Six Favourite Songs. Black Eyed-Susan. The Lammie. Draw the Sword, Scotland. Lord Ronald. A Tear That Falls. A Scots Sang.

Black Eyed-Susan.

The Lammie.

Draw the Sword, Scotland.

Lord Ronald.

A Tear That Falls.

A Scots Sang.

Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers

1840-1850 per University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks

8 pages

14 cm

Woodcut image of a fashionable young man in top hat waving on title-page

33 is printed at the bottom of the title page

A collection of songs and ballads, many of which are written in Scots. Black-Eyed Susan: a love song describing the final parting between a sailor on the naval fleet and his lover, Susan, who comes on board to kiss him goodbye before he heads off to war. The Lammie: Written in Scots, this song is written as a question and answer dialogue describing a young man’s courtship of a young girl who at first refuses to leave “her mammy” until he assures her that he will provide for both her and her mother after marriage. Lord Ronald: Another Scots song about a late-night tryst between a lord and the wife of a baron; when her husband discovers the two in bed together, he slays the adulterous lord where he lay. A Scots Sang: Also written in strong Scots, a young man praises and complains about the beauty and wiles of women after his lover leaves him. Draw the Sword, Scotland: A nationalistic call to arms, praising the victories and sacrifice of those who fell in her defense. There’s a Tear That Falls: A song about the sorrow of being parted from friends, sometimes forever, and the joy of being reunited with those long absent.

Glasgow, Scotland

Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow

Ballads and songs

Courtship and Marriage

War

Highlands

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

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