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Young Lochinvar; To which are added, The Rose of Dunmore, Scottish Whisky, Blythe was She But and Ben, Sleeping Maggie, Shepherds, I Have Lost My Love
A collection of songs, from love stories to drinking songs. The first tells the tale of the Lord of Lochinvar who, after his courtship is rejected by his love’s father, steals the bride right from her wedding. In the second song, a young man meets a…
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.…
The Tragedy of Sir James the Rose.
This tells the tragic tale of Sir Rose, who falls in love with Matilda. Her father, Lord Buchan, objects to the marriage and tells her she will marry Lord Graeme. Sir Rose fights first Graeme’s brother and then is chased down by Graeme himself. While…
The Madrid shaver's singular adventures, and wonderful escape from the Spanish Inquisition: A true story
Nicolas Pedrosa, a barber-surgeon, male-midwife, and secret Jew from Madrid, is pulled into the intrigues of war, politics, and the Spanish Inquisition when he has an altercation with his mule and some friars on the way to deliver the baby of the…
The Hunting of Chevy-Chase, A bloody battle fought by Earls Douglas and Percy. Where above fourteen hundred Scotsmen, and near two thousand Englishmen, were slain in one day.
A popular ballad describing the battle of Chevy-Chase which resulted from the Earl Percy deciding to hunt deer across the Scottish border, which the Earl of Douglas had expressly forbidden. Percy brings his English force with him, which is then…
The History of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, Commonly Called the Pretender.
A short history and biography of the life and death of Bonnie Prince Charlie, focusing especially on the events of the Second Jacobite Rising. This chapbook is one of a series of histories and biographies of notable Scottish figures which have been…
