"The Unfortunate Lad" is the correct title of a song printed without a tune on a number of 19th century ballad sheets by Such of London and Carrots and...
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published an article claiming that the origins of "The Unfortunate Lad", which he incorrectly termed ‘The Unfortunate Rake’, were to be found in a fragment...
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company's policy is not to stop for any reason. Clarence sings the folk song "The Unfortunate Lad", which calms Mrs. Betjeman. He and Thigpen then reveal themselves...
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St. James Infirmary Blues (redirect from The Gambler's Blues)
entitled "The Unfortunate Lad", commenting that the song is sometimes known as "The Unfortunate Rake", but with no date or source for the latter title...
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Streets of Laredo (song) (redirect from The Cowboy's Lament)
broadside entitled "The Unfortunate Lad", which is a version of the British ballad. Some elements of this song closely presage those in the "Streets of Laredo"...
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London Lock Hospital (redirect from The Female Hospital)
the UCL Medical School. The Lock Hospital is just one of the many alternative titles for a popular traditional British folk song, The Unfortunate Lad...
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called "The Unfortunate Lad". However, the words sung by Lloyd are not identical to those on the Such broadside. Significantly, in view of the research...
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"Miss Nelly". The unfortunate lad being an object of complete derision among my companions". Coriakin and Ramandu from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by...
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subject to the folk process. Folk and mass culture can cross-pollinate each other; a nineteenth-century broadside, "The Unfortunate Lad", became the American...
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trying to keep secret from his harsh guardian Mr. Marley. The pair resolve to help the unfortunate lad out. Published: 17 August to 5 October 1957 Writer: Denise...
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