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Bibliographic Citation:

Seven Scotch songs : The garb of old Gaul ; The standard on the braes ; The last breathings of Napoleon ; Mary, I believed thee true ; Jock o' Hazeldean ; Wha wadna fight for Charlie ; Dumbarton's bonnie dell. Glasgow : Printed for the booksellers, [ca. 1840]

Alternative Title:

Garb of old Gaul.
Mary, I believed thee true.
Last breathings of Napoleon.
Jock o' Hazeldean.
Dumbarton's bonnie dell.
Wha wadna fight for Charlie.
Standard on the braes.

Publisher:

Printed for the booksellers, [ca. 1840]

Notes:

Illustration on title page.
Cover title.
Anonymous.
Pamphlets with this imprint date from between 1835 and 1849; probably printed by Francis Orr & Sons (cf. Meriton, J. Small books: p. 987 (114), p. 988 (126)).
Cover included in pagination.
At foot of cover: 54.
First 2 lines: In the garb of old Gaul, wi' the fire of old Rome, From the heath-cover'd mountains of Scotia we come."
Title page woodcut vignette (man in kilt, plaid and bonnet playing the bagpipes).

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 15 cm.

Language:

Subject:

Napoleon -- I, -- Emperor of the French, -- 1769-1821 -- Exile -- Poetry.
Charles Edward, -- Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, -- 1720-1788 -- Poetry.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Scotland -- Poetry.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- 19th century.

Chapbook Category:

Song Books

Call Number:

PN970 B65 S38 1840 Rare Books/Special Collections

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8001

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_B65_S38_1840