Queen Mary's lamentation. To which are added, The orange and blue, Lord Gregory, Tak' your auld cloke about ye, and The sailor's return

The orange and blue

Lord Gregory

Tak' your auld cloke about ye

The sailor's return

Glasgow: Published and sold, wholesale and retail by R. Hutchinson, Bookseller

1823

8 pages

16 cm

A collection of ballads and songs, including: the lament of Mary, Queen of Scots, on the eve of her execution; the song of a woman whose love had joined the militia and was sent to fight on Ireland’s shores, although he promises to wed her upon his return; a young woman cries out against the wrongs done to her by Lord Gregory, whose false promises claimed her virginity, resulting in her father casting her out into the stormy night; an old married couple bickers over a variety of topics, centering on the subject of an old cloak; and the rejoicing of a sailor as he returns to his native shores and his lover.

Ballads and songs

Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587

Courtship and Marriage

Crime

Religion and Ethics

War

Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow

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