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The Wonderful Adventures of sixteen British Seamen; Also, A Cure for the Toothache.
Set during the wars of independence in South America, this story describes the adventures of a company of British seamen and their Scottish captain who became privateers and occasional pirates along the Chilean and Peruvian coast. In an act of…
Welcome Charlie o'er the Main; To which are added, The Day Returns, Hills of Gallowa, Oh Nancy wilt thou sy [sic] with me, the Sailor boy, The Sailor's Return.
A collection of ballads and songs. The first is a Jacobite song celebrating the arrival of Prince Charlie and the Highland spirit. The rest of the songs are a variety of love songs, both cheerful and lamenting, between a variety of different…
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…
The History of Thomas Hickathrift
Wikepedia entry for Thomas Hickathrift: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hickathrift
