dublin 2, by purchase in 2001. By kind permission of the Dublin City Library and Archive, ITMA staff were faciltated in digitising the scrapbooks, and further permission was given to freely publish them in facsimile here, online as part of the ITMA Joyce Microsite.

    The scrapbooks are presented here page by page so as to represent them as artefacts created by Joyce, and to preserve their rough chronology as created by him. Scans of the individual ballad sheets are also available online within the Dublin City Library and Archive, where the original scrapbooks can also be seen. The sheets have a great intrinsic interest as part of the story of Irish traditional song, and they also throw light on Joyce’s editing of traditional song texts.

    For its generous cooperation on this joint project, ITMA is grateful to the Dublin City Library and Archive, and in particular to Dr Máire Kennedy, Divisional Librarian in charge of Special Collections, Dublin City Libraries; and to Ms Margaret Hayes, Dublin City Librarian.

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    Ballad Sheet Scrapbook I: part I

    A new song in praise of O’Sullivan’s grand coach
    In praise of the Mountain Lass and her former master, David Costello / by T. Walsh, Limerick
    A new song called the Susheen Bawn
    The banks of Killaloe
    The lad that is fond of the lasses
    The bold deserter
    A much admired song : the rocky road to Dublin
    [Indecipherable]’s new song, Paudheen Rhu, or a tinker’s travels
    The Kerry recruit
    John Hores repentance
    A new song called the sporting youth
    Paddy Hegarty’s leather breeches
    The sportnig [sic] ‘bs of Paddy’s land
    The flowers of Edinburgh
    A much-admired song called faugimid suid mar a tha shea
    Patrick Keane, the tailor; or, the breeches
    Sweet Castle Hyde
    The rambler from Clare
    A dream of Napoleon
    John O’Dwyer-a-Glana
    The red-haired man’s wife
    The shamrock shore
    A new song called the Kerryman’s rambles
    Brennan on the moor
    The [general] fox chase
    The farmer’s boy
    Drahareen o ma chree
    O’Reilly’s frolics
    A new song called the dear and darling boy
    The big beggarman
    Rocking the cradle
    Erin go bragh
    McKenna’s dream
    The Kerryman’s ramble to the County Tipperary
    Song called the bouchleen dhoun
    A favourite song called coleen bawn
    The true lover’s lamentation
    The maid that sold her barley
    The banks of Claudy
    Young Roger that follows the plough
    An admired song called Youghal harbour
    The Enniskillen dragoon
    The dear Irish boy
    The jolly young plough boy
    The young man’s address to his sweetheart
    An admired song called young Molly Bawn
    The constant lover and her sailor boy
    The river roe
    The drinan dhun
    The dear Irish maid
    Sweet colleen rhue
    A much-admired song called the golden apple
    Colleen dhas crutha na mho
    The girl I left behind me
    A new song called the bargee heroes
    A much-admired song called Nancy, the pride of the East
    Maid of Lismore
    The green mossy banks of the Lee
    Maid of Tralee (English)
    Maid of Tralee (Irish)
    The sweet silver-light bonny moon
    A new song, entitled the phoenix of the hall
    A new song by Deny O’Sullivan
    The banks of sweet Loughrea
    A new song called the Irish courtship
    Shule agrah
    The royal black bird
    A new song called Granuaile
    The bold and undaunted youth
    Father Murphy, or the Wexford men of ‘98
    The emigrant’s farewell
    A much-admired song called the Irishman’s farewell to his country—bound for America
    A favourite song called shan van vought’s farewell to Ireland
    The great elopement to America
    A lamentation on the execution of Denis Dillane who was executed on the 13th of April, for the conspiracy of Mr. Fitzpatrick / composed by T. Walsh
    The words of James Walsh some days before his execution / by James Flynn
    Lamentation of the two McCormacks
    The true lover’s lamentation
    A new song called the Tramore lass
    The maid of Lough Gowna shore
    A dialogue between a labourer & schoolmaster
    Bundle and go / Billy O’Rourke
    A new song in praise of the Limerick militia / by James Flynn
    Suid mar cahasa fein mola / composed by Eugene O’Sullivan
    The two loyal lovers
    The days when I was hard up
    The glorious victory of Major O’Reilly, Member of Parliament, for the County Longford / by P. J. Fitzpatrick
    The downfall of Garibaldi
    A new song called I’m a janius
    Lament of the emigrant
    The cavalier
    New lights of Askeaton
    The ship Niagara
    The lovely sweet banks of the Suir
    A new borg called the flourishing states of Kilmurry
    A few [sic] song called the maid of Rrth [sic] keale
    Mourneen na grouga bauna
    The wonders of the world
    ‘Tally ho! Hark away
    A new so[n]g called the twig of Sheallagh!
