Bawdy Songbooks of the Romantic Period, Volume 2

The songbooks of the 1830-40s were printed in tiny numbers, and small format so they could be hidden in a pocket, passed round or thrown away. Collectors have sought 'these priceless chapbooks', but only recently a collection of 49 songbooks has come to light. This collection represents almost all of the known songbooks from the period.

Patrick Spedding, Paul Watt, Ed Cray, Grgeory David, Derek B. Scott

Introduction -- The New Cockolorum Songster with a Collection of Rummy Toasts ([1836?]) -- 257. Red Nose Jemmy and Bandy Bet -- 258. Flash Bob -- 259. Drunken Ned -- 260. While He Was out a Seizing! -- 261. The Sink-hole -- 262. The Spree! -- 263. Randy Mot of Oxford Street -- 264. My Straight-hair'd Sal -- 265. You Knows Vot -- 266. The Blue Devils Now -- 267. The Fire Place -- 268. As Hard as Oak -- 269. Miss in Her Teens and the Lolly-pop Man -- 270. Joe Rag -- 271. Jack's Jobs! -- 272. The Doleful Tragedy -- 273. Parody on the King! Bless Him! -- 274. Parody on Lovely Rosine -- 275. Ax my Eye -- 276. The Way to Come over a Maid -- 277. Going out a Nesting -- 278. Kate Maloney -- The Cuckold's Nest of Choice, Flash, Smutty, and Delicious Songs, with Rummy Toasts ([1837?]) -- 279. The Maid and the Fishmonger -- 280. The Periwinkle -- 281. The Rare Old Root -- 282. The Slashing Costermonger -- 283. The Mouthful -- 284. Lamentation of the Bawds of London -- 285. Sam Swipes -- 286. The Man Who Had Too Much Meat -- 287. The Lady's Snatch Box -- 288. Waggle Duff Peg -- 289. The Mot Is on the Turf Again -- 290. The Dutch Women's Duff s -- 291. Farewell to Sal's Fountain -- 292. A Tale of Shift -- 293. They're All Shooting -- 294. We Have Moved and Shoved Together -- 295. The Fine Young Common Prostitute -- 296. A Wife's Appetite -- 297. Wry-mouth Bob and His Jolly Red Nob -- The Little Icky-Wickey Songster. A New Collection of Delicious and Luxurious Staves ([1837?]) -- 298. The Butcher's Tale and the Lamb's Stones! -- 299. The Chapter of Smutty Toasts -- 300. The Seduction of Jim Crow -- 301. Some Love to Stand -- 302. Colin and Susan -- 303. She Couldn't Make His Stand -- 304. Good Bye, Old Sal, Good Bye -- 305. Meet Me in Crown Street, Alone -- 306. Bill Hart and Kitty Miles -- 307. He Drove through the Town -- 308. Flashy Sal of the Alley -- 309. Come Home with Me -- 310. Timothy Styles -- 311. The Th ree Fleas -- 312. Sambo's Black Pudding -- 313. The Origin of Women -- 314. A Conversation between Two Fannys -- 315. Kitt Varney -- 316. I Will Be a Mot -- 317. The Female Workwoman -- 318. The Trap Door -- 319. My Frisky Old Wife -- Th[e] Ri-tum Ti-fum Songster: A Slashing, Dashing, Leary, Frisky, and Delicious Collection of Gentlemen's Songs ([1837?]) -- 320. The Blue Bells of Ireland -- 321. The Bawdyhouse Bedstead -- 322. Roger and Doll -- 323. Sal Stuff -- 324. The Ladies and the Candle -- 325. Tear Duff Billy -- 326. A Pullet in Leg Alley Stood -- 327. Going out a Grinding -- 328. Judy's Got a Rare Black Eye! -- 329. There Is No Shove Like the First Shove -- 330. The Extinguisher -- 331. The Flea Shooter -- 332. He'll No More Grind Again -- 333. Mrs. Bond -- 334. He Did It before My Face -- 335. The Magic Crab-tree -- 336. The Friar's Candle -- 337. O What a Queer Sensation -- 338. There's Somebody Coming -- 339. A Blow-out for Breakfast -- 340. The New Rolling Pin -- The Ticklish