Slide set: The gambler's wife (song: Bamforth & Co., 11 slides, 1901)

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Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1

Slide 2

Dark is the night! how dark! no light! no fire!

Slide 3

'Hark! 'tis his footsteps! no -- 'tis past; 'tis gone!'

Slide 4

'Rest thee, my babe! -- rest on! 'tis hunger's cry'

Slide 5

'Hush! 'tis the dice-box! Yes, he's there! he's there!'

Slide 6

''Tis long to wait, but sure he'll come again!'

Slide 7

'Hark! how the sign-board creaks! the blast howls by'

Slide 8

'Can he desert me thus? he knows I stay'

Slide 9

'Thou'rt cold! thour't freezing! but we will not part'

Slide 10

They're gone! they're gone! the glimmering spark hath fled

Slide 11

The gambler came at last but all was over

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

song

Date of first manufacture

1901

Reading or song

Reynell Coates and Henry Russell, ‘The gambler's wife’ in several compilations

Related slide set

see generic title The gambler's wife (generic set title – 2 different versions are known)

Collections

11 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keywords

creative arts – music – songs
social issues – gambling

Lucerna ID 3002008

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 23 November 2016

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Slide set: The gambler's wife (song: Bamforth & Co., 11 slides, 1901)