Reference Material :
Books

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		Strike the Bell Transport by Road, Canal, Rail and Sea in the Nineteenth Century through Songs, Ballads and Contemporary Accounts Selected and edited by Roy Palmer, published by Cambridge University Press (1978). ISBN 0 521 21921 3
		Victoria's Inferno Songs of the Old Mills, Mines, Manufactories, Canals and Railways Edited by Jon Raven Available from the Michael Raven website.
		Touch on the Times Songs of Social Change 1770 to 1914 by Roy Palmer Penguin Education (1974).
		Canal Songs by Jon Raven Broadside Records (1974).
		The Sound of History Songs and Social Comment by Roy Palmer Oxford University Press (1988)
		The Urban and Industrial Songs of the Black Country and Birmingham by Jon Raven Broadside (1977) Available from the Michael Raven website.
		The Ian Campbell Folk Group Songbook Heathside/Sing (1965)
		Hughie's Ditty Bag by Hugh E Jones Wee Huge Publications
		Navvyman by Dick Sullivan Coracle Books (1983) Also available on-line as a Victorian Web book which contains a useful Navvy's Glossary.
		West Midlands' Ballads by Michael Raven Published by Michael Raven (2008) ISBN: 9780906114858

Some possible sources for book purchase are given. Books that are out of print may be available from second-hand book sellers. The AbeBooks UK, USA or Australasia web-sites could be a good starting point for those seeking copies.