Lancashire Lantern: Lancashire Poetry Index

Part of the Lancashire Lantern network, an index to authors, first lines and titles of Lancashire poetry in books held within libraries in Lancashire, including the Lancashire Authors’ Association collection. The index provides details of the book in which a particular poem may be found and also a link through to the library catalogue to give the locations of the required volume.

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ID Number	674
Title	Blegburn Bill at Preston Gill
First Line	On programmes one kornd olus build
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	A LANCASHIRE garland of dialect prose and verse, selected and edited by G. Halstead Whittaker
Author of Book
Publication Date	1936
Page Number	49
Control Number	M0039049LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes

ID Number	675
Title	Look under t'leeoves if yo'want ony nuts
First Line	This world is a wood, an' it's plain to be sin
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	A LANCASHIRE garland of dialect prose and verse, selected and edited by G. Halstead Whittaker
Author of Book
Publication Date	1936
Page Number	50-51
Control Number	M0039049LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes

ID Number	676
Title	Rooas o' t' river side
First Line	Bi yon bonk side at t' nook o' t' wood
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	A LANCASHIRE garland of dialect prose and verse, selected and edited by G. Halstead Whittaker
Author of Book
Publication Date	1936
Page Number	51-53
Control Number	M0039049LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes

ID Number	677
Title	Friends are few when fooak are poor
First Line	When aw hed wark, an' brass to spend
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	A LANCASHIRE garland of dialect prose and verse, selected and edited by G. Halstead Whittaker
Author of Book
Publication Date	1936
Page Number	53-54
Control Number	M0039049LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes

ID Number	882
Title	Better late than never
First Line	We may have run the race of life
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire authors: a series of biographical sketches
Author of Book	SWANN, John Randal
Publication Date	1924
Page Number	41-42
Control Number	M0015058LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes

