Isle of St Helena
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The rude rushing waves
A' our shores round us washing,
And the great billows heaves,
A' the wild rocks a dashing.
He may look upon the moon,
And think on Lousiana,
With his heart full of woe,
On the isle of St Helena.
Now ye that have great wealth,
Beware of ambition;
For some decree of fate
May change your condition.
Be ye stedfast in time,
or what's to come ye kenna,
y be your race may end
At the isle of St Helena.
BANKS OF DOON.
Ye banks and braes of bonny Doon,
How can ye bloom so fresh and fair,
How can your blue stream row so clear;
When I'm so weary fu' o' care.
Ye'll break my heart, ye little birds,
That wanton on yon flow'ry thorn,
Ye mind me of departed joys,
Departed never to return.
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| Street literature about Napoleon's Wars > Isle of St Helena > (3) Page 3 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74553668 |
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| Description | 'Banks of Doon'. |
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| Description | "Banks of Doon, Highland Harry, Ralph and Moses, and Dull care". |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2877(35) |
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| Description | Collection of 78 Scottish chapbooks recounting events from the late 1790s to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Cheap print booklets mostly containing ballads about the military conflicts. Also give insights into contemporary views of Napoleon Bonaparte, Josephine de Beauharnais, Horatio Nelson and the Duke of Wellington. |
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