Slide set: Down by the ferry (song: Bamforth & Co., 21 slides, 1903)

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Slide 1**

Slide 2**

Young Robin Gray is sitting on the stile

Slide 3**

He gazes on the valley far below, and sees the river flow

Slide 4**

Slide 5**

Poor Robin cannot fly -- he has no wings -- so, at a distance, sings

Slide 6

Slide 7**

Slide 8**

Slide 9**

The sun has given place to moon and stars

Slide 10**

Slide 11**

Slide 12**

You know the kind of bird -- he has no wings

Slide 13**

Slide 14**

Slide 15**

Slide 16**

The blushes and the orange-blossoms tell the tale we know so well

Slide 17**

Bold Robin Gray is gloriously dressed in all his 'Sunday-best'

Slide 18**

The wedding-bells are ringing loud and long

Slide 19

Slide 20

Slide 21**

In our own little boat down the stream of life

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Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

song

Date of first manufacture

1903

Reading or song

‘Harry Dacre’, ‘Down by the ferry’ (London: Frank Dean & Co., 1902)

Collections

21 slides in The Hecht Collection: Screen Archive South East (University of Brighton)

Subject keyword

creative arts – music – songs

Lucerna ID 3002397

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 23 November 2016

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Slide set: Down by the ferry (song: Bamforth & Co., 21 slides, 1903)