Poetry of the Lancashire Cotton Famine (1861-65)

Poems

1. Th' Surat WeyverSongs of the People: Lancashire Dialect Poetry of the Industrial Revolution, by William Billington, 1977
2. The Cry of the Crowd, by William Billington, May 10th 1862
3. The Cry of the Crowd No.II, by W. Billington, May 24th 1862
4. To the Departing Emigrants, by William Billington, July 04, 1863
5. The Operative's Home, by W. M. Billington, October 3, 1863
6. A Night with the Brother of "Mine Host" of "Who Could Have Thought It?" Grimshaw Park, Blackburn “ .”“ ,” , by W. M. Billington, July 30, 1864
7. Cowd Winter is Comin' Wonst Moor, by W. Billington, September 19th 1862
8. Friends Are Few When Fooak Are Poor, by W. Billington, November 21, 1863
9. Heaw to Ged Rich, by W. Billington, July 16, 1864