    The soldier’s dream
    My boughleen dhoun
    Breenan on the [f]loor
    A new song called a dialogue between the death & the rake / written by T. T. Cremin
    A new song on the dreadful engagement, with a tremendous loss of Irish in America
    A new song on the procession to lay the foundation stone, of the O’Connell monument / written by a patriotic Protestant
    A new song called shove around the jug
    A new song called Sallys lament for her hat and crinoline!
    Paddy you’re the devil, or, a parody on Willy, we have missed you
    Heenans challenge to mace
    Mournful verses
    The Ir [torn page]
    My Emmet’s no more
    A new song called St. Patrick’s morning
    A lamentation on the execution & declaration of Thomas Welsh, for the cruel murder of his son-in-law’s grandfather [song cut out]
    Duffy’s advice to his country
    A favourite comic song called Pat. Molloy

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    Ballad Sheet Scrapbook I: part I

    A new song in praise of O’Sullivan’s grand coach
    In praise of the Mountain Lass and her former master, David Costello / by T. Walsh, Limerick
    A new song called the Susheen Bawn
    The banks of Killaloe
    The lad that is fond of the lasses
    The bold deserter
    A much admired song : the rocky road to Dublin
    [Indecipherable]’s new song, Paudheen Rhu, or a tinker’s travels
    The Kerry recruit
    John Hores repentance
    A new song called the sporting youth
    Paddy Hegarty’s leather breeches
    The sportnig [sic] ‘bs of Paddy’s land
    The flowers of Edinburgh
    A much-admired song called faugimid suid mar a tha shea
    Patrick Keane, the tailor; or, the breeches
    Sweet Castle Hyde
    The rambler from Clare
    A dream of Napoleon
    John O’Dwyer-a-Glana
    The red-haired man’s wife
    The shamrock shore
    A new song called the Kerryman’s rambles
    Brennan on the moor
    The [general] fox chase
    The farmer’s boy
    Drahareen o ma chree
    O’Reilly’s frolics
    A new song called the dear and darling boy
    The big beggarman
    Rocking the cradle
    Erin go bragh
    McKenna’s dream
    The Kerryman’s ramble to the County Tipperary
    Song called the bouchleen dhoun
    A favourite song called coleen bawn
    The true lover’s lamentation
    The maid that sold her barley
    The banks of Claudy
    Young Roger that follows the plough
    An admired song called Youghal harbour
    The Enniskillen dragoon
    The dear Irish boy
    The jolly young plough boy
    The young man’s address to his sweetheart
    An admired song called young Molly Bawn
    The constant lover and her sailor boy
    The river roe
    The drinan dhun
    The dear Irish maid
    Sweet colleen rhue
    A much-admired song called the golden apple
    Colleen dhas crutha na mho
    The girl I left behind me
    A new song called the bargee heroes
    A much-admired song called Nancy, the pride of the East
    Maid of Lismore
    The green mossy banks of the Lee
    Maid of Tralee (English)
    Maid of Tralee (Irish)
    The sweet silver-light bonny moon
    A new song, entitled the phoenix of the hall
    A new song by Deny O’Sullivan
    The banks of sweet Loughrea
    A new song called the Irish courtship
    Shule agrah
    The royal black bird
    A new song called Granuaile
    The bold and undaunted youth
    Father Murphy, or the Wexford men of ‘98
    The emigrant’s farewell
    A much-admired song called the Irishman’s farewell to his country—bound for America