ID Number	1961
Title	Heaw to ged rich
First Line	Aw've just neaw bin puttin' mi studdyin cap on
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	3-4
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1966
Title	Henry Kirke White
First Line	Deep in the hidden chambers of the heart
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	145
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1973
Title	Hypocrisy
First Line	Hypocrisy, thou hollow-hearted fiend
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	87
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1974
Title	I can't make it out, can you?
First Line	My name is Blackburnus, I'm one of that class
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	140-142
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1991
Title	John Critchley Prince
First Line	The might of right, the love of love, the fire
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	109
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1993
Title	June
First Line	When woods are decked and domed with leaves
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	119
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2003
Title	Let the lords beware
First Line	We boast of English liberty
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	128-130
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2011
Title	Longfellow
First Line	A light has faded from the western skies
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	132
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2013
Title	Look under t'leeoves if yo'want ony nuts
First Line	This world is a wood, an' it's plain to be sin
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	6-8
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2019
Title	Love's triumph
First Line	O lady love, wilt thou be mine?
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	115
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2022
Title	Lucette (Dear and Dead)
First Line	The rose of beauty burned upon her cheek
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	112
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2030
Title	March
First Line	A rude and roystering bluserer thou
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	113-114
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2031
Title	May
First Line	Welcome May, the month of flowers
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	117-118
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2032
Title	Me an' mysel
First Line	Aw've seldom bin deawn hearted
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	21-22
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1802
Title	A Christmas chime
First Line	Tis Christmas time!
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	105-107
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1805
Title	A day out
First Line	Out in the flush of the morn
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	120-121
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1810
Title	A merited retort
First Line	Once on a time as it happened by chance
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	146
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1820
Title	A summer morning
First Line	The sky above like banner brave unrolled
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	86
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1849
Title	Aw wod this war wur ended
First Line	There's nobuddy knows wod we'n gooan through
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	27-28
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1852
Title	Bad times
First Line	Sed Tom to Dick, the other day
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	41-43
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1854
Title	Be brave in the battle of life
First Line	Stand firm in the phalanx of life
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	87
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1863
Title	Blackburn as it is
First Line	Tis morn, 'tis Spring,! The bard, mid blooming fields
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	75-78
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1864
Title	Blackburn to the fore
First Line	When the Commonwealth was struggling with
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	143-144
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1865
Title	Blegburn Bill at Preston Gill
First Line	On programmes one korned olus build
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	29
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1867
Title	Bob an' Sal; or drink - sellin grocers
First Line	Bob an' Sally, a weyver and rover
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	38-41
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1878
Title	Capital and Labour
First Line	Once Capital and Labour pulled
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	114
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1882
Title	Chatterton
First Line	Old as the world, the tale, yet ever new
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	145
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1886
Title	Christmas
First Line	The sun is nearing now the winter solstice
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	135-136
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1889
Title	Christmas thoughts
First Line	Another year, another link
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	139
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1896
Title	Confidence carries the key of success
First Line	Hope is an angel, but fear is a fiend
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	91-92
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1898
Title	Cowd winter is comin once moor
First Line	It's wearin tort t' back end o' t' year
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	10-12
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1914
Title	Dryden
First Line	How great among the great of former days
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	136
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1915
Title	Duty
First Line	Adventurous youth, who go with glee
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	110-111
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1925
Title	Even so
First Line	The wind must blow
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	88
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1931
Title	Farewell to the old year
First Line	Again the light-and-life-dispensing sun
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	108-109
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1934
Title	Festal Christmas
First Line	Festal Christmas
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	100-101
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1937
Title	Fraud, the evil of the age
First Line	With what unutterable shame and scorn
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	124
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1938
Title	Friends are few when foak are poor
First Line	When aw hed wark, an' brass to spend
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	1-2
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1939
Title	Garfield
First Line	Once more the world, by one of those dread crimes
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	92
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	1943
Title	Goo in to win
First Line	We're rattlin along at a wonderful rate
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	16-18
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2050
Title	My beautiful Jay
First Line	I've no babes of my own, all my children are grown
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	122-123
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2063
Title	Night
First Line	Mysterious Night! Dark-featured solemn queen
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	101-102
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2064
Title	Night
First Line	Tis night! 'Tis solitude that truly tries
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	142
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2068
Title	Nobudy knows bud mysel
First Line	When nobbut a bit ov a lad
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	4-6
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2070
Title	Nowty Ned
First Line	Nowty Ned wur a reet bonny lad
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	44-67
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2079
Title	Old Stydd, Ribchester
First Line	Lonely as some proud pyramid
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	103-104
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2089
Title	Owd Bass Dick
First Line	Aw was browt up, an orphan boy, without a parent's care
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	18-19
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2092
Title	Owd Poncake John
First Line	Aw're keawrt i' th' corner, yusterneet
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	35-37
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2123
Title	Rooas o' t' river side
First Line	Bi yon bonk side at t' nook o' t' wood
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	19-21
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2135
Title	Shortening days
First Line	Tis dark! how fast the days are shortening! Mine
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	123
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2137
Title	Six weeks i' lodgins
First Line	Aw bin six weeks i' lodgins, an' six weeks too long
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	31-33
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2142
Title	Song:- The market - house clock
First Line	It was on a starry night
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	137-138
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2145
Title	Spring
First Line	When rosy-fingered Morning bright
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	89
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2160
Title	Take care o' number one
First Line	A regular owd stager, wot's
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	8-10
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2163
Title	Tel-el-Kebir
First Line	Lives there a mon on British greawnd
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	30-31
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2171
Title	Th' Surat weyver's song
First Line	We're warkin lads frae Lankysheer
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	25-26
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2174
Title	The Anti-Malthusian's song
First Line	At twenty an' one aw geet married
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	23-25
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2176
Title	The bird's nest
First Line	One moody April even
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	73-74
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2191
Title	The cry of the crowd
First Line	God of the suffering, yet silent crowd
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	78-79
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2202
Title	The flowers
First Line	While maiden Morn may blush and burn
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	116-117
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2213
Title	The harvest
First Line	Again the glowing year hath rolled its round
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	107
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2218
Title	The Indian famine
First Line	A death wail from the dusky sons of Ind
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	100
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2236
Title	The peers and the people
First Line	The People and the Peers now stand
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	130-132
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2239
Title	The pilot Maxwell
First Line	As down the western welkin rode
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	96-99
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2254
Title	The singer
First Line	A singer there dwelt in a city of yore
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	84-86
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
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ID Number	2261
Title	The spinner's home
First Line	I can easily fling
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	80-81
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2276
Title	The worship of wealth
First Line	Tis not the gifted, good, or skilled
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	104-105
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2290
Title	Time is on the wing
First Line	My lot is cast amid the lowly masses
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	82-84
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2297
Title	To a transatlantic friend
First Line	Dear George, it's a task and a heart-touching duty
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	133-134
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2304
Title	To George Salisbury
First Line	Dear friend, and when I say dear friend
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	146-148
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2314
Title	To the departing emigrants
First Line	True hearts beat high when friends depart from friends
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	91
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2316
Title	To the memory of Edward Walker
First Line	Eternally the tide of time rolls on
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	136
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2317
Title	To the memory of John Whalley
First Line	Bold, bluff and blunt, impatience of pretence
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	134
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2318
Title	To the memory of Mr James Huffman
First Line	Drape deep the hearse that bears the honoured dead!
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	90
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2332
Title	Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning
First Line	Though weeping may endure the livelong night
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	93-95
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2333
Title	What are we hoping for?
First Line	What are we hoping for? For room to rise
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	127
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2340
Title	Where are the Blackburn poets gone?
First Line	I met an acquaintance a day or two since
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	125-127
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2342
Title	Where will t' goose come fro?
First Line	Where shall we ged a goose this time?
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	12-14
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2345
Title	Why do I rhyme?
First Line	Why do I rhyme? Ask the wind why it blows
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	144
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2350
Title	Wod con a weyver do?
First Line	Booath careful and sober aw am
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	14-16
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	2352
Title	Wonst
First Line	When hearts flung off their cleawdy fear
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	Lancashire songs, with other poems and sketches
Author of Book	BILLINGTON, William
Publication Date	1883
Page Number	33-34
Control Number	M0000434LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Blackburn author

