Songs
Subtitle: chiefly in the rural language of Scotland. By Allan Cunningham
Publisher: Printed for the author, By Smith & Davy … and sold by J. Hearne … Sherwood, Neely and Jones …, J. M. Richardson …
Published: 1813
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Description: <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">8vo. pp. xx, 83. Signatures: [pi]1 A9 B-F8 G2. Original boards, uncut.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">The first ‘original’ collection of Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), now putting his name to the sort of verse with which he had deceived Robert Hartley Cromek in 1810 (see Bib# 4103430/Fr# 761 for Cunningham’s collection forged ballads entitled ‘Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway song.’)</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_4103431" rel="ugc nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>