Hodge of the mill: or, an old woman clothed in grey. To which is added, Sorrow and care. Pipes and tobacco. The pleasures of wooing. Send home my heart and eyes

Sorrow and care.

Pipes and tobacco.

The pleasures of wooing.

Send home my heart and eyes.

Glasgow: J. & M. Robertson

1802

8 pages

15 cm

ballads & songs

A collection of short ballads and songs on a variety of topics. The first is a humorous song in which an old woman harries a young man into marrying her daughter after he impregnates her, to which he agrees in exchange for her naming him as her heir. The second song humorously portrays the woes of married life for the husband, focusing for the most part on the tendency of wives to spend their husbands’ money. The third song uses tobacco and pipe smoking as an allegory for the spiritual and bodily journey of men through life, not necessarily encouragingly. The following song criticizes young men as fickle deluders of young women, and cautions others to guard their virginity well, while the final song describes the woes of a scorned lover.

Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow

Courtship and Marriage

Religion and Morals

Wit and Humor

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