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Two Favourite Ballads. The Babes in the Wood. Lord Gregory.
Two ballads are included in this chapbook. The first is a rather long moral tale that tells of two children whose parents die of illness and who are consequently to be raised by their uncle until they come into their inheritance. The uncle, scheming…
Two Favourite Songs. Sheriff-Muir. The Bonny Boatman.
The first of the two songs is a Jacobite ballad on the battle of Sheriff-Muir, with a detailed description of the parts played by many individuals, including Rob Roy. The second song is of the singer’s longing for her sailor lover to return to her.…
Two New Songs. L, A, W, LAW. And Jock and Nelly's Courtship; or The Old Folks Outwitted.
Two satirical songs. The first mocks the judicial process at all levels, emphasizing the corruption, greed, and idiocy of the various parties involved, as well as the inefficiency of the court process itself. The second is a humorous song about a…
Watty and Meg: or, The Wife Reformed.
A humorous song about Watty and his wife, Meg, who nags and quarrels and scolds him within an inch of his life. One morning, after being yelled at in front of all his friends and dragged home by Meg after a night of drinking, he tells he is leaving…
