It is horrible to hear the street criers bawling out in their catchpenny voices, "Serious illness of Lord Derby."
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond
Miller's article seems to be based solely on my little catchpenny title.
"The Letters of William James, Vol. II"
William James
Nevertheless, the boys with whom he went to school never tired of calling him "Pirate," and would sometimes sing for his benefit that famous catchpenny song beginning thus: Oh, my name was Captain Brand, A-sailing, And a-sailing; Oh, my name was Captain Brand, A-sailing free.
"Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates"
Howard I. Pyle