Elegies & laments > Death of Colonel Cadogan
| English ballads > Elegies & laments > Death of Colonel Cadogan |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/85449153 |
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| Description | " ... of the 71st regiment". Two ballads, one on either side of the sheet. Lines in memory of Colonel the Hon. Henry Cadogan commanding officer of the 71st Highland regiment, killed at the battle of Vittoria, 1813. The death of Colonel Cadogan - first line reads: How lovely is Clydsdale in the dawn of the/ morning. Mary M'Kinnon's lament - first line reads: Ye Dames severe, no longer scorn. The death of Colonel Cadogan: Tune - The flowers of the forest. Mary M'Kinnon's lament: Tune - Jockie's far awa. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.2073 |
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| Description | Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust. |
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