A Collection of the Best Old Scotch and English Songs (Oswald, James)

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Publisher. Info. London: James Oswald, n.d.
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Work Title A Collection of the best old Scotch and English Songs
Alternative. Title A Collection of the best old Scotch and English Songs set for the Voice with Accompaniments and Thorough-Bass for the Harpsichord
Composer Oswald, James
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 20 songs:
  1. The Lass of Peaty's Mill (voice & continuo. 4 verses)
  2. Sae merry as we twa ha'e been - A lass that was loaden with care (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 3 verses)
  3. Polwart on the Green - At Polwart on the Green (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 3 verses)
  4. Pinky House - As Sylvia in a forest lay (voice, 2 violins & continuo. 5 verses)
  5. The Birks of Endermay - The smiling morn, the breathing Spring (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 2 verses)
  6. Bessy Bell and Mary Gray - O Bessy Bell and Mary Gray (2 voices & continuo; 2 flutes. 4 verses)
  7. The last time I came o'er the Moor (voice, 2 violins & continuo. 5 verses)
  8. Woe's my Heart that we shou'd sunder - With broken words and downcast eyes (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 3 verses)
  9. Rossline Castle - Twas in that season of the year (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 4 verses)
  10. The Bush aboon Traquair - Hear me ye nymphs and ev'ry swain (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 4 verses)
  11. De'el take the Warr (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 2 verses)
  12. The Young Laird - Now wat ye wha I met yest'reen (voice & continuo. 4 verses)
  13. Believe my Sighs (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 2 verses)
  14. The Banks of Forth, by J. Oswald - Ye Silvan pow'rs that rule the plain (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 6 verses)
  15. Saw ye nae my Peggy (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 2 verses)
  16. Nanny-o - While some for pleasure pawn their health (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 2 verses)
  17. The Message - Send home my long stray'd eyes to me (2 violins, voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 3 verses)
  18. Tweed Side - What beauties does Flora disclose (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 4 verses)
  19. Ianthe the Lovely - Ianthe the lovely, the joy of the swain (voice & continuo; 2 flutes. 3 verses)
  20. Lovesick Jockey - A bonny Northern lad (voice & continuo)
Language English (some Scots dialect)
Dedication the Princess Dowager of Wales
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation voice, continuo; voice, harpsichord; voice, 2 violins, continuo; 2 voices, continuo; 2 flutes/recorders alone