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 192
... verses published in 1782 in The Charmer . The tune is given in Scots Musical Museum No. 360 , ( Kinsley 1968 : No. 360 ) . Greig - Duncan No. 1301 has the same title but a completely different song ; No. 1867 has first verse only . The ...
... verses published in 1782 in The Charmer . The tune is given in Scots Musical Museum No. 360 , ( Kinsley 1968 : No. 360 ) . Greig - Duncan No. 1301 has the same title but a completely different song ; No. 1867 has first verse only . The ...
Page 206
... 379. Greig - Duncan No. 320 has first verse only . The motif is international . Kellyburn is in Innerkip parish , Renfrewshire . There lived a carl on Kelly - burn braes , 206 Folk in Print : Scotland's Chapbook Heritage Kelly-burn Braes.
... 379. Greig - Duncan No. 320 has first verse only . The motif is international . Kellyburn is in Innerkip parish , Renfrewshire . There lived a carl on Kelly - burn braes , 206 Folk in Print : Scotland's Chapbook Heritage Kelly-burn Braes.
Page 227
... verse was somewhat coarser : As I gaed up to Dunse To warp a pickle yarn , Robin , silly body , He gat me wi ' bairn ... verses refer to sexual deceit . Robin shure in hearst , I shure wi ' him ; Fient a neuk had I , yet I stack by him ...
... verse was somewhat coarser : As I gaed up to Dunse To warp a pickle yarn , Robin , silly body , He gat me wi ' bairn ... verses refer to sexual deceit . Robin shure in hearst , I shure wi ' him ; Fient a neuk had I , yet I stack by him ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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