Six Popular Songs. Coming through the rye. Say, my heart, why wildly beating. When I was an infant. Jockie to the fair. Katty O'Lynch. There was a jolly miller.
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Title
Six Popular Songs. Coming through the rye. Say, my heart, why wildly beating. When I was an infant. Jockie to the fair. Katty O'Lynch. There was a jolly miller.
Alternative Title
Coming through the rye.
Say, my heart, why wildly beating.
When I was an infant.
Jockie to the fair.
Katty O'Lynch.
There was a jolly miller.
Creator
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
Publisher
Kilmarnock: Printed for the Booksellers
Date
[1820?] per G. Ross Roy Collection, University of South Carolina Libraries
Extent
8 pages
Identifier
Is Part Of
Chapbook #20 in a bound collection of 40 chapbooks
Description
Woodcut #88: Illustration of a man and a woman in an outside scene; the man is facing the woman and the woman is facing the viewer.
Type
ballads & songs
Subject
Chapbooks--Scotland--Kilmarnock
Courtship and Marriage
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
Language
English
Contributor
Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Citation
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, “Six Popular Songs. Coming through the rye. Say, my heart, why wildly beating. When I was an infant. Jockie to the fair. Katty O'Lynch. There was a jolly miller.,” Scottish Chapbooks, accessed October 29, 2025, https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/940.
