The Duke of Gordon's three daughters ; to which are added, The brewer laddie, and The hero may perish.
Bibliographic Citation:
The Duke of Gordon's three daughters ; to which are added, The brewer laddie, and The hero may perish. Glasgow : Printed for the booksellers, [between 1835 and 1849].
Alternative Title:
Hero may perish.
Brewer laddie.
Publisher:
Printed for the booksellers, [between 1835 and 1849].
Notes:
  • Verse.
  • Cover title.
  • Cover included in pagination.
  • At foot of cover: 18.
  • Undated; between 1835 and 1849, probably printed by Francis Orr & Sons (cf. Meriton, J. Small books: p. 987 (114), p. 988 (126)).
  • First line of first ballad: "The Duke of Gordon had three daughters."
  • First 2 lines of "The brewer ladddie": "In Perth there lived a bonny lad, A brewer to his trade O."
  • First line of "The hero may perish": "The hero may perish, his country to save."
  • Includes one woodcut (title vignette of a man in a plumed helmet, doublet and hose, with a sword).
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 16 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Ballads, Scottish -- Texts
Chapbooks, Scottish -- Specimens.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Chapbooks -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- 19th century.
Chapbook Category:
Song Books
Call Number:
PN970 B65 D85 1835 Rare Books/Special Collections
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8000
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_B65_D85_1835