The excellent old Scottish song of the blaeberry courtship; to which is added The crook & plaid
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Title
The excellent old Scottish song of the blaeberry courtship; to which is added The crook & plaid
Alternative Title
The crook & plaid
Publisher
[No Place] : Printed for the Booksellers
Date
1870-1885 per National Library of Scotland
Extent
8 pages
Identifier
Is Part Of
Chapbook #12 in a bound collection of 17 chapbooks
Type
ballads & songs
Abstract
Two songs about love. The first is the story of the love between a Highland lad and a Lowland girl. The girls’ father is against the match and disinherits her when she decides she runs off with him. In the beginning, it looks like she has made the wrong choice as she is forced to walk and beg for them both on the way to the Highlands, but when they arrive it turns out he is a laird and she is treated as the lady of a great estate. In the end they both go back to visit and reconcile with the father. The second song is a short ballad about a young girl’s love for a shepherd. This chapbook is part of a collection of chapbooks produced in Aberdeen which have been bound together in this volume.
Subject
Courtship and Marriage
Highlands
Source
Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario
Format
JPEGs and PDF derived from master file, which was scanned from the original book in 24-bit color at 600 dpi in TIFF format using an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner.
Rights
In the public domain; For high quality reproductions, contact Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph libaspc@uoguelph.ca 519-824-4120 Ext 53413
Contributor
Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Citation
“The excellent old Scottish song of the blaeberry courtship; to which is added The crook & plaid,” Scottish Chapbooks, accessed April 26, 2024, https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/509.
