Raising the Wind; or, Habbie Sympson and his wife Baith Deid. As originaly written and spoken by John Andrews, in the exchange rooms, Moss Street. Together with the Lyfe and Deithe of Habbie Simpson, The famous pyper of Kilbarchan.
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Title
Raising the Wind; or, Habbie Sympson and his wife Baith Deid. As originaly written and spoken by John Andrews, in the exchange rooms, Moss Street. Together with the Lyfe and Deithe of Habbie Simpson, The famous pyper of Kilbarchan.
Alternative Title
Lyfe and Deithe of Habbie Simpson
The famous pyper of Kilbarchan
Creator
Sempill, Robert
Andrews, John
Publisher
Paisley: Printed by G. Caldwell & Co.
Date
1863
Extent
8 pages
17 cm
Is Part Of
Chapbook #5 in a bound collection of chapbooks (s0098b48)
Abstract
The first part of this chapbook is a humorous tale told about the famous piper, Habbie Simpson, and his wife, who together pull one over on the local laird and lady by pretending, alternately, that the other had died in order to get food and drink from them. Ultimately they are caught in their deceit, but everyone laughs about it in the end, including the laird and lady. The second part is a ballad attributed to Robert Sempill, written in 1598, commemorating the death of the famous piper with a review of some of his gifts and scenes from his life.
Habbie Simpson (1550–1620) was the town piper in the Scottish village of Kilbarchan in Renfrewshire. Today Simpson is chiefly known as the subject of the poem the Lament for Habbie Simpson (also known as The life and death of the piper of Kilbarchan). Inhabitants of Kilbarchan are informally known as "Habbies" to this day. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habbie_Simpson
Subject
Ballads
Bagpipes
Chapbooks-Scotland-Paisley
Songs
Is Referenced By
University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/chapbooks/search/
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
Contributor
Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Citation
Sempill, Robert and Andrews, John, “Raising the Wind; or, Habbie Sympson and his wife Baith Deid. As originaly written and spoken by John Andrews, in the exchange rooms, Moss Street. Together with the Lyfe and Deithe of Habbie Simpson, The famous pyper of Kilbarchan.,” Scottish Chapbooks, accessed April 25, 2024, https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/674.
