Betsey Baker, to which are added, Who's master, or, a fight for the breeches, York youre wanted and, emigrants farewell

Who's master

A fight for the breeches

York youre wanted

Emigrants farewell

1829

8 pages

16 cm

A bound collection of chapbooks (s0029b27)

Chapbook #14 in a bound collection of chapbooks (s0042b27)

A collection of songs, at least some of which appear to have been sung at the Theatrical Pavilion in Glasgow. The first song is about a young man who is rejected by his first love, who he meets in church. One point of interest in this song is when the young man actually becomes physically ill as a result of his love and subsequent rejection of Betsey Baker; he is visited by a doctor who prescribes medicine, but nothing cures him except thoughts of his true love. The second is a humorous song about the fighting of a married couple over who was to be master of the house by fighting over who was to “wear the breeches.” The third song, also humorous, tells the common tale of the misadventures of a rogue who eventually weds an old woman for her wealth, and rejoices when she passes away. The last song is a lament of an emigrant leaving Scotland’s shores for North America.

London, England

Holborn, England

Glasgow, Scotland

United States

Ballads and songs

Courtship and Marriage

emigration

Wit and Humor

Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow

Health Remedies

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