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AH ANSWER T©
ANDREW MOFFAT’S SMALL POEM,
ON SlHcrNG
CHURCH-MUSIC.
. Er R. Howden.
[ShoWLD the Reader suppose the following
verses borrowed from, or built upon Macsar-
iANi’s Letter, lately published on the satne
subject, the Author assures him, that this
was written previous to his seeing the above
Letter; though he did not intend it at that
time for publication : neither does he come
forward as a combatant with MacFAIXane,
but that at the mouth of at least two witnesses
the thing might be established.]
My books i saw the other day
Were a’ gone to confusion ;
Some’s frontispiece was torn away,
Some wanted the conclusion,
Some bound in qalf, and some in boards,
Some hanging a’ in tatters,
Some fu’ o’ sense and weighty words,
And some o’ childish matters.
ANDREW MOFFAT’S SMALL POEM,
ON SlHcrNG
CHURCH-MUSIC.
. Er R. Howden.
[ShoWLD the Reader suppose the following
verses borrowed from, or built upon Macsar-
iANi’s Letter, lately published on the satne
subject, the Author assures him, that this
was written previous to his seeing the above
Letter; though he did not intend it at that
time for publication : neither does he come
forward as a combatant with MacFAIXane,
but that at the mouth of at least two witnesses
the thing might be established.]
My books i saw the other day
Were a’ gone to confusion ;
Some’s frontispiece was torn away,
Some wanted the conclusion,
Some bound in qalf, and some in boards,
Some hanging a’ in tatters,
Some fu’ o’ sense and weighty words,
And some o’ childish matters.
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Religion & morality > Answer to Andrew Moffat's small poem, on singing church-music > (1) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/104184378 |
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| Description | By R. Howden. Edinburgh : Publisher not identified, [182-?]. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2804(7) |
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| Description | Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. |
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