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Thread #1873   Message #6634
Posted By: Alan of Australia
11-Jun-97 - 12:05 PM
Thread Name: Help: Old Scottish songbook
Subject: Old Scottish Song Book - Help!!
While trying to work out the rules of Tonic Sol-fa I referred to a book of Scottish songs that my ancestor brought to Australia in 1893.

It has nearly 200 Scottish songs (Trad, Burns, Tannahill, Baroness Nairne etc.) with tunes for all songs in Sol-fa notation.

My problem is that sometime in the last hundred years the pages before page 7 were lost and I don't know the title, publisher etc.

My copy starts on page 7 with "Logie O' Buchan" and ends on page 190 with "Mary Of Castlecary". If there were any more pages they are also lost.

I think it might have had a very long title and was very popular at the time.

If anyone has any knowledge of such a book please let me know the title, publisher, and if possible the year of publication.

Cheers,

Alan