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Introduction |
vii. |
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May |
3 |
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Wigan Sam |
5 |
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Owd Pigeon |
10 |
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To Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Edinburgh on her
Wedding |
12 |
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"Owd Ab's" Lament over Knott Mill Fair |
17 |
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Fotchin' th' Keaws up |
18 |
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The Bonnie Lad with th' Apron on (Masonic Song) |
21 |
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Fall of Sebastopol |
23 |
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The Waverlow Bells |
26 |
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The Bonnie Blue Ribbon |
28 |
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To my Wife |
30 |
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Welcome to our Old Friend, "Ben" |
31 |
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To Benjamin Brierley, Esq., in view of of his Leaving this
Country for a Tour in the U. S. A. |
33 |
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Lancashire's Ben |
35 |
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Farewell to America |
37 |
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A "Daughter of Eve" |
39 |
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Burns's Birthday |
40 |
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Lament for the Failsworth "Pole" |
43 |
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The Stonebreaker's Song |
45 |
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To Edwin Waugh |
49 |
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… …
… …
… on attaining his 70th Year |
54 |
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Those Town Hall Stairs |
56 |
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Epilogue |
60 |
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Johnny over the Salt Sea |
62 |
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Lines Addressed by Sam Laycock to the "Failsworth
Gathering," March 29th |
64 |
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Jone o' Greenfilt's Ghost |
66 |
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Bathing |
70 |
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Celia |
74 |
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Johnny an' Peggy |
78 |
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A Cot o' yo'r Own |
83 |
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Go tak' thi Raggèd Childer and Flit |
85 |
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Bill Babby's Frolic |
88 |
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The Gardener and his Flowers |
91 |
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Thou'rt Lonely, my Jammie |
93 |
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Little Annie's Birds |
95 |
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The Cambrian's Welcome to the Queen, on Her Majesty's
Visit to North Wales, August, 1889 |
97 |
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To Henry Irving, Esq., President of "The Arts Club,"
Manchester |
99 |
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The Fair Drummer Boy |
102 |
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Whoam-Brewed |
104 |
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Th' Owd Tin Kettle |
106 |
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Ab-o'th'-Yate's Welcome to Prince Albert Victor, on his
Visit to Manchester, October 27th,
1888 |
108 |
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Gypsies |
110 |
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We are on our Journey Home |
112 |
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Hard Times (Song) |
114 |
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The Beautiful Snow |
117 |
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Sam Bamford's Grave |
118 |
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Prologue |
122 |
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Red Bill's Monkey |
124 |
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"I're livin' when Boney wur ta'en |
126 |
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The Weaver of Welbrook |
128 |
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Lancastrians in London |
130 |
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Two Homes |
132 |
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Masonic Epitho-Threnody : An Allegory |
134 |
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The Thunderbolt |
136 |
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IN MEMORIAM POEMS
:— |
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Annie, only Child of Ben. and Esther Brierley |
138 |
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Samuel Bamford |
140 |
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Charles Swain |
142 |
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John Bright |
145 |
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Edwin Waugh |
146 |
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Allen Mellor |
148 |
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At my Daughter's Grave |
149 |
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"Tips" |
152 |
