A garland of new songs : The fairest of the fair, Here's a health, &c., The sea-boy, Giles Scroggins' ghost, My only Jo' an' dearie o, The beautiful maid, The royal love letter.
Bibliographic Citation:
A garland of new songs : The fairest of the fair, Here's a health, &c., The sea-boy, Giles Scroggins' ghost, My only Jo' an' dearie o, The beautiful maid, The royal love letter. Newcastle upon Tyne : Printed by J. Marshall in the Old Flesh-Market, [between 1800 and 1831]
Alternative Title:
The fairest of the fair.
Here's a health, &c.
The sea-boy.
Giles Scroggins' ghost.
My only Jo' an' dearie o.
The beautiful maid.
The royal love letter.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Marshall in the Old Flesh-Market, [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 The fairest of the fair: "O Nanny! wilt thou gang with me, nor sigh to leave the flaunting town?"
  • First sentence of Here's a health: "Here's a health to all good lasses; here's a health to all good lasses; Here's a health to all good lasses; Pledge it merrily, fill your glasses: Let a bumper toast go round"
  • First sentence of The sea-boy: "To England's towers of oak farewell, No more for me shall be unfurl'd the canvas in the gale to swell, The ocean is no more my world; Yet there life's ealiest years I fearlesss pass'd, a sea-boy on the high and giddy mast."
  • First sentence of Giles Scroggins' ghost: "Giles Scroggins courted Molly Brown, Fol deriddle lol, fol deriddle lido; The fairest wench in all the town, Fol deriddle lol, &c."
  • First sentence of My only Jo' an' dearie o: "Thy cheek is o' the rose's hue, My only Jo and dearie O; Thy neck is like the siller dew, Upon the bank sae brierie O."
  • First sentence of The beautiful maid: "When absent from her my soul holds most dear, What medley of passions invade, In this bosom what anguish, what hope, and what fear, I endure for my beautiful maid, I endure for my beautiful maid."
  • First sentence of The royal love letter: "Pretty, pretty Mistress Clarke, None than I can love thee better; And to prove it, lo! thy spark Sends his dear this pretty letter."
  • 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. Some pages uncut.
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:
Metrical Tales and Other Verse
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=8063
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_M3765_G37_1800-003594120