A collection of ballads and songs on various topics, including sailing and whale hunting, a celebration of the Wars of Independence and Bruce and Wallace, the lament of an Irish exile, a lament for a fallen comrade, and a love song.

This is a Scottish imprint of part of Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack. Written in the first person by Benjamin Franklin, aka Richard Saunders, the author presents a collection of quotations and selections from his own almanacs as the…

A collection of ballads on a variety of topics. The first song, in which Neptune bears witness to the Battle of Quiberon Bay during the Seven Year’s War, celebrates the victory of Admiral Hawke and the glory of the British monarchy. The second is a…

A collection of ballads and songs on a variety of topics. The first is a humorous song about three girls who, while bathing naked in the pond while their father is asleep, are surprised into flight by a young man falling into the pond from his hidden…

A Cinderella-type story wherein the daughter of a squire is cast off at birth by her father for being born a girl and not a son. Her mother sends her to the country but makes certain she is well-clothed and educated. As a young woman, she dresses…

A rather shocking cautionary ballad meant to encourage young women to guard their virginity and not be coaxed by men into pre-marital relations. In the tale, a merchant’s daughter is courted by a squire’s son at Oxford. A marriage date is agreed upon…