A garland of new songs : The battle of the Nile, Tom Starboard, The sailor’s adieu, Tom Bowling, True courage, The sea boy.
Bibliographic Citation:
A garland of new songs : The battle of the Nile, Tom Starboard, The sailor’s adieu, Tom Bowling, True courage, The sea boy. Newcastle upon Tyne : Printed by J. Marshall, [between 1800 and 1831].
Publisher:
Newcastle upon Tyne : 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 The battle of the Nile: "Arise, arise, Britannia’s sons, arise!"
  • First sentence of Tom Starboard: "Tom Starboard was a lover true, As brave a tar as ever sail’d; The duties ablest seamen do Tom did, and never yet had fail’d."
  • First sentence of The sailor’s adieu: "The topsails shiver in the wind, The ship she casts to sea; But yet my soul, my heart, my mind, Are, Mary, moor’d with thee: For though they sailor’s bound afar, Still love shall be his leading star."
  • First sentence of Tom Bowling: "Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling The darling of our crew; No more he’ll hear the tempest howling, For death hath broach’d him too."
  • First sentence of True courage: "Why what’s that to you if my eyes I’m wiping A tear is a pleasure, d’ye see, in its way, ’Tis nonsense for trifles, I own, to be piping, But they that ha’n’t pity--why I pities they."
  • 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 earliest years I fearless pass’d A sea-boy on the high and giddy mast."
  • 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. Uncut pages.
Chapbook Category:
Metrical Tales and Other Verse
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Copyright:
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Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_M3765_G37_1800-003594436