ID Number	4452
Title	Rooas o' t' river side
First Line	Bi yon bonk side at t' nook o' t' wood
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	A LANCASHIRE miscellany of dialect verse, edited by James Bennett
Author of Book
Publication Date	1960
Page Number	21-22
Control Number	b6021514 (Check the catalogue)
Notes	A selection of Lancashire dialect poems printed in the "Oldham Chronicle" between 1956 and 1959

ID Number	4860
Title	Th'Surat weyver
First Line	we're werkin lads frae Lankisheer
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	SONGS of the people: Lancashire dialect poetry of the Industrial Revolution, Brian Hollingworth, editor
Author of Book
Publication Date	1977
Page Number	98-99
Control Number	M0129168LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	isbn wrong on this entry - should be either M0015409LC or M0013727LC

ID Number	4870
Title	Aw wod this war wur ended
First Line	There's nobuddy knows wod we'n gooan through
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	SONGS of the people: Lancashire dialect poetry of the Industrial Revolution, Brian Hollingworth, editor
Author of Book
Publication Date	1977
Page Number	112-113
Control Number	M0129168LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	isbn wrong on this entry - should be either M0015409LC or M0013727LC

ID Number	5324
Title	Eulogistic verses on Richard Dugdale, poet
First Line	The selfish world is playing out its hard
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	The poets and poetry of Blackburn (1793-1902), compiled by George Hull
Author of Book
Publication Date	1902
Page Number	38
Control Number	M0042476LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes

ID Number	5862
Title	Recollections of childhood: suggested by being presented with a honeysuckle from my birthplace
First Line	Inhabitant of mine own native vale
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	The poets and poetry of Blackburn (1793-1902), compiled by George Hull
Author of Book
Publication Date	1902
Page Number	114-116
Control Number	M0042476LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes

ID Number	5863
Title	All will be well in the end
First Line	This world is a world of glory and gloom
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	The poets and poetry of Blackburn (1793-1902), compiled by George Hull
Author of Book
Publication Date	1902
Page Number	117
Control Number	M0042476LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes

ID Number	5864
Title	Love
First Line	O this fair world were dreary, dull, and dark
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	The poets and poetry of Blackburn (1793-1902), compiled by George Hull
Author of Book
Publication Date	1902
Page Number	118
Control Number	M0042476LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes

ID Number	5865
Title	Where are the Blackburn poets gone?
First Line	I met an acquaintance a day or two since
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	The poets and poetry of Blackburn (1793-1902), compiled by George Hull
Author of Book
Publication Date	1902
Page Number	130-131
Control Number	M0042476LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Written Poets' Corner, Nab Lane, Blackburn May 2nd 1882

ID Number	5866
Title	A lyric life
First Line	My heart always pure homage will pay
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	The poets and poetry of Blackburn (1793-1902), compiled by George Hull
Author of Book
Publication Date	1902
Page Number	119-121
Control Number	M0042476LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes

ID Number	5867
Title	Dedicatory sonnet
First Line	To whom shall I with such a perfect grace
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	The poets and poetry of Blackburn (1793-1902), compiled by George Hull
Author of Book
Publication Date	1902
Page Number	121
Control Number	M0042476LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes

ID Number	5868
Title	Fraud, the evil of the age
First Line	With what unutterable shame and scorn
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	The poets and poetry of Blackburn (1793-1902), compiled by George Hull
Author of Book
Publication Date	1902
Page Number	123-124
Control Number	M0042476LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes

ID Number	5869
Title	The spinner's home
First Line	I can easily fling
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	The poets and poetry of Blackburn (1793-1902), compiled by George Hull
Author of Book
Publication Date	1902
Page Number	124-126
Control Number	M0042476LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes

ID Number	5870
Title	Rooas o' t' river side
First Line	Bi yon bonk side at t' nook o' t' wood
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	The poets and poetry of Blackburn (1793-1902), compiled by George Hull
Author of Book
Publication Date	1902
Page Number	126-128
Control Number	M0042476LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes	Tune: When Molly and' me gets wed

ID Number	5871
Title	The bird's nest
First Line	One moody April even
Poet	BILLINGTON, William
Book Title	The poets and poetry of Blackburn (1793-1902), compiled by George Hull
Author of Book
Publication Date	1902
Page Number	128-129
Control Number	M0042476LC (Check the catalogue)
Notes

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