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 [2 words]: Blech. - RBW
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