    A favourite song called shan van vought’s farewell to Ireland
    The great elopement to America
    A lamentation on the execution of Denis Dillane who was executed on the 13th of April, for the conspiracy of Mr. Fitzpatrick / composed by T. Walsh
    The words of James Walsh some days before his execution / by James Flynn
    Lamentation of the two McCormacks
    The true lover’s lamentation
    A new song called the Tramore lass
    The maid of Lough Gowna shore
    A dialogue between a labourer & schoolmaster
    Bundle and go / Billy O’Rourke
    A new song in praise of the Limerick militia / by James Flynn
    Suid mar cahasa fein mola / composed by Eugene O’Sullivan
    The two loyal lovers
    The days when I was hard up
    The glorious victory of Major O’Reilly, Member of Parliament, for the County Longford / by P. J. Fitzpatrick
    The downfall of Garibaldi
    A new song called I’m a janius
    Lament of the emigrant
    The cavalier
    New lights of Askeaton
    The ship Niagara
    The lovely sweet banks of the Suir
    A new borg called the flourishing states of Kilmurry
    A few [sic] song called the maid of Rrth [sic] keale
    Mourneen na grouga bauna
    The wonders of the world
    ‘Tally ho! Hark away
    A new so[n]g called the twig of Sheallagh!
    The soldier’s dream
    My boughleen dhoun
    Breenan on the [f]loor
    A new song called a dialogue between the death & the rake / written by T. T. Cremin
    A new song on the dreadful engagement, with a tremendous loss of Irish in America
    A new song on the procession to lay the foundation stone, of the O’Connell monument / written by a patriotic Protestant
    A new song called shove around the jug
    A new song called Sallys lament for her hat and crinoline!
    Paddy you’re the devil, or, a parody on Willy, we have missed you
    Heenans challenge to mace
    Mournful verses
    The Ir [torn page]
    My Emmet’s no more
    A new song called St. Patrick’s morning
    A lamentation on the execution & declaration of Thomas Welsh, for the cruel murder of his son-in-law’s grandfather [song cut out]
    Duffy’s advice to his country
    A favourite comic song called Pat. Molloy

    Ballad Sheet Scrapbook I: part II

    One pound two
    The Pope’s visit to Ireland!!
    Drahareen o ma chree
    Roger O’Hare
    A new song expertly written on Gutta-Percha & clog work
    The real McCoy
    A new song on the sorrowful lamentation of William Mullen who was drowned on the 15th August in 1804 : Robe River
    Oh, the marriage
    A new song called the black horse
    A new song on the Irishmen now going to America
    A sorrowful lamentation on Joseph Kelly for the wilful murder of Michl. Fitzhenry
    [no title, torn] / composed by C. Jackson
    A hunting so[n]g called the County Galway blazers
    Willy Reilly, and his dear cooleen bawn
    The seducer outwitted!
    An elegy, on the death of the much lamented very rev., D. W. Cahill, D. D.
    Beauties of Kingstown
    A new song called the tinker and the pawnbroker / by Arthur Quinn
    Peace and flourishing trade
    A new song called Johnny Hart
    Donnelly and Cooper
    A much-admired new song called the land of the green
    Napoleon talks of war, boys!
    Jack and his [landlord]
    Sculpture of Dublin
    The meeting of Tara
    Sir John’s bakery
    Lines on the new petticoat hoops
    A much-admired love song—called Kitty, with the bonny blue-eye
    Mary of the Shannon side
    Banks of the Dee
    Tim Finegan’s adventures in Australia, o!
