The Dooley fitba' club /
Curran, Jamesactive 1880-1900.
[Dundee] : Poet's Box, Overgae [sic] Dudee [sic],
[1880-1900?]
Dated from examination of text and style.
Possibly the earliest known song about football.
'This popular song can be had at the Poet's Box, Overgae [sic] Dudee [sic]'.
First line reads: Noo ye a' ken my big brither Jock, / His richt name is Johnny Shaw, / We'll he's lately jined a fitba' club, / For he's daft aboot fitba'.
In two columns.
In prose and verse.
Ballads, English
Soccer