Poor Little Sweep, The

DESCRIPTION: "On a cold winter's morn as the snow was falling, When a child of misfortune so loudly was bawling," the "poor little sweep" begs for "compassion" and weeps when he finds none. A "kind hearted damsel" finally sees him; she takes him to her home
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: c. 1847 (Forget-Me-Not-Songster)
KEYWORDS: worker hardtimes rescue
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Forget-Me-Not-Songster, pp. 166-167, "Poor Little Sweep" (1 text)
Roud #2672
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 11(1133), Harding B 11(1132), Johnson Ballads 252, "Poor Little Sweep," J Catnach (London)/W. Marshall (Bristol)/J. Sherman (Cambridge), 1813-1838; also Firth b.25(284), "The Poor Little Sweep!" W. and T. Fordyce (Newcastle), 1832-1842; Harding B 11(1134), "Poor Little Sweep," J. Harkless (Preston), 1840-1866; also Harding B 11(3089), "Poor Little Sweep," J. Jackson and Son (Birmingham), 1842-1855 (image missing); also Firth b.34(232) and Harding B 25(1532), Harding B 11(3086), Johnson Ballads 954, Harding B 11(3087) (image missing), "The Poor Little Sweep,"J. Pitts (London), 1819-1844; also Harding B 19(56b), "The Poor Little Sweep," unknown, n.d. (image missing); also Harding B 11(2306), "The Poor Little Sweep" T. Hoggett (Durham), 1816-1843; also Harding B 40(13), "The Poor Little Sweep," J. F. Nugent and Co. (Dublin?), 1850-1899 (image missing); also Harding B 25(1531), J. K. Pollock (North Shields), 1815-1855; also Harding B 36(23), "Poor Little Sweep," J. Kiernan (Manchester), n.d. (image missing); 2806 c.16(262), Harding B 11(4037), J. O. Babbington (Manchester), 1855-1858; also 2806 c.17(342), "The poor little little sweep," unknown, n. d.
NOTES [45 words]: Blech.
There is another song entitles "Poor Little Sweep," a music hall song by Sam Bagnall. It is Roud V16709, and begins "The morn was dark, the hour was foul and heavy fell the snow." It does not appear to be traditional, but can be found at FolkSongAndMusicHall. - RBW
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