    The young soldier’s farewell to his sweetheart
    A new song called John Morrisy again in the field? Who he is to fight on the 1st of November, 1864
    Lines on the removal of the remains o[f] Napoleon
    Lines written on the Pope’s meetings
    Lines of sacred poetry / written by Mr. T. O’Meara
    Patt McCarthy in the Crimea
    The green fields of America
    An admired song called the parting glass
    Answer to the Protestant drum
    Erin’s king brave Dan’s no more
    The robber outwitted
    A new song called the maid of sweet Ballymoat
    Lovely Mary of the Shannon side
    Bold Trainor, o
    The rakish bachelor
    The maid of Bon Clody and the lad she loves dear
    Galway subsidy
    The brave defenders
    The Irish peasant girl
    My colleen das crutha na mho
    [Torn] lover’s discussion
    Hibernia’s lovely Jane
    A new song called Mary o!
    Milking the cows in the farm
    Lines written on the trial of the Rev. Father Quin, Catholic Curate, of the parish of Tynan, at the last assizes of Armagh
    Nell Flagherty’s drake
    I’m off for Charlestown
    William and Eliza, or, Lough Erne shore
    Willy o!
    We are coming Sister Mary
    Donald’s return to Glencoe
    The lamentation on the loss of lives by the Belfast riots
    A lamentation on the American war. Awful battle at Vicksburg.
    The praises of Ballyseedy
    A lamentation on James Conroy, the farmer
    The English prize-fighters and the American champion
    The constant Farmer’s son
    A poem on the recent visit of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire to Brandon.
    A new song called poor Pat must emigrate
    Grandfather Bryan’s legacy
    Humours of Donnybrook
    A lamentation of Wm. Thompson for the murder of Betsy Ryan
    A new song called the dickey shirts and jenny lined hats
    Lines written on the wreck of the Anglo-Saxon
    The young man’s invitation to a pleasant looking wife
    A new and favourite song, called sweet ancient Fermoy
    The bonny labouring boy
    My dear fatherland
    A new song called Bold McDermott
    The banks of the slaney
    The ploughboy on the banks of [D]undee
    The great meeting of prelates, peers and people, to lay the foundation stone of the Catholic church in Dublin
    A new comic song called the week’s matrimony
    A new song on the farmer’s tenant-right
    Scotia, our true Irish Queen
    Victory of John Morrissy, over the Russian sailor. Fought in Terra del Fuego, South America, for 60,000 dollars
    Bloody Alma
    The Irish harvest men’[s] triumph
    The battle of the kitchen furniture!
    A new song called the Connaught rangr [sic]
    The sorrowful lamentation of the two brothers Masterson, masons by trade
    The rakes of Kildare
    The lady’s conversion to Catholicity
    A new song on the pulling down the chapels in America by the infidel New Lights
    The tan yard side
    Sorrowful lamentation on the loss of the North Star
    The praises of Macroom / by C. T. Ahern
    The Rakish Bachelor
    An admired song called the Limerick lovers
    Young Edwin the lowlands low
    The young man’s address to his sweetheart
    The banks of the Boyne
    Lines in praise of the chapel in Newcastle and the young men’s society
    The Rev. Father Hickie, late Parish Priest of Rathkeal written by James Flynn
    The wonderful grey horse
    The lily of the west
    An admired song called blue-eyed Mary
    The jolly young plough boy
    The gallant soldier
    The lamentation of Patrick Kilkenny who was executed in front of Kilmainham Jail on the 20th of July for the murde[r] of Margaret Farquahar
    Mat Hyland
    The pontiff’s victory, over Garibaldi

    Ballad Sheet Scrapbook I: part III

    The humours of the county jail
    James McDonald who was executed in Longford for the murder of Anne O’Brien
    Mournful verses
    Old Erin’s freedom!
