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 80
... comes after , and struts like a crow in a gutter , And cries wha'll hae sour milk and water , and lumps of yellow ... come o'er from Kirkaldy , from Musselburgh and Fisher - row ; And cries quick fish , and quick hadies , fresh herrings ...
... comes after , and struts like a crow in a gutter , And cries wha'll hae sour milk and water , and lumps of yellow ... come o'er from Kirkaldy , from Musselburgh and Fisher - row ; And cries quick fish , and quick hadies , fresh herrings ...
Page 165
... comes on Munday , he craves wonder sair , Cries : ' Dame come gi'e me my siller , ' or malt ye sall ne'er get mair . ' I took him into the pantry , and gave him some cock - broo , Syne paid him upon a gantree , as hostler - wives should ...
... comes on Munday , he craves wonder sair , Cries : ' Dame come gi'e me my siller , ' or malt ye sall ne'er get mair . ' I took him into the pantry , and gave him some cock - broo , Syne paid him upon a gantree , as hostler - wives should ...
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... come awa ' Bona , Will'tu come awa ' , Ye've threaten'd lang , but ay sae thrang , Ye'll no come out ava Bona . Ye've boats enow gin they were fu ' , although they be but sma ' Bona , And when you please to tak the seas , Chorus there's ...
... come awa ' Bona , Will'tu come awa ' , Ye've threaten'd lang , but ay sae thrang , Ye'll no come out ava Bona . Ye've boats enow gin they were fu ' , although they be but sma ' Bona , And when you please to tak the seas , Chorus there's ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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