Evidence: | Henry Mayhew interviews a long-song seller: to sell ballads he not only cries their titles, but also sings the songs he has for sale in print.
"I sometimes begin with singing or trying to sing, for I'm no vocalist, the first few words of any song, and them quite loud..." |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1840 and 31 Dec 1849 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London other location: street |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | anon |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | long-song seller |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
people using the street, purchasers and potential purchasers |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Poetry, Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Print: Broadsheet, broadside ballads |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | n/a |
Record ID: | 1262 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Henry Mayhew | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | London Labour and the London Poor | |
Place of Publication: | n/a | |
Date of Publication: | 1861 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 221 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor (1861), 1, p. 221, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1262, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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