    The banks of the Nile
    A new song in praise of the maid of Wicklow town
    The sewing machine
    The undaunted female
    Lanigan’s ball
    Pat of Mullingar
    The glorious victory of seven Irish men over the kidnapping Yankees in New York
    The vision’s advice to the sinner
    The real Irish stew
    Lamentable lines on James Walsh
    Molly, my darling, don’t leave me
    The lily and shamrock
    The sons of Hibernia
    Dublin Jack of all trades
    Captain Colston
    An admired song called Glendalough
    T[h]e cruel father, or the affectionate lover
    A new song called the young volunteer! on his march to battle
    My bonny blooming highland Jane
    Napoleon Bonaparte
    Rise bonny lassy we’ll bundle and go
    An admired song, called the maid of sweet gurteen
    Poor Pat must emigrate
    O’Connell and the Irish tinkers in London
    A new song called the bonny blue handkerchief
    The boys of Mullaghbawn
    The lady and sailor
    Miss Pepper’s brigade
    Greenmount smiling Anne
    A new song called the Wexford lovers
    The seeings of Life
    A new song on the glorious victory of the Popes brigade at Peruga / by Joseph Sadlier
    The sorrowful lamentation Hollywood tragedy two sisters being brutally murdered
    The handsome cabin boys
    Polly Perkins of Paddington Green
    The life and transactions of the witch! in Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary
    A new song called Canada Heigho!!
    Old dog Tray
    A new song called the mantle so green
    The Irish mother’s lament for her emigrant son
    Free and easy
    Bushmills whiskey
    My Erin o!
    Advice to the soupers
    Wait for the waggon
    The little shamrock green
    The highwayman outwitted
    The true-lover’s trip o’er the mountain
    The rose of Evergreen; Cork
    Cardinal Wiseman’s visit in Ireland / by P. J. Fitzpatrick
    The lamentation of Patrick Brady: or, the heroes of ‘98
    The whole or none
    Billy O’Rourke
    The dark maid of the island
    The whistling thief
    The wonder of the illuminations!
    New song on the banishment of Patrick Brady
    The exiles’ return
    The riches of Ireland
    The dark girl dressed in blue
    Cabman spare that whip
    Song on the death of Charles McCormick who was executed on the 4th of August, 1863
    Where are you going on Sunday?
    “Garryowen”
    Father Murphy, or the Wexford men of ‘98
    Kissing at the window
    Out for recreation
    The broth of the boy
    What Paddy can say more
    The fair of Clogheen
    Harry Blake’s
    William and Eliza. Or, Lough Erne shore
    The Irishman’s shanty
    The boys of Ireland. Written and sung by Harry Blake, at Phoenix Concert Hall, Dublin
    Donnely and Oliver
    The tinker
    Lines written on Montgomery / composed by Joseph Sadler
    Willy o!
    The big beggarman
    The seeings of life
    Sweet castle Hyde
    Youghal harbour
    A new song called the young volunteer! on his march to battle
    Lines written on a discussion between a Protestant gentleman and a Roman Catholic lady, in Townly Hall, near Drogheda
    A new and favourite song called—kissing at the window
    Kissing at the window
    Napoleon
    My colleen das crutha na mho
    The maid of Bon Clody
    God bless my Fenian lover
    Three great powers about to go to war
    The boys of Mullaghbawn
    A new song on the melancholy loss of the emigrant ship, Anglo Saxon. On her passage to America
    The dear Irish boy
    The Irishman’s shanty
    The broth of a boy
    The lamentation of Patt Brady
    A new song composed on the 12th of July demonstrations against the church bill and to obtain the liberties of Ulster
    A new song on the Belfast riots
    A new song called Canada heigho!!
