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The popular joke book from 1739. An 1888 collection of British street songs.   All content by Kevin Shay (contact), and licensed like so except where otherwise specified. Powered by Movable Type. Pl...

Joe Miller’s Jests Joe Miller was a popular comic actor on the London stage from 1709 until his death in 1738. A year later, the publisher T. Read enlisted a down-and-out writer named John Mottley to ...

Modern Street Ballads This collection of ballads was edited by John Ashton, whose own Introduction is worth reading. The material in the book dates from the first half of the 19th century. When we thi...

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