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Broadside ballad entitled 'Cheer Boys, Cheer Medley' |
TranscriptionCHEER BOYS, CHEER Copies of this Popular Song can be had the Poet's Box, Cheer, Boys Cheer : Tam Glen, and Maggy Lauder, Bessie Bell, and Mary Cray, and Jean o' Sauchielt, And danced the Reel o' Boggie there wi' Jockie far awa Heather Joek, and Donald Blair, and Lonnie Bessie Lee, And they sang Nix My Dolly, by the Bonnis Rowan Tree. Cheer, Boys Cheer ! the Ducks dang o'er my Daddie, Jockie's made a Waddin o't, wi' Bonnie Jeanie Gray, But Ca' the Ewes to the Knows, on Birks o' Invermay. The Auld Wife Ayout the Fire, wi' Jessie o' Dumblaae, For Willie Brew'd a P'eck o' Maut, to Charlieo'er the Main. Cheer, Boys, Chee ! for Jenny Dang the weaver, Within a Mile o' Edinoro' Toun, on Clean Pcase Strae, He's Dead! He's Dead ! in the Cauld House o Clay. A Lassie leeves Ayont the Burn, alang the Banks o' Clyde, For Ye cow a', quo she, and This is no my Plad. Cheer, Boys, Cheer ! and Whistle o'er the Live o't, Nannie wilt thou gang wi' me, My Bark is on the Sea, it's bye wi' ye a' noo, and Ye never Daut on me Steer my Back to Eein's Hes, O! Happy Happy Land, Then, Hip, Hip, Hurrah ! and Noo what will you stand. Songs sent to any part of tlic country on receipt of postage stamps for the number required along with an extra stamp to ensure a free return per post. Immediate despatch may be relied upon. A Colection of new and popular Songs with POET'S BOX OVEGRATE, DUNDEE,
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Probable period of publication:
1880-1900 shelfmark: L.C.Fol.70(59b)
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