Four excellent songs. The wonderful wig. Meg o' the mill. The rantin dog the daddie o't. Gilderoy.

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Title

Four excellent songs. The wonderful wig. Meg o' the mill. The rantin dog the daddie o't. Gilderoy.

Alternative Title

The wonderful wig.
Meg o' the mill.
The rantin dog the daddie o't.
Gilderoy.

Creator

Burns, Robert, 1759-1796

Publisher

Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers

Date

1840-1850 per National Library of Scotland

Extent

8 pages
14 cm

Identifier

s0615b43

Description

Woodcut image of a boy with a stick playing with a dog on title-page

Accrual Method

Purchased through the Jane Grier Family Trust. 2012

Format

JPEGs and PDF derived from master file, which was scanned from the original book in 24-bit color at 600 dpi in TIFF format using an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner.

Rights

In the public domain; For higher quality reproductions, contact, Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph. libaspc@uoguelph.ca 519-824-4120, Ext. 53413

Language

English

Contributor

Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Citation

Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, “Four excellent songs. The wonderful wig. Meg o' the mill. The rantin dog the daddie o't. Gilderoy.,” Scottish Chapbooks, accessed October 31, 2025, https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/636.

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