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John Highlandman's remarks on the city of Glasgow. To which are added, Johnny and Molly. Original of Tweedside. The ploughman lad. The braes of Yarrow.
Humorous song of a traveler who comes to Glasgow to see the sights, and sees many strange and amazing things. Other songs include a positive rendition of the love a young man has for his love, who is not rich, but beautiful and faithful instead,…
Allan Tine O'Harrow; to which are added, Highland laddie, Bonnie wood of Craigie lea
A short ballad or tale about Allan Tine O’Harrow – a Robin Hood-esque character who runs away from home after getting a maid with child. He travels to London where he joins the army and fights in Britain’s wars on the continent, whereafter he deserts…
Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudeslie
A Robin Hood-like tale of three bowmen who have been living in the woods after being outlawed for poaching. One of the bowman, William of Cloudeslie, attempts to visit his wife and children in town, where he is welcomed by her but turned in by an old…
The Life and History of Mary Queen of Scots
This is a short history of the life of Mary Queen of Scots, from birth to death. According to a list of other publications on the back, this was one of a series of books printed for juvenile readers, with many accompanying illustrations. The story is…
The bold sailor. To which are added, The Irish invasion. A touch on the times. The faint-hearted batchelor. The maid's answer. The travelling Chapman. Tears wash my sad cheeks. If e'er I do well 'tis a wonder.
This is a collection of short ballads on various topics, including war, courting, and poverty. The major theme that seems to run through all the ballads is money, or the lack thereof. Men sign up as sailors because their pockets are empty, the French…
The blaeberry courtship; to which is added, the crook and plaid
Two songs about love. The first is the story of the love between a Highland lad and a Lowland girl. The girls’ father is against the match and disinherits her when she decides she runs off with him. In the beginning, it looks like she has made the…
The bonny lass of Banaphie; to which is added, the banks of Clyde
Two ballads about lovers who are parted first by class (she is the daughter of a lord, he is a poor farmer’s son), and then by war when the young man goes off to make his fortune by soldiering (one in Spain and one in Germany). The first song ends…
Betsey Baker, to which are added, Who's master, or, a fight for the breeches, York youre wanted and, emigrants farewell
A collection of songs, at least some of which appear to have been sung at the Theatrical Pavilion in Glasgow. The first song is about a young man who is rejected by his first love, who he meets in church. One point of interest in this song is when…
The Berkshire Lady's garland. In four parts. I. Cupid's conquest over a coy lady of five thousand a-year, &c. II. The lady's letter of a challenge to fight him upon refusing to wed her in a mask without knowing who she was. III. How they met by appointment in a grove, where she obliged him to fight or wed her. IV. How they rode together in her gilded coach to her noble seat or castle, &c.
A ballad in four parts that tells the tale of an heiress who is beautiful and rich and pursued by many, but is pleased by none of them. She eventually falls in love, in spite of herself, with a young lawyer, and she resolves to marry him, but also…
A poem on life, death, judgement, heaven, and hell. To which are added, a translation of Pythagora's golden verses, and a midnight thought
While incomplete, the chapbook includes several verses focusing on the soul’s sin and judgement. Several “Virtues”, such as Reason, are anthropomorphized and gendered in an exhortation to call the reader to follow a path of moral virtue before…
