Bunch of Rushes. and The Sprig of Shillelah and Shamrock so Green [Broadside Ballad]
by anon [sometimes attributed to Edward Lysaght, Henry Code, others]
- Used
- Condition
- Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1810. Broadside. Good Condition. Single sheet, chipped and torn at the edges, mild staining and soiling, no loss of text. ca. 10 1/2" x 9". A few very similar copies exist at the AAS, but each with a small woodcut of a leprechaun. Undated, they suggest Boston, 1810-1814 Bunch of Rushes was sung to the tune of the Irish song Cailín ag buaint luachra, The Sprig of Shillelah is thought to have been adapted from "The Original Black Joke, Sent from Dublin". The last verse with the curious profession of Irish allegiance to England against the French points to the Napoleonic period in which it was adapted. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Americana. Inventory No: 045668.
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- Seller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 045668
- Title
- Bunch of Rushes. and The Sprig of Shillelah and Shamrock so Green [Broadside Ballad]
- Author
- anon [sometimes attributed to Edward Lysaght, Henry Code, others]
- Format/Binding
- Broadside
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1810
- Keywords
- Poetry; Americana. NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Americana;
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About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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