The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #174602 Message #4233776
Posted By: Steve Gardham
04-Jan-26 - 09:00 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Captain Grant
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Captain Grant
CG was quite widely printed in the early 19th century. Both Pitts and Catnach had 11 double stanzas though later printings were reduced to 8 or 9 single stanzas. The Glasgow Poets Box printed a 12 stanza version with chorus in 1857. The Pitts/Catnach version both in the Madden Collection. I can post one of these versions if you wish. I'm not aware of any Irish printed versions but there may be some. The title doesn't appear in Catnach's 1832 catalogue but it is in Pitts 1836 catalogue, so the earliest printing I have of it is between those 2 dates, although Ford of Chesterfield also printed the same version as theirs.