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4 Scots Songs. Hibernia's lovely Jane. Death of Sally Roy. The Soldier's dream. The birken tree.

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Tags: # of Woodcuts: 1, Animals: dog(s), Architecture: door(s), Architecture: fence, Architecture: house, Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: no date, Chapbook Genre: ballads, Chapbook Publisher - Kilmarnock: Printed for the Booksellers, Fashion (Clothing): working class, Gender: unknown (adult(s)), Nature: cloud(s), Nature: tree(s), Object: basket(s), Outdoor Scene

A Collection of Songs, &c. No. XIV Containing The Anchor's Weigh'd. The Shepherd's Son, All the Smart Jackets are on for the races. The Highland Laddie. Victory. Opossum Up a Gum Tree.

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Tags: # of Woodcuts: 1, Architecture: pier, Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: no date, Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs, Chapbook Publisher - Edinburgh: Printed for the Booksellers, Fashion (Clothing): bonnet (women), Fashion (Clothing): sailor uniform, Fashion (Clothing): working class, Gender: man/men, Gender: woman/women, Nature: ocean/sea, Occupation : sailor, Outdoor Scene, Transportation: ship/boat(s)

A Collection of Songs, &c. No. XI Containing The Traveller's Return. The Oath was Heard in Heaven. When sorrow left her native sphere. Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch. The Heath. Neil Gow's Farewell. Pady's Balloon. O saw ye my father.

llustration on title-page in a double ruled rectangular border on title-page of two men in conversation in an outdoor scene. The man on the left is well dressed and is holding a cane. The man on the right is dressed in working class attire and is standing in front of a door with outstretched hands.

Tags: # of Woodcuts: 1, Architecture: ruins, Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: 1811-1820, Chapbook Date: 1821-1830, Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs, Chapbook Publisher - Edinburgh: Printed for the Booksellers, Fashion (Clothing): upper class, Fashion (Clothing): working class, Gender: man/men, Nature: hill(s), Nature: tree(s), Outdoor Scene

Four Popular Songs. Roger and Nelly. Goe tak' Your Auld Cloak About Ye. A Lassie Lives By Yonder Burn. Low Down in the Broom.

Woodcut on title-page portraying a young man wearing hat. He is standing in a field sharpening a scythe

Tags: # of Woodcuts: 1, Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: 1841-1850, Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs, Chapbook Genre: wit & humor, Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, Fashion (Clothing): bonnet, Fashion (Clothing): jacket, Fashion (Clothing): pants, Fashion (Clothing): working class, Gender: man/men, Occupation: farmer, Outdoor Scene, Tools: scythe(s)

The Life and Astonishing Adventures of Peter Williamson, who was carried off when a child from Aberdeen and sold for a slave.

Woodcut on title-page portraying a dancing man wearing hat and open jacket with raised hand

Told in first person, this autobiographic tale describes the life and miseries of Peter Williamson, who was kidnapped by slavers from the docks of Aberdeen when he was a child. Taken by the slavers to America, he was sold into bondage to a gentleman…

Tags: # of Woodcuts: 1, Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: 1841-1850, Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, Fashion (Clothing): jacket, Fashion (Clothing): pants, Fashion (Clothing): sailor uniform, Fashion (Clothing): scarves, Fashion (Clothing): top hat, Fashion (Clothing): waist coat, Fashion (Clothing): working class, Gender: man/men, Occupation : sailor, Outdoor Scene

Three Excellent Songs. Bonny Barbara Allan. Sir Patrick Spence. Lord John's Murder.

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A collection of ballads and songs, all featuring certain lords in Scotland. In the first, Sir John Graeme falls sick with love for Barbara Allan, but when she visits him, she rejects him due to a slight he had given her once. Consequently, the young…

Tags: # of Woodcuts: 1, Architecture: gate, Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: 1841-1850, Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs, Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, Fashion (Clothing): working class, Gender: woman/women, Outdoor Scene

The Humours of Glasgow Fair and The Comical Song of Auld John Paul.

The chapbook contains two humorous songs in Scots. The first describes the adventures of a group of friends attending a fair in Glasgow, including quite a bit of drinking, eating, dancing, flirting, fighting, and other tom-foolery, including the…

Tags: Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: 1841-1850, Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs, Chapbook Genre: wit & humor, Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, Fashion (Clothing): bonnet, Fashion (Clothing): jacket, Fashion (Clothing): pants, Fashion (Clothing): working class, Gender: man/men, Occupation: farmer, Outdoor Scene, Tools: scythe(s)

Five songs. The peck o' maut. 'Tis the last rose of summer. To Mary in heaven. The Highland laddie. The confession.

Woodcut on title-page portraying a young woman (milkmaid?) wearing a hat and carrying two buckets slung over hoops encircling her skirt

Tags: # of Woodcuts: 1, Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: 1841-1850, Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, Fashion (Clothing): bonnet, Fashion (Clothing): working class, Gender: woman/women, Object: bucket(s), Occupation: farmer, Outdoor Scene

Fifty years shepherd, and fifty a king. The king and West Countryman. The bundle of wants.

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Tags: Fashion (Clothing): working class

Seven popular songs. The lily of France. Blue bonnets over the border. The light of other days. When bless'd with love and you. Judy Magrath. The bloom is on the rye. Rory O'More.

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A collection of songs and ballads on a variety of themes, including: a call to young Scots men to join the militia and fight in defense of Queen and Scotland; a young man woos his love and is overjoyed to hear her acceptance of his proposal; the…