Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballads Project

Verses in Vogue with the Vulgar

A Lover's lamentation for the girl he left behind him

This broadside is described in another of the same title, A Lover’s Lamentation.

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Date

1810-1814

Place of Publication

Boston.

Subjects

Love
Farewells
Long-distance relationships
Sailors

First Line

I'm lonesome since I left the hills.

Identifiers

BIB ID: 280956
OCLC Control No.: (OCoLC)ocm79170954
OCLC Control No.: (OCoLC)ocn191461296
Ford, W.C. Thomas ballads, 155
AAS General Catalog URL: http://catalog.mwa.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=280956
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Physical Dimensions

29 x 20 cm.

Transcriptions

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Citation

“A Lover's lamentation for the girl he left behind him,” Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballads Project, accessed October 22, 2026, https://collections.americanantiquarian.org/thomasballads/items/show/157.