Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850Though 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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There's Ladies a swigging of gin , and cropt Maccaronies likewise , There's I with my who'll up and win ! come here for your hot mutton pies . There's horses , and asses , and chaise , and wagons , and carts out of number , Here's ...
There's Ladies a swigging of gin , and cropt Maccaronies likewise , There's I with my who'll up and win ! come here for your hot mutton pies . There's horses , and asses , and chaise , and wagons , and carts out of number , Here's ...
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There's plaids enow , and mauds coming , Bonnie border lads coming , How ye stare , ye jade , woman , To see the braw cockades coming . Little wat ye wha's coming , Young Buccleuch and a's coming . The great Macallum more's coming ...
There's plaids enow , and mauds coming , Bonnie border lads coming , How ye stare , ye jade , woman , To see the braw cockades coming . Little wat ye wha's coming , Young Buccleuch and a's coming . The great Macallum more's coming ...
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... brought him in fidlers three : every fidler was a very fine fidler , and a very fine fidler was he , Fidle - didle , fidle - didle , went the fidlers three : and there's not a lass in braid Scotland , compared to our sweet Marjory .
... brought him in fidlers three : every fidler was a very fine fidler , and a very fine fidler was he , Fidle - didle , fidle - didle , went the fidlers three : and there's not a lass in braid Scotland , compared to our sweet Marjory .
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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Allan appear auld began body boys called carried century chap chapbooks chapman clothes collection coming cries death door drink East Lothian Edinburgh English entered fair father fell four friends Gaelic give Glasgow Haggart hand head hear heard heart Jack James John keep King land lass leave live look Maggy means mind morning never night o'er pass person play poem poor popular present printed published reached remained Robertson round Saltmarket Scotland Scots Scottish shillings ship side soldiers song soon sure taken tell There's thing thought till took town true turn Wallace weather whole wife wind woman wonderful young
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| Title | Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850 |
| Author | Edward J. Cowan |
| Editors | Edward J. Cowan, Michael Paterson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | John Donald, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 1904607519, 9781904607519 |
| Length | 438 pages |
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