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Archie o Cawfield
— Archie is in prison for raiding. His brothers wish they could rescue him, and a…
As I Went Down to Newbern
— "As I went down to Newbern, I went there on the tide, I just got there in time …
Baby Please Don't Go
— The prisoner begs his girl not to abandon him: "Now your man done gone (x3) To …
The Banks of the Don
— Singer pays sarcastic tribute to the "boarding-house" by the Don: rent and taxe…
Le Beau Militaire (The Handsome Soldier)
— French. A young prisoner is conscripted. Without leave, he goes to see Nanette …
Black Betty
— "Oh Lawd, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam (x2), Black Betty had a baby, bam-ba-lam (x2)…
Bold Dighton
— The French on Guadeloupe have imprisoned hundreds of seamen. Dighton offers 500…
Buddy Won't You Roll Down the Line
— First verse describes leasing out of convicts to act as scabs in a miners' stri…
Captain Grant
— Singer, an apprentice in Northamptonshire, takes to highway robbery and is impr…
The Choring Song
— Travellers' cant. Singer (Drummond) lay last night in a granary; now he's in pr…