Four Popular Songs, Viz: Alice Gray. My Mither men't my auld breeks, Will the Weaver, and O Wat Ye Whas in Yon Town.
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Title
Four Popular Songs, Viz: Alice Gray. My Mither men't my auld breeks, Will the Weaver, and O Wat Ye Whas in Yon Town.
Alternative Title
Alice Gray.
My Mither men't my auld breeks
Will the Weaver
O Wat Ye Whas in Yon Town.
Publisher
Stirling: Printed by K. Johnstone, Bookseller
Date
1835 per National Library of Scotland
Extent
8 pages
Identifier
Is Part Of
A bound collection of 37 chapbooks; Chapbook #26
Abstract
A collection of songs and ballads on a variety of topics, including a song describing the heartbreak of love unreturned; a humorous ballad of a young man who swaps his mother for a bride; an abbreviated version of a popular tale in which a man, suspecting his wife to be in a compromising position, comes home unexpectedly to catch Will the Weaver hiding in his chimney and starts a fire to smoke him out; and the description of the beauty of a young woman and the lengths to which her love would go to protect her from any suffering.
Coverage
Finland
Subject
Ballads and songs
Courtship and Marriage
Wit and Humor
Chapbooks - Scotland - Stirling
Source
Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario
Is Referenced By
National Library of Scotland
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
“Four Popular Songs, Viz: Alice Gray. My Mither men't my auld breeks, Will the Weaver, and O Wat Ye Whas in Yon Town.,” Scottish Chapbooks, accessed April 26, 2024, https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/685.
