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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…
Young Grigor's ghost, an old Scotch song
A young Lowland McFarlane woman falls in love with her cousin, the son of a dispossessed Jacobite Highland lord of clan who has been raised and maintained by her father as his ward. Despite his poverty, Grigor is well-educated, good-looking, and in…
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…
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.
Tragical History of Jane Arnold, Commonly called Crazy Jane; and Mr. Henry Percival; Giving an account of their birth, parentage, courtship, and melancholy end.
This chapbook provides a moral tale that advises young women to be wary of the promises of young men by describing the potential dangers of giving up one’s virtue before marriage. The story describes the courtship of the beautiful and virtuous Jane…
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 year that’s awa’. Waes me for Prince Charlie. A man without a wife. Blythe, blythe, an’ merry are we. The Irish farmer. Kelvin Grove. The dashing white sergeant
A collection of Scottish ballads on a variety of themes and topics, including: a toast in memory of years past; a Jacobian lament for Bonnie Prince Charlie; a humorous misogynistic portrayal of wives as both the best part of marriage and the worst; a…
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…
