Nineteenth-Century English Labouring-Class Poets Vol 3 - 9781138755673

Taylor & Francis

Over 100 poets of labouring class origin were published in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries > Over 100 poets of labouring class origin were published in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. Some were hugely popular and important in their day but few are available today. This is a collection of some of those poems from the 19th century. > CONTENTS OF VOLUME THREE -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Note on the Text -- SAMUEL LAYCOCK (1826-1893) -- Lancashire Lyrics Written During the Cotton Famine, 1861-65 -- Welcome, Bonny Brid! -- Ther\u2019s No Good i\u2019 Ceaw\u2019rin\u2019 i\u2019th\u2019 Dust -- Sewin\u2019 Class Song -- The Shurat Weaver\u2019s Song -- Th\u2019 Owd Barber Eawt o\u2019 Wark -- God Bless \u2019Em, It Shows They\u2019n Some Thowt -- Aw\u2019ve Turned Mi\u2019 Bit o\u2019 Garden O\u2019er -- Aw\u2019ve Just Bin A-Lookin\u2019 at th\u2019 Scholars -- Poems and Songs in the Lancashire Dialect -- Th\u2019 Stricken Stokers -- Quality Ro