Songs from the Age of Steam

Bargery Number	026
Music (Given or Suggested)	No tune given
Printer or Publisher	Harkness
Earliest Date	1848
Evidence for Earliest Date	Publication of the song 'Old Uncle Ned' {Roud 4871}
Evidence for Latest Date	Similarities with 'Preston Strike' (bar662) suggest that the song dates from the Preston strike of 1853/54
Source of Text	Madden Collection 18 (Country Printers 3) [VWML mfilm No.85] Item no.1284
Where Printed	Preston
Roud	V4594
First Line	Good people give attention, says the steam loom lass
Source Title	BETTY MARTIN; or, THE STEAM LOOM LASS
Origin	Broadside

Steam Power Generally

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A general complaint about political changes and new technology includes references to steam coaches and railways.

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Synopsis: Celebration of the triumph of steam

bar393: Dates 1854~1845|

Synopsis: Celebration of the triumph of steam

bar542: Dates 1836~----|

A general complaint about political changes and new technology includes references to steam coaches and railways.