The Duke of Gordon's three daughters; to which are added, Jem of Aberdeen; and the Bonny house o'Airly

Jem of Aberdeen

The bonny house o'Airly

[No Place] : Printed for the Booksellers

1870-1885 per University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks

8 pages

Chapbook #13 in a bound collection of 17 chapbooks

Woodcut #46: Coat of arms on the title-page with two lions rampant on either side of a shield with three castles pictured in the center. There is a crest featuring a man's head above the shield; beneath the shield is a motto, "Bon Accord" displayed on a banderole.

ballads & songs

A collection of songs and ballads. In the first ballad, the youngest daughter of the Duke of Gordon goes to visit Aberdeen with her sisters and ends up marrying a handsome but poor captain without her father’s consent. When the Duke finds out, he chases down his daughter and tries to get the captain executed. The king refuses the request, but does have the captain demoted from his rank to a single soldier. Poverty and childbirth do not appear to suit the young lady and the family goes to visit her parents. Jean is welcomed by her family back home but her husband is shunned and sent away. The poor captain is sent across the sea until he suddenly receives word that he is made the Count of Northumberland as his brother and family have died. He returns to Gordon’s castle for his wife and family, who now join him happily, but scorns the welcome of his wife’s family who are suddenly much more friendly now that he is landed in his own right. This ballad is followed by two short songs, the first describing the pleasant courtship of a boy from Aberdeen, and the second recounting the attack of Argyle against the House of Airly while the Lord of Ogilvie is away fighting for Charles Stewart. This chapbook is part of a collection of chapbooks produced in Aberdeen which have been bound together in this volume.

Aberdeen, Scotland

Courtship and Marriage

Crime

Highlands

Jacobites

Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario

University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/chapbooks/search/

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