Bruce's address : to which is added, My love is like a red, red rose, The ploughman, Robin Adair, Away with this sadness, Highland whisky.
Bibliographic Citation:
Bruce's address : to which is added, My love is like a red, red rose, The ploughman, Robin Adair, Away with this sadness, Highland whisky. Glasgow : Published and sold, wholesale and retail, by R. Hutchison, bookseller, 19 Saltmarket, 1823.
Alternative Title:
My love is like a red, red rose.
The ploughman.
Robin Adair.
Away with this sadness.
Convivial song.
Publisher:
Published and sold, wholesale and retail, by R. Hutchison, bookseller, 19 Saltmarket, 1823.
Notes:
  • In verse.
  • Woodcut on title page.
  • Convivial song : Air - Green grow the rashes, O.
  • First sentence of Bruce's address: "Near Bannockburn King Edward lay, The Scots they were not far away; Each eye bent on the break of day, Glimm'ring frae the cast."
  • First sentence of My love is like a red, red rose: "O, my loveis like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June: O, my love is like the melody, That's sweetly play'd in tune."
  • First sentence of The ploughman: "The Ploughman wakes from transient dream, And blythe renews his useful toil; He sings, to cheer his patient team, As they unwearied turn the soil."
  • First sentence of Robin Adair: "What's this dull town to me?"
  • First sentence of Away with this sadness: "Away with this pouting and saness--Sweet girl! will you never give o'er?"
  • First sentence of Highland whisky: Gie me but Highland Whisky, O."
  • Without music.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 17 cm.
Language:

Chapbook Category:
Song Books
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Sponsor:
The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7420
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_H88_B78_1823