Bonnie Baby Livingstone; To which is added the Twa Martyrs' Widows.
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Title
Bonnie Baby Livingstone; To which is added the Twa Martyrs' Widows.
Alternative Title
Twa Martyrs' Widows
Publisher
Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers
Date
1840-1850 per University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks
Extent
8 pages
16 cm
Identifier
Description
78 printed at the bottom of the title-page
Woodcut image of a man with arm around woman holding a rose on title-page
Type
ballad
Abstract
Two ballads are presented here. The first tells the tale of young woman who is stolen away from her home in Dundee by a Highland lord. He takes her away to be his bride, but she refuses to have him. She manages to get a letter to her love, John Hay, who comes and rescues her from the Highlanders. The second song is the lament of two widows of martyrs as they mourn the loss of their husbands and Scotland’s loss of two covenanters.
Coverage
Dundee, Scotland
Highlands Scotland
Subject
Covenanters
Chapbooks-Scotland-Glasgow
Courtship
Marriage
Religion
Crime
Source
Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario
Is Referenced By
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 high 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
“Bonnie Baby Livingstone; To which is added the Twa Martyrs' Widows.,” Scottish Chapbooks, accessed May 3, 2024, https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/721.
