A garland of new songs : O how I love sombody, The pretty maid milking her cow, Of a' the airts the win' can blaw, The banks of the Dee.
Bibliographic Citation:
A garland of new songs : O how I love sombody, The pretty maid milking her cow, Of a' the airts the win' can blaw, The banks of the Dee. Newcastle upon Tyne : Printed by J. Marshall, [between 1800 and 1831]
Alternative Title:
O how I love somebody.
The pretty maid Milking her cow.
Of a' the airts the win' can blaw.
The banks of the Dee.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Marshall, [between 1800 and 1831]
Notes:
  • Undated. Date range from trading dates of J. Marshall, cf. The British book trade index WWW site.
  • Without music.
  • Title vignette.
  • First sentence of O how I love somebody: "Of all the swains both far and near, My eyes did ever see, There's one I love sincerely dear, And truly he loves me: The youth is ever with my heart, So kind he is and true."
  • First sentence of The pretty maid milking her cow: "It was on a fine summer's morning, As birds sweetly sung on each bough, I heard a fair maid sweetly singing, As she sat a milking her cow."
  • First sentence of Of a' the airts the win' can blaw: "Of 'a the airts the win' can blaw, I dearly like the west; For there the bonny lassie lives, The lass that I lo'e best; Tho' wild woods grow, an' rivers row, Wi' mony a hill between, Baith day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean."
  • First sentence of The banks of the Dee: "'Twas summer, and softly the breezes were blowing, And sweetly the nightingale sung from the tree, At the foot of a rock, where the river was flowing, I sat myself down by the banks for the Dee."
  • Includes 1 woodcut.
  • Copy in McGill Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections: With: A garland of new songs : The bonny Scotch lad and his bonnet so blue, The blackbird, My sailor dear shall guard my pillow, Bundle of truths. Newcastle upon Tyne :Printed by J. Marshall, in the Old Flesh-market,[between 1800 and 1823?]. Bound together subsequent to publication.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 16 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Songs.
Chapbooks -- England -- Newcastle upon Tyne -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Song Books
Call Number:
PN970 M3765 G37 1800 Rare Books/Special Collections
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=8065
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_M3765_G37_1800-003594141