Minstrel! A most Bewitching Collection of the Very Best and most Truly Lecherous and Delicious Vocal Tit-Bits Ever Printed ([1837?]) -- 341. The Little Hairy Blowen -- 342. The Wager -- 343. I'll Never Do So Any More -- 344. The Magic F-t -- 345. What Will You Do When I Get You into Bed? -- 346. The Miller -- 347. The Young Woman's Companion -- 348. Scouting the Devil -- 349. Sal Slobber's out a Tailing Gone -- 350. Old Hat's the Very Th ing We Like -- 351. Hurrah for the Mots! -- 352. The Sailor's Yard -- 353. Mother Jones -- 354. Boarding and Lodging -- 355. We Had It up against a Stall -- 356. The Lady's Swelling -- 357. Stinking Breath -- 358. My Husband Has Got Such a Dollop -- The Gentleman's Sparkling Songster, Nothing but Regular Good, Slashing, Touching, Irresistible, Amatory Ditties ([1838?]) -- 359. Mrs. Codum Was a Widow -- 360. The Cats -- 361. The Flower Girl -- 362. The Lilly Vhites -- 363. Aft er Grinding Hard for Years -- 364. She Goes Tailing with Another -- 365. She Vos Bawling out Primroses -- 366. The Industrious Wife -- 367. The Cadger's Christening -- 368. The Leak-hole -- 369. Mr. Cock's Party -- 370. Why Do You Look So Shy, Love? -- 371. Paddy Burne's Th ree Square Poker -- 372. The Lady's Hairy Th ing -- 373. Old Randy Moll -- 374. When We Went out a Fishing -- 375. Prince Allbumb's Sausage -- 376. Jack Sheppard the Rover -- 377. Master Humphrey's Clock and Key -- 378. Ax My A-se -- 379. When You Lay on My Bosom -- The Rambler's Flash Songster, Nothing but Out and Outers, Adapted for Gentlemen Only ([1838?]) -- 380. The Laundress and Her Ass -- 381. Master Humphrey's Clock -- 382. A New Amatory Version of Meet Me by Moon-light -- 383. Grinding Old Women Young -- 384. Rory O'More Had a Hell of a Bore -- 385. The Brave Old Jock -- 386. The Female Tobacconist -- 387. Hurrah for the Girls -- 388. Gingling Johnny -- 389. The Original 'Black Joke' -- 390. Cupid's Battering Ram -- 391. John Anderson, My Jo -- 392. The Dog -- 393. My Love Has Got a Weather Eye! -- 394. How, When, and Where? -- 395. Mounting a Maid -- 396. Put It Up -- 397. Oh! What a Flare-up -- 398. The Scotch Fiddle -- 399. I Dreamt Last Night as I Lay on My Bed -- 400. When We Went out a Shooting -- 401. Cupid Turned Housebreaker -- 402. The Brass Founder's Cock -- 403. Long Tail Jock -- 404. The Devil to Pay -- 405. He Was Fam'd for Length of Jock -- 406. Said a Quim to a Jock -- The Flash Chaunter, a Slashing, Dashing, Friskey, and Delecious [sic] Collection of Gentlemen's Songs ([1839?]) -- 407. New Version of the Amiable Family -- 408. The Tinder Box -- 409. Of All the Blowings on the Town -- 410. When a Girls about Sixteen -- 411. My Grandmother's Ghost -- 412. O, Saw You My Ass When 'Twas out on the Green -- 413. The Shiekster to Her Dab Had Gone -- 414. The Grand Turk in Constantinople -- 415. A Game at Push-pin -- 416. The Belly-full -- 417. The Slap-up Blowen -- 418. Oh, No, I Never Mention It -- 419. Why Does Woman Teaze us? -- 420. Dip, the Tallow Chandler -- 421. Mutton Fresh -- 422. The Mouse Trap -- 423. Her Ladyship's Daisy -- 424. The Wig and the Poll -- 425. Petticoat Lane -- 426. The Hoars of Fleet Street -- 427. The Little Black Th ing -- 428. With Mike Hunt I Have Travelled over the Town -- 429. An Out-and-out Riddle -- 430. Parody on Love's Ritornella -- 431. The Butcher's Steel -- 432. Parody on Isabel -- 433. The Miller's