    The premature fall of the infidel Garibaldi
    Patrick O’Neill
    The ploughboy on the banks of undee [sic]
    John O’Dwyer-a-Glana
    An admired song called the parting glass
    A new song on the O’Connell monument / composed by Joseph Sadler, a dark man
    William and Eliza. Or, Lough Erne shore
    The vision’s advice to the sinner
    The girl I left behind me
    A new version on the colleen bawn
    Irishman’s glory shines brighter than gold
    The wedding above in Glencree
    My bonny Irish boy
    Lines written on the execution of Thos. Caffrey
    An admired song called Youghal harbour
    A new song called the dear and darling boy
    A sorrowful lamentation on the late great battle in America
    My grandmother’s chair
    A much-admired song : mantle so green
    The shooting of Bailey the ‘alleged informer’
    My boughleen dhoun

    Ballad Sheet Scrapbook I: part IV

    Bonny labouring boy
    A new song called the cowardly Englishman
    The discontented pair
    An admired song called Youghal harbour
    The lady and sailor
    Execution of Tim. Kelly
    Stoney pockets auction
    The lily and shamrock
    The strike
    A new song on the O’Connell monument
    The river roe
    The ould grey mare
    A new song called Th Connaught Rang r [sic]
    Off to old Ireland in the morning
    A new song [o]n the Popes visit to Ireland
    Napoleon
    The lovers’ riddle
    My bonny Irish boy
    Maid of Tralee (Irish)
    Connolly’s old bay mare
    I’m a happy little wife and I don’t care
    Number nine in bow street
    The rose of Evergreen; Cork
    A new song on the fruitless search for no. one
    The undaunted female
    Heenans challenge to [blank]
    A much-admired song called poor Pat must emigrate
    Willy Reilly, and his dear colleen bawn
    A new song on the Orange riots, in Belfast
    The handsome cabin boy
    Kathleen O’Regan
    Irish hearts for the ladies
    Willy o!
    Father Murphy or the Wexford men of ‘98
    Kitty of Coleraine
    A new song called St. Patrick’s morning
    The handsome cabin boy
    Quarter day
    The lamentation of Patrick Brady ; or, the heroes of ‘98
    A new song in praise of O’Sullivan’s grand coach
    Napoleon Buonoparte
    The soldier’s dream
    Skin the goat’s curse on Carey
    ‘Skin the goat’s’ farewell to Ireland
    A new son [sic] on the labourers cottages / composed by Michael O’Brien
    Can of Spring Water
    A new song on the erecting of O’Connell’s monument for 1882
    The happy land of Erin
    A new song on the green linnet; or, Erin’s lament [for] her Davitt Asthore
    Release of Ml. Davitt, (founder of the Land League)
    The old hag and her money
    A new song on Heenan and King
    Lamentable lines on Michael Lynch, who was executed on the 20th of April, for the murder of his father, near Bantry
    You never call up now
    Lines written on the trial and sentenc[e] on Tim. Kelly
    [An] admired song entitled the emigrant’s farewell to his country
    The death of Mrs. O’Rafferty
    The dear Irish maid
    A new song written on a discussion that lately took place between a Protestant man & a Catholic girl near Limerick town
    Michael Boylan, (at the rising of Tara, ’98)
    A new song on Michael Davitt
    Rattling boys of Paddy’s land
    Paddy Carey
    Death of Carey
    Judy, the doe of Broughshane
    A song—the lily of the west
    Bundle and go : Billy O’Rourke / Billy O’Rourke?
    The old house at home
    A new song on the exhibition of 1865
    The church of Slane
    The rat catchers, daughter
    The old stingy man!
    How’s your poor feet
    A new and admired song called the old settoo
    The constant lover and her sailor boy
    A new song on the Irishman now going to America
    A new song called the praise of Cappannke
    The dawning of the day
    A favourite new song, the mountain phoenix
    Lamentation on Stephen McK[e]own for the Forkhill murder
    A new song called Granuaile
    The execution of Bernard Cangley at the front of Cavan goal, on the 4th of April, for the barbarous and inhuman murder of Peter Reilly, on the 22nd of January last
    My father’s servant man
    The river roe
    O’Connell & the tinkers
    Who’s for Sandymount
    The old oak tree
    McKenna’s dream
    The Pope’s visit to Ireland!
