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THE HISTORY
OF
WILL
AND JEAN
Wha was ance like Willie Gairlace,
Wlia in neelionrio^ town or farm
Beauty’s bloom was in bis fair face.
Deadly sti'ength was in his arm.
Wba wi’ Will could rin or wrastle.
Throw the sledge or toss the bar.
Hap what would, he stood a castle,
Or for safety or for war.
Warm his heart, and mild as manflt,
Wi’ the baidd he bauld could be;
But to friends wlta had their handfii.
Burse and service aye war free.
Whan he first saw .Teanie Miller,
Wha wi’ Jeanie could compare ?
Thousands had mair braws and siller.
But was ony half so fair ?
Kind and gentle was her nature ;
At ilk place she bore the bell.
Sic a bloom, and shape, and stature !
But her look nae tongue can tell!
OF
WILL
AND JEAN
Wha was ance like Willie Gairlace,
Wlia in neelionrio^ town or farm
Beauty’s bloom was in bis fair face.
Deadly sti'ength was in his arm.
Wba wi’ Will could rin or wrastle.
Throw the sledge or toss the bar.
Hap what would, he stood a castle,
Or for safety or for war.
Warm his heart, and mild as manflt,
Wi’ the baidd he bauld could be;
But to friends wlta had their handfii.
Burse and service aye war free.
Whan he first saw .Teanie Miller,
Wha wi’ Jeanie could compare ?
Thousands had mair braws and siller.
But was ony half so fair ?
Kind and gentle was her nature ;
At ilk place she bore the bell.
Sic a bloom, and shape, and stature !
But her look nae tongue can tell!
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Temperance > History of Will and Jean, or, The sad effects of drunkenness > (2) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/108787218 |
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| Description | By Hector Macneill. Glasgow : Printed for the booksellers, [ca. 1850?]. Title page includes illustration of a street scene at night with three drunken figures in the foreground. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2852.B(10) |
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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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