Allan Tine O'Harrow; to which are added, Highland laddie, Bonnie wood of Craigie lea

Highland laddie.

Bonnie wood of Craigie lea.

1820-1830 per University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks

8 pages

15 cm

A short ballad or tale about Allan Tine O’Harrow – a Robin Hood-esque character who runs away from home after getting a maid with child. He travels to London where he joins the army and fights in Britain’s wars on the continent, whereafter he deserts and becomes a highwayman who robs from the rich and gives to the poor. The tale concludes with O’Harrow locked up in Newgate awaiting his judgement for thievery. Also included are a short song about a young Highland man who must fight in war, possibly for the love of his Lowland girl as well as his king, and a second short song about the beauty and peace of the woods of Craigie lea as remembered by the author in the days of his youth.

London, England

Covent Garden, London, England

Flanders Fields, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Holland

Ballads and songs

Crime

Highlands

War

Chapbooks - Scotland - Stirling

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

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