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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…
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.…
Tullochgorum, to which is added, the highland plaid, Hallow fair.
A collection of three ballads. The first is the popular reel of Tullochgorum, followed by a song describing the courting of a Lowland lass by a Highland lad. The final song humorously portrays the courting of multiple young couples.
Three Excellent Songs. Bonny Barbara Allan. Sir Patrick Spence. Lord John's Murder.
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…
The Yule feast, with songs of the lass of Aberdeen, and The Forlorn shepherd
This is an interesting chapbook in that it contains songs within a larger ballad narrative describing the events, food, and music played at a Christmas celebration. The chapbook begins with a short little rhyme on the theme of Christmas, introducing…
The woodman; to which are added, The galley slave, I'm weel sair'd wi' spunk, Jock of Hazeldean, William's farewell, Jenny the maid of the moor, Oh! Lady fair
A collection of tales and ballads on a wide variety of themes, including the blessings of a rustic woodsman; the sad parting and sometimes reunion of lovers; the lament of a press-ganged sailor as a galley slave; to the propositioning of a woman by a…
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…
The Theatrical Speaker. A Selection of the Newest and Most Popular Recitations of the Present Day
A collection of ballads, recitations, and verse, including a death-song of a Native American chief, a martyr’s lament who refuses to leave her husband’s side as he is tortured to death, a humorous song about an aging widow and a dyer, a celebration…