    I wish I was lying alone
    Paddy’s ould coat / composed by Paddy Reilly
    The banks of the Suir
    Teddy O’Gra
    Mary Neal
    A new song called maid of Rathkeal
    The river roe
    The red haired man’s wife
    Kathleen O’Regan
    Farewell! my gentle harp
    The ballad singer’s crime
    Execution of Tim. Kelly
    Cabman spare that whip
    The servant boy
    Paddy the piper
    The Irish schoolmaster
    The dear Irish maid
    Bryan O’Lynn
    The lily of the west
    [D]uffy’s farewell[l]
    Caroline and her young sailor bold
    They won’t let me out
    Di[gging] for goold
    A much-admired new song called the suit of green
    The loyal lovers of the County Clare
    Brilliant light
    A new song on the visit of Lord Randolph Churchill to Belfast, and welcomed by the loyal brethren
    Sights and scenes of Dublin
    The timid man
    Betty Haign and Johnny Sands
    A new song called the Connaught rangr
    Emigrant’s farewell to his country
    ‘Skin the goat’s’ letter
    My native land so green
    The bard of Armagh
    The downfal [sic] of Garibaldi
    The little shamrock green
    A new comic song called Biddy McCarthy of Foley’s hotel
    Raal ould Irish gintleman
    [No title]
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    Ballad Sheet Scrapbook II: part I

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    Irish street ballads. No. 15. The flowers of Edinburgh
    A fragment of an old song on Balinasloe fair
    Irish street ballads. No. 18. The banks of Killaloe
    Irish street ballads. Sheel na guira
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    Irish street ballads. No. 3. The rights of Ireland
    Irish street ballads. No. 14. A new song called tally ho
    Irish street ballads. No. 13. Kitty O’Hay
    Irish street ballads. No. 12. A new fox-chase
    Irish street ballads. No. 21. The farmer
    Irish street ballads. No. 11. The humours of Glin
    Irish street ballads. No. 16. The phoenix of the hall
    Irish street ballads. No. 22. A new song, in praise of Rockbarton. The seat of Chief Baron O’Grady
    Irish street ballads. No. 19. A hunting song, called the county Galway blazers
    Irish street ballads. No. 17. Star of Slane
    Irish street ballads. No. 25. A new song called the Enniskilling dragoon
    Irish street ballads. No. 20. The fox chase
    Irish street ballads. No. 28. War song of the North Tipperary light infantry
    Irish street ballads. No. 29. The wonders of the world
    [T]he boughleen dhoun
    Irish street ballads. No. 30. A new song on the fall of the Rock of Cashel
    Irish street ballads. No. 35. Brennan on the moor
    Irish street ballads. No. 23. The brave volunteer
    Irish street ballads. No. 24. The milkmaid
    Irish street ballads. No. 39. The battle of Tullamore
    Irish street ballads. No. 33. Sweet Castle Hyde
    Irish street ballads. No. 37. Patrick Fitspatrick’s farewell to Ireland
    [All the preceding ballads were cut out of the Cashel Gazette – 1872 or there-about – in which they were reprinted by the editor M. J. Davis [David?] White, a man of taste and culture. PW Joyce 1889]
    The blackthorn stick
    The bonny labouring boy
    The Irishman’s Langolee
    Father Malone
    My bonny Irish boy
    The lover’s riddle
    The river roe
    The missioners’ farewell
    Billy O’Rourke
    Captain Colston
    O’Connell’s grave
    Beautiful Mary, o
    The bonny bunch of roses, o
    The maid of islandmore
    Emperor Louis Napoleon
    Holy missioners farewell
    A favourite new song called Michael Power’s adventures
    Farewell to my native land
    A new song on the Russian war
    A new song on the wonderful apparitions, of the blessed Virgin, St Joseph, and St John, in Knock Chapel County Mayo. “And behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.”
    The true lover’s lamentation
    No one but ourselves
    The downfall of the petticoat
    A new song on the departure of lord and lady Aberdeen
    The true lovers departure
    A new song called the maid of three wells
    [Flora Bell]
    Lamentable lines on the Belfast riots
    Irish street ballads. No. 26. The maid of Mullaheather
    Answer to Ballindown Brae!
    Where there’s a will there’s a way
    The western cottage maid
    The banks of the Lee
    The Kerry recruit
    The lovely sweet maid of Lismore
    New song on the census for 1861
    Victory of John Morrissy, over Sam the Black
    A new song called the Orangeman’s daughter
    My mamma’s waiting maid
    McDonald’s return to Glenco
    Mary in the silvery tide
    Mary’s grandeur
    The cruel father, or the affectionate lovers
    Content and a pipe
    Johnny Hart
    The Irish brigade
    Erin’s king or, Daniel is no more
    The sailor and the ghost
    The meeting of Tara
    Allen’s grave
    A new song called quick surrender
    The sporting boys of Paddy’s land
    O’Connell & the tinkers
    The young soldier’s farewell to his sweetheart
    A new song on Walshe’s farmer boy
    The Irishman’s vision!!
