The drunkard's raggit wean.
Crawford, James Paul.
[Glasgow] : Sold by James Lindsay, printer and wholesale stationer, &c., 9 King Street, off Trongate, Glasgow,
[1855-1859?]
Anonymous: attributed to James Paul Crawford (pseudonym, ‘Paul Rookford’), a tailor and later superintendent at the Govan Poorhouse, who composed the poem in September 1855.
Dated from the Scottish Book Trade Index.
'Shops and hawkers supplied on liberal terms. Upwards of 5,000 sorts always on hand; also, a great variety of picture-books, song-books, histories, &c.'.
The drunkard's raggit wean - first lines read: A wee bit raggit laddie gangs wan'rin through the street / Wadin' through the snaw wi' his wee hackit feet'.
Sally in our alley - first lines read: Of all the girls that are so smart, / There's none like pretty Sally.
Two ballads.
In two columns with an illustration above each.
Ballads, English
Scotland Glasgow.