The Sheffield prentice: To which is added, John Highlandman’s remarks on Glasgow.

John Highlandman's remarks on Glasgow

Stirling: Printed and sold by C. Randall

1806

8 pages

17 cm

No other copies listed in WorldCat

The chapbook contains two songs, the first of which tells the story of a spoiled young man who runs away from his apprenticeship in Sheffield to London, where he is convinced to enter into service under a young mistress who takes him to Holland. After a few years in service, his mistress asks him to marry him, but he rejects her saying that he is already promised to Polly, the chambermaid. Upon hearing this, the mistress seeks revenge by planting a ring in her servant’s pocket and accusing him of theft, which lands him in prison with a sentence of death. The song ends in an address to his audience at the gallows, protesting his innocence and declaring his love of Polly and the fault of his mistress. Written in strong Scots, the second ballad is a popular song featured in several chapbooks describing the humorous adventures of a visitor in Glasgow.

Glasgow, Scotland

Sheffield, England

London, England

Netherlands

Ballads and songs

Crime

Highlands

Poetry

Chapbooks - Scotland - Stirling

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