02705cam a22003733u 4500 76941 UtSlPG 20260610134800.0 m cr n 260607r20251908utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 08019584 UtSlPG en iso639-1 DA PR Firth, C. H. (Charles Harding), 1857-1936 Naval songs and ballads Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Publications of the Navy Records Society ; v. 33. "A collection of ballads illustrating the history of the British Navy from the sixteenth to the middle of the nineteenth century."--Introduction Release date is 2025-09-28 Terry Jeffress and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Naval songs and ballads" by C. H. Firth is a collection of historical ballads written in the early 20th century. It gathers English popular verse about the navy from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, using songs to illuminate battles, piracy, seamanship, and public feeling about maritime power. The opening of this volume sets out its purpose and scope, explains the historical value of ballads, and classifies them into three main kinds: pieces by professional broadside writers, songs by sailors and officers, and politically minded works by men of letters. It then sketches a brisk literary history, from medieval and Elizabethan celebrations through Armada-era broadsides, Barbary corsair tales, and Restoration Dutch War songs, to William III’s La Hogue ballads and the rise of pirate lore (Avery, Kidd). Along the way it touches on censorship under the Commonwealth, impressment and seamen’s grievances, and the texture of shipboard culture—music, dancing, and forecastle songs—culminating in notes on stage and patriotic pieces sailors adopted, such as D’Urfey’s sea song and Purcell’s “Britons, strike home.” (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: London: Navy Records Society, 1908 Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Poetry Sea songs -- Great Britain Publications of the Navy Records Society ; v. 33. https://archive.org/details/navalsongsballad0033unse https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76941 117666 117666