Molly O'Rigge. Sit ye awhile and tipple a bit. The delights of wine. Caledonia! Native land! The warrior bard. Beadle of the parish.

Sit ye awhile and tipple a bit.

The delights of wine.

Caledonia! Native land!

The warrior bard.

Beadle of the parish.

Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers

circa 1825 per National Library of Scotland

8 pages

16 cm

Woodcut image of a highland warrior with a sword on the title-page.

A collection of songs and ballads on a variety of topics. The first is a humorous song describing the beauty (or lack of it) of the sharp-tongued Molly O’Rigge who still manages to be courted by the local tea-dealer, who she rejects, and Cornelius O’Whack, who she marries and becomes Mrs. O’Whack. The next two songs are drinking songs, discussing the pleasures of both alcohol and sexual escapades, followed the tribute of an emigrant to the beauty of his native shores of Scotland. The next song tells of the warrior bard, Ministrel Roy, who dies in battle and destroys his harp so that it will never be used by his foes, while the final song pokes fun at the local Beadle—or minor church official—of the parish who struts about, sticks his nose into other people’s business, and more or less tries to ruin everyone else’s fun.

Cork, Ireland

India

Norway

Alcohol

Ballads and songs

Courtship and Marriage

Crime

emigration

Religion and Ethics

War

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