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Bibliographic Citation:

The loyal sailor, or, No mutineering : being a song fit to be sung on board of all his majesty's ships : giving an account of the late very awkward affair at Portsmouth, with the increase of pay then agreed to on all sides, by a sailor supposed to be aboard : and also of that most melancholy and dreadful mutiny which happened afterwards at the Nore, and which caused so much astonishment throughout this loyal nation : in which song it is further represented here : this honest sailor was giving away half his ration to his wife Nell, and was also promising part of his pay to her and the children, when a strange fleet hove in sight and he instantly prepared for action. London : Sold by Howard and Evans, (printers to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts) No. 41, and 42, Long-Lane, West-Smithfield : & J. Hatchard, No. 190, Piccadilly ; Bath : By S. Hazard : And by all Booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers, in town and country, [between 1801 and 1811]

Alternative Title:

No mutineering

Contributor:

Lee, John, d. 1804. egr
Hatchard, John, 1768-1849. prt
Hazard, Samuel, d. 1806. prt
Howard & Evans. prt

Publisher:

Sold by Howard and Evans, (printers to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts) No. 41, and 42, Long-Lane, West-Smithfield : [between 1801 and 1811]

Notes:

Approximate date from Brown, P. London publishers and printers c.1800-1870.
Caption title: The loyal sailor, &c. &c.
Woodcut: title-page vignette, signed by Lee (i.e., John Lee).
Publisher's advertisements on p. [8].
First sentence: "Ye Britons brave. Who ride the wave, and make the cannon rattle, when winds do roar, who quit the shore, to fight your country's battle!"
Includes 1 woodcut.
Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections: bound with: The two wealthy farmers, or, The history of Mr. Bragwell : in seven parts. London : Sold by Howard and Evans ..., [between 1801 and 1811]. Bound together subsequent to publication with 47 other chapbooks, with binder's title: Repository of Moral & Religious Tracts. Bound in brown sheep over boards.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 18 x 12 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Sea songs.
Mutiny -- England.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 H69 T9 1801 Rare Books/Special Collections - Children's Collection

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Sponsor:

The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7923

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_H69_T9_1801_003517000