broadside ballad: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	slip song • stall ballad • street ballad

Photos

Detail of an undated broadside ballad distributed in Boston following the execution of Levi Ames for burglary and intended to warn “thoughtless Youth.”

Broadside advertising the premature death of Emiliano Zapata and containing the lyrics of four songs

Colorful 1847 lithograph broadside titled United States at One View, featuring charts, tables, currency images, and decorative border, highlighting commerce and statistics.

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Topics

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Key People

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Thomas Deloney

English writer

Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

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