Manuscript of Scottish song by Sir Walter Scott

Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 16, Folder: 2

Identifier: GTM-20231013

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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 Sir. W. Scott..."

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Dates

Creation: circa 1820

Creator

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 (Person)

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