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Lovely Jean : to which are added, The bush aboon Traquair, The lass in yon town, The pitcher, The death of Wolfe. Stirling : Printed and sold by M. Randall, 1820.
Alternative Title:
The bush aboon Traquair.
The lass in yon town.
The pitcher.
The death of Wolfe.
The lass in yon town.
The pitcher.
The death of Wolfe.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by M. Randall, 1820.
Notes:
- Songs without music.
- Woodcut of a dog on title-page.
- First sentence of Lovely Jean: "Or 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."
- First sentence of The bush aboon Traquair: "Hear me ye nymphs and every swain, I'll tell how Peggy grieves me, Though this I languish, this complain, alas she ne'er believes me!"
- First sentence of The lass in yon town: "O wat ye wa's in yon town, Ye see the e'ening sun upon?"
- First sentence of The pitcher: It's not yet day, it's not yet day, then why should we leave good liquor, 'Till the sun beams around us play, we'll sit and take another pitcher, The silver moon she shines so bright, she shines most bright--I swear by Nature, That if my minute-glass goes right, we've time to drink the other pitcher."
- First sentence of The death of Wolfe: "In a mouldering cave a wretched retreat, Brtiannia sat wasted with care: She wept for her Wolfe, then exclaim'd against Fate, and gave herself up to despair."
- Includes 1 woodcut.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 15 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Song Books
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=7954
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_R26_L68_1820