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Thread #27046 Message #329547
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
29-Oct-00 - 12:13 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: On Board of a Man-of-War
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'On Board Of A Man-of-war'
And there's a whole bunch of "Death of Nelson" broadsides at Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads. Here are some of the more legible ones (the first one is the one you quoted, Rich, and the third is -more or less- the one I gave):
Nelson's death and victory Printer & date unknown.
Nelson's Glory, Death and Victory. A new song Printed by Bence of Wotton (date unknown).
Death of Nelson! Printed between 1840 and 1866 by John Harkness, Church Street, Preston.
The hero of Trafalgar or, The death of Nelson Printed between 1828 and 1829 by T. Birt, No. 10, Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials.
The death of Nelson W. Oxlade, Printer, 174, Queen Street, Portsea.
The death of Nelson Written by Samuel James Arnold and printed between 1819 and 1844 by J. Pitts, of 6, Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials.
Malcolm