Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850John Donald, 2007 - 438 pages Though they represent a great unmined treasure-trove of history, literature and popular culture, chapbooks have been incomprehensibly and disgracefully ignored. This title presents a study of this form of publication. |
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Page 239
... Sergeant Sergeant Recruits Cross - dressing Sweetheart ! Dianne Dugaw has produced a monograph on the Female Warrior in popular songs of the period 1650 to 1850 . She has compiled a list of 120 ballads on this theme , though the example ...
... Sergeant Sergeant Recruits Cross - dressing Sweetheart ! Dianne Dugaw has produced a monograph on the Female Warrior in popular songs of the period 1650 to 1850 . She has compiled a list of 120 ballads on this theme , though the example ...
Page 402
... sergeant agreed to the bargain , and , accordingly , Allan joined the party with his pipes ; and by a variety of whimsical capers , which so attracted the young men , that before night they had enlisted eight of them . The sergeant , so ...
... sergeant agreed to the bargain , and , accordingly , Allan joined the party with his pipes ; and by a variety of whimsical capers , which so attracted the young men , that before night they had enlisted eight of them . The sergeant , so ...
Page 408
... sergeants , to whom Allan was especially entrusted . One corporal walked before , and the other followed after , with their muskets loaded ; while a sergeant walked on each side of him with their swords drawn . Allan being only a ...
... sergeants , to whom Allan was especially entrusted . One corporal walked before , and the other followed after , with their muskets loaded ; while a sergeant walked on each side of him with their swords drawn . Allan being only a ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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