    A new song called pretty Polly’s promote[on]
    The Athboy tragedy bring the murder of father & child
    A sorrowful lamentation on Mrs. Burke who was poisoned by her husband, in Clogheen, he is to die on the 25th Aug. 1862
    A new comic song called Doran’s ass
    The lovely maid of Abbeyfeale
    Emmet’s farewell to his love
    The pride of Donegal
    A new song expressly written on John Heenan’s challenge to Tom King
    The banks of the Nile
    The Kerry recruit or the lawyer outwitted
    The maid of Dunmore
    The general taxes
    A new song on the Irish courtship
    The mother’s lament for the loss of her son
    The united lovers, or James & Flora
    […] maid that sold her barley
    Youghal harbour
    A new song on O’Donohue’s frolic
    The priest & the rake
    Paddy’s dream
    The Irish A. B. C.
    The troubles of Erin
    A new song: Charles S. Parnell
    The Doneraile fox-chase
    The royal blackbird
    James and Flora united
    The blackbird of Avondale
    A new song called the huntsman’s tragedy
    The bard of Armagh
    A new song called the dear and darling boy
    The siege of ‘Kil-o’-Grange’
    The Palentine’s only daughter
    Charming Mary Neil
    The bincheen luachara, o
    Spalpeen’s complaint of Darby O’Leary
    A new song on Father Tom O’Neill
    The squire’s young daughter
    A favourite song called the fair Annie Gray
    The tradesman’s lamination
    An admired song called bold Trainor C.
    The glorious victory of John Morrissy over the Russian sailor, fought in Tera del Fuego South America for 60,000 dollars
    O’Sullivan’s frolics
    The mantle so green
    My bonny Irish boy
    A new song on the land league
    The Kerry eagle
    Song of the times
    The emigrant’s letter to his mother
    Bonny labouring boy
    A new song on Ml. Walsh
    A new song on the holy mission
    A much admired song called the Irish girl
    The North star
    A much admired song, called the Kerry recruit or the counsellor outwitted
    The Kerry courtship
    A much admired song called the dark-eyed gipsy o
    William and Nancy
    Mourneen na grouga bauna
    A new song in praise of the North Country flowering girls
    Maid of Lismore
    The worship of the beast
    The Manchester patriot martyrs
    The girl I left behind me
    I think of old Ireland, wherever I go
    The rake of Kildare
    The bold deserter
    The undaunted female
    Bold Trainor o!
    Where the grass grows green
    The Irish brigade
    The Fenian men
    The maid of Bon Clody
    The little shamrock green
    Pat of Mullingar
    The river roe
    Dear and darling boy
    Father Murphy, or the Wexford men of ‘98
    James McDonald who was executed in Longford for the murder of Anne O’Brien
    Banks of the Dee
    The emigrant’s farewell
    The banks of Claudy
    McKenna’s dream
    The true-lover’s trip o’er the mountain
    The robber outwitted
    My native land so green
    Clonbolloge Ba[…]
    A new song called the old man’s complaint of his landlord
    The rose of Tralee
    Dark-eyed gipsy o
    The Irish schoolmaster
    Teresa Malone
    The banks of Pimlico
    O’Reilly from the Co. Kerry
    A new year’s song
    Ballindown Brae
    The squire of Edinburgh town
    Dark-eyed gipsy o
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    Blue-eyed Mary
    Drah Harion O Machree
    The jolly farmer
    The black horse
    The Wexford lovers
    The rale ould style
    The young soldier’s farewell to his sweetheart!
    The gay old woman [ms]
    The banks of Claudy [ms]
    Young Roger that followed the plough
    The maid of sweet Gurteen
    A new song on the judgement delivered in Galway
    Bellewstown races

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