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Auld Nature • wetis the lovely dears,
Her noblest Work she classes. 0,5
Her ’prentice head she tried on man,
And then she made the iasres, O*
TOM STARBOARD*
Tom Starboard war a lover true,
\s brave a tar as ever sailed.
The duties ablest seamen do.
He did, and nev^-r yet had'failed*
But wreck'd as he was homeward bound,
Within a league of England's coast.
Love sav'd him sure from b»ing drown'd,
For all the crew but Tom were lost,
His strength restor'd, Tom hied with^peed.
True to his love as e'er was man.
Nought had ha sav'd, nought did he need,
Rich he in hopes of lovely Nan.
But scarce five miles poor t'om had gained,
When he was pressed, he heaved a sigh,
And said tho, cruel was his 1st,
Ere flinch fro duty, h* would dir.
Auld Nature • wetis the lovely dears,
Her noblest Work she classes. 0,5
Her ’prentice head she tried on man,
And then she made the iasres, O*
TOM STARBOARD*
Tom Starboard war a lover true,
\s brave a tar as ever sailed.
The duties ablest seamen do.
He did, and nev^-r yet had'failed*
But wreck'd as he was homeward bound,
Within a league of England's coast.
Love sav'd him sure from b»ing drown'd,
For all the crew but Tom were lost,
His strength restor'd, Tom hied with^peed.
True to his love as e'er was man.
Nought had ha sav'd, nought did he need,
Rich he in hopes of lovely Nan.
But scarce five miles poor t'om had gained,
When he was pressed, he heaved a sigh,
And said tho, cruel was his 1st,
Ere flinch fro duty, h* would dir.
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Scotland/Scots > Green grow the rashes > (3) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/117861623 |
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| Description | To which are added, The lassie o' my heart. The hen-pick'd [sic] husband. The lass o' Glenshee. Tom Starboard. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2814(26) |
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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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