Kitty of Coleraine. Black-eyed Susan. Merrily Bounds the Bark. The Bay of Biscay. The Cabin Boy. March to the Battle Field. Bonny Dundee. Bide ye yet.

Black-eyed Susan

Merrily Bounds the Bark.

The Bay of Biscay

The Cabin Boy.

March to the Battle Field.

Bide ye yet.

Bonny Dundee.

Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers

1850 per University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks

8 pages

17 cm

woodcut of 2 men beating a man with a bat

A collection of several short songs and ballads mostly on the theme of sailing, including: a song about a boy who is so handsome, dairy maids drop milk pitchers when they see him and then count it a blessing when he kisses them; a song where a young woman comes aboard seeking her William who is about to set sail for India, kissing him goodbye and seeking reassurances of his love and return; a sailing song describing the music and beauty of the sailing of a ship; a crew is beset by a storm in the Bay of Biscay and is shipwrecked, but rescued; a cabin boy seeks his fortune on the seas but loses all in a shipwreck; a marching song calling on the valor of those who defend the country; a lament of a lass who is looking for a Scottish rogue who had dandled her on his knee and given her his bonnet before disappearing; and a final Scots song describing the delights of marriage waiting for young men who bide until they are married.

Bay of Biscay, France

Ballads and songs

Courtship and Marriage

War

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