Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
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Manuscript of Scottish song by Sir Walter Scott
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 16, Folder: 2
Identifier: GTM-20231013
Scope and Contents
Traditional Scottish song, a shorter version of which Scott included in The Fortunes of Nigel (1822), p.476, not found in later collections. 1 sheet. 20x33 cm (8x13"), folded to make four pages. Not signed. First line: "It's hame & it's hame & it's hame I wad be". Inscription on p.4 in near-contemporary hand: "Given by Miss Clephane for whom it was written to G.S. Cantley[?]. The three Miss MacLean Clephanes of Torloisk, Isle of Man, were wards of...
Dates:
circa 1820