From Mr Greengrass
Collected by Francis Collinson, Aldington
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/3/3B
Mutiny at the Nore
From Mr Greengrass
Collected by Francis Collinson, Aldington
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/3/3A
The Cricketer
Collected by Francis Collinson, Bethersden, 25th June 1942
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/1/12
The text is very similar to that printed on a broadside by J. Catnach of Seven Dials, between 1813 and 1838. A copy of the broadside is in the Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads collection, and is also included in an Album of Broadside Ballads, Volume 5, held by the University of Kentucky.
Buttercup Joe
Collected by Francis Collinson, Bethersden, 25th June 1942
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/1/8A
Bold Princess Royal
From Bill Epps
Collected by Francis Collinson, St. Nicholas at Wade, 19th May 1948
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/1/34
Lord Lovell
From William Crampton
Collected by Francis Collinson, Smarden, 22nd December 1943
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/6/1
Roud 48, Child 75
The Banks of Sweet Dundee
From William Crampton
Collected by Francis Collinson, Smarden, October 1943
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/5/7
British Man o’ War
From William Crampton
Collected by Francis Collinson, Smarden
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/4/45A
The Damsel in Distress
From William Crampton
Collected by Francis Collinson, Smarden
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/5/55A
The Blackbird
From William Crampton
Collected by Francis Collinson, Smarden, 1943
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection COL/4/7A