Bonny Mally Stewart; To which are added, Her blue rollin' e'e. The braes o'Gleniffer. Waes me for prince Charly.
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Title
Bonny Mally Stewart; To which are added, Her blue rollin' e'e. The braes o'Gleniffer. Waes me for prince Charly.
Alternative Title
Her blue rollin' e'e.
The braes o'Gleniffer.
Waes me for prince Charly.
Publisher
Stirling: Printed by W. Macnie
Date
1825
Extent
8 pages
Identifier
Is Part Of
Chapbook #6 in a bound collection of 37 chapbooks
Description
Woodcut image of Christian religious figure on title-page
Type
ballad
Abstract
A collection of songs and ballads. In the first, when a young soldier in the king’s guard must leave to fight for his king, his sweetheart begs to accompany him in disguise as a fellow soldier, causing strife between the two as he is sent abroad to fight. In the second, the beauty of a young woman is praised by comparing her features to various features of Nature. The third song is a lament of a young woman whose love has marched off to war, leaving her behind to compare the desolation of winter of the surrounding valley to the desolation of her heart. In the last song, a bird sings a lament for Prince Charlie, who after his defeat is forced to run and live rough in a land that should be his by rights.
Subject
Ballads and songs
Chapbooks - Scotland - Stirling
Highlands
War
Source
Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario
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
“Bonny Mally Stewart; To which are added, Her blue rollin' e'e. The braes o'Gleniffer. Waes me for prince Charly.,” Scottish Chapbooks, accessed April 29, 2024, https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/682.
