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.
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:
Chapbook Category:
Song Books
Call Number:
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