Wife -- The Gentleman's Spicey Songster, a most Bewitching Collection of the Very Best and Truly Delicious Tit-Bits Ever Printed ([1841?]) -- 434. The Ballet Girl -- 435. Woman's Dial -- 436. The Philosopher's Stone -- 437. Jack Sheppard & the Carpenter's Daughter -- 438. Billy Taylor's Th ree Square -- 439. Fanny's Mill -- 440. Go for Go -- 441. Nix My Jolly Gals Poke Away -- 442. She Wore Some Slap up Togs -- 443. Aft er Many Spreeish Years -- 444. The Lasses' Arses, O -- 445. Lord Bateman's Long Jock -- 446. The Gown of Green -- 447. She Sleeps with a Tall Grenadier -- 448. I am a Smutty Chimney Sweep -- 449. The Queen & the Countryman -- 450. Don Giovanni -- 451. Poll Newry, the Dainty Flag-hopper -- 452. The Rose under the Clothes -- 453. The Queen's Wedding -- 453. Joe Buggins -- 455. Bet Farrell -- 456. My Love Swears She Cannot Make Vater -- 457. Female Tobacconist -- 458. Mother H's Knocking Shop -- 459. The Shitten End of a Brick -- The Gentleman's Steeple-Chaser, a Choice Selection of Flash Songs!!! ([1841?]) -- 460. The Racehorse -- 461. 'The Way to Put It up' and No Mistake -- 462. The Modern Randy Dandy O! -- 463. The Cookery Book -- 464. The Jock! 'A Popular Journal of the Day' -- 465. Push along Josey! -- 466. A Woman Still for A'that -- 467. Miss Rolloxe's Maid -- 468. The Private Mark -- 469. The Coal-black Joke -- 470. The Cockchafer! -- 471. Put up Your Muck! -- 472. The Barber's Pole! -- 473. The Female Newsvendor -- 474. The Kitten! -- 475. The Fine Old Amorous Gentleman -- 476. The Frisky Family -- 477. They Be All Pokeing at Our House at Home -- 478. My Name Is Sam Dodger -- 479. A Bit of Prize Mutton -- 480. A Bit of Old Hat -- 481. My Wife She Oft en Pulls My Horns -- 482. Oh, the Blowen's the Blowens!! -- Nancy Dawson's Cabinet of Choice Songs, Being a Collection of some of the most Superlative, Amatory, Flash, Luxurious, and Dainty Ditties, Ever Before Printed ( [1842?]) -- 483. The Copper Stick -- 484. The T-d and the Soap Suds -- 485. Sally May -- 486. Nancy Dawson -- 487. The Tare Hole Forest Tree -- 488. The Steam Tool -- 489. The Old Woman Th at Wants a Grind -- 490. A Slap against the Garden Gate -- 491. The Magical Torch and the Tinder Box -- 492. Th at's about the Size of It -- 493. Such a Getting out of Bed -- 494. In the Days When We Went Rogering -- 495. When I Beheld a Maiden-head -- 496. The Wonderful Giant -- 497. The Amiable Family -- 498. I Cannot Take It In -- 499. I am the Station of Town They Say -- 500. Down in the Valley -- 501. Smutty Jonathans -- 502. The Saint Giles's Jade -- 503. Sich a Getting into Bed -- The Nobby Songster, a Prime Selection as now Singing at Offleys Cider Cellar: Coal Hole &c. ([1842?]) -- 504. The Night Squall -- 505. The Bill Sticker -- 506. O Dear What Can the Matter Be? -- 507. The British Queen -- 508. The Ladies Tool! -- 509. The Chaffi ng Family -- 510. Henry the Brave, and the Fairer Iphigene -- 511. When the Pip Hath Bereft Thee! -- 512. Sarah's a Blowen -- 513. The Queer Old Gentleman -- 514. The Man about Town -- 515. The Long Th ree Square! -- 516. Wanted a Woman! -- 517. The Swell Coves Alphabet -- 518. The Call-boy -- 519. Miss Bounce of Cock-lane -- 520. The Steam Jock! -- 521. The Fishmonger! -- 522. Mother Levy Was a Widow -- 523. The Charming Mot -- 524. The Blowen and the Swell -- 525. A Young Flash Lass, and an Old Jack Daw -- Editorial Notes.