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Broadside ballad entitled 'The Gallant Forty-Twa' |
TranscriptionTHE GALLANT F O R T Y - T W A, Copies of this popular Song can always he at the Poet's Box, It's noo I am a sodger, and they ca' me Willie Brown, CHORUS? Noo, you talk aboot your First Royals, and your Scot- And your Aberdeen Militia, and your Dundee Volun- Or any other regiment that's lying far awa,' But bring to me the tartan of the gallant forty-twa. Noo, the first day I went to drill wi' I lot o' raw recruits, awa,' For I think you'll make an awfu' mess o' the gallant Noo, when the bugle sounded for the dinner time, Noo, when I get a furlough, to Dundee I will gang, start to blaw, twa. A LIST OF NEW AND POPULAR SONGS. Am I Right Or Any Other Man. Thers A Corner For You At My Fireside still, A Parody on Home Sweet Home. Farewell Tae Blairgowrie. The Dooley fitba' Club The Dundee A, B, C. The Old Brigade. Half Past Ten. The Shepherd's Daughter. Back In The spring. This But A Little Faded Flower. John Anderson My Jo. a reading No! Sir, No! Cumarachandhu The Wondrous Telephone. Ever Of Thee. My Heather Hlls. M - O - N - E - Y, The Cup Of Cold Water. Poor Old Jeff. The Bonnet's o' Blue. Lamentation On The Lost whitte
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Probable period of publication:
1880-1900 shelfmark: L.C.Fol.70(25a)
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