The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes 1-6Volume 6 / Part 2 — THE THREE BARDS OF COWAL.[39]Reading editionChapter navigation273 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL; OR, THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY. WITH Memoirs of the Poets, AND SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MODERN GAELIC BARDS. BY CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D. F.S.A. SCOT.INDEX TO THE FIRST LINES OF THE SONGS.INDEX OF AUTHORSTHE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL; OR, THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY. WITH Memoirs of the Poets, AND SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MODERN GAELIC BARDS. BY CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D. F.S.A. SCOT.PREFACE.JOHN SKINNER.MRS JOHN HUNTER.ALEXANDER, DUKE OF GORDON.MRS GRANT OF CARRON.ROBERT COUPER, M.D.LADY ANNE BARNARD.Part I.Part II.MRS GRANT OF LAGGAN.JOHN MAYNE.JOHN HAMILTON.JOANNA BAILLIE.WILLIAM DUDGEON.WILLIAM REID.ALEXANDER CAMPBELL.MRS DUGALD STEWART.ALEXANDER WILSON.CAROLINA, BARONESS NAIRN.JAMES NICOL.JAMES MONTGOMERY.ANDREW SCOTT.SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART.ROBERT MACKAY (ROB DONN).DOUGAL BUCHANAN.DUNCAN MACINTYRE.JOHN MACODRUM.NORMAN MACLEOD; Or, Tormaid Ban.GLOSSARY.THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL; OR, THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY. WITH Memoirs of the Poets, AND SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MODERN GAELIC BARDS. BY CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D. F.S.A. SCOT.INTRODUCTION TO The Modern Gaelic Minstrelsy.[1]JAMES HOGG.JAMES HOGG. (continued 2)JAMES MUIRHEAD, D.D.MRS AGNES LYON.ROBERT LOCHORE.JOHN ROBERTSON.ALEXANDER BALFOUR.GEORGE MACINDOE.ALEXANDER DOUGLAS.WILLIAM M'LAREN.HAMILTON PAUL.ROBERT TANNAHILL.HENRY DUNCAN, D.D.ROBERT ALLAN.ANDREW MERCER.JOHN LEYDEN, M.D.JAMES SCADLOCK.SIR ALEXANDER BOSWELL, BART.WILLIAM GILLESPIE.THOMAS MOUNSEY CUNNINGHAM.JOHN STRUTHERS.RICHARD GALL.GEORGE SCOTT.THOMAS CAMPBELL.THOMAS BROWN, M.D.WILLIAM CHALMERS.JOSEPH TRAIN.ROBERT JAMIESON.WALTER WATSON.WILLIAM LAIDLAW.ALEXANDER MACDONALD.JOHN MORRISON.ROBERT MACKAY.GLOSSARY.THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL; OR, THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY. WITH Memoirs of the Poets, AND SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MODERN GAELIC BARDS. BY CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D. F.S.A. SCOT.SCOTTISH AND HELLENIC MINSTRELSY: An Essay. By JAMES DONALDSON, A.M.ALLAN CUNNINGHAM.EBENEZER PICKEN.STUART LEWIS.DAVID DRUMMOND.JAMES AFFLECK.JAMES STIRRAT.JOHN GRIEVE.CHARLES GRAY.JOHN FINLAY.WILLIAM NICHOLSON.ALEXANDER RODGER.JOHN WILSON.DAVID WEBSTER.WILLIAM PARK.THOMAS PRINGLE.WILLIAM KNOX.WILLIAM THOM.WILLIAM GLEN.[31]DAVID VEDDER.JOHN M'DIARMID.PETER BUCHAN.WILLIAM FINLAY.JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART.THOMAS MATHERS.JAMES BROWN.DANIEL WEIR.ROBERT DAVIDSON.PETER ROGER.JOHN MALCOLM.ERSKINE CONOLLY.GEORGE MENZIES.JOHN SIM.WILLIAM MOTHERWELL.DAVID MACBETH MOIR.ROBERT FRASER.JAMES HISLOP.ROBERT GILFILLAN.WILLIAM ROSS.LACHLAN MACVURICH.JAMES M'LAGGAN.GLOSSARY.THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL; OR, THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY. WITH Memoirs of the Poets, AND SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MODERN GAELIC BARDS. BY CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D. F.S.A. SCOT.THE INFLUENCE OF BURNS ON SCOTTISH POETRY AND SONG: An Essay.HENRY SCOTT RIDDELL.HENRY SCOTT RIDDELL. (continued 2)MRS MARGARET M. INGLIS.JAMES KING.ISOBEL PAGAN.JOHN MITCHELL.ALEXANDER JAMIESON.JOHN GOLDIE.ROBERT POLLOK.J. C. DENOVAN.JOHN IMLAH.JOHN TWEEDIE.THOMAS ATKINSON.WILLIAM GARDINER.ROBERT HOGG.JOHN WRIGHT.JOSEPH GRANT.DUGALD MOORE.REV. T. G. TORRY ANDERSON.GEORGE ALLAN.THOMAS BRYDSON.CHARLES DOYNE SILLERY.ROBERT MILLER.ALEXANDER HUME.THOMAS SMIBERT.JOHN BETHUNE.ALLAN STEWART.ROBERT L. MALONE.PETER STILL.ROBERT NICOLL.ARCHIBALD STIRLING IRVING.ALEXANDER A. RITCHIE.[28]ALEXANDER LAING.ALEXANDER CARLILE.JOHN NEVAY.THOMAS LYLE.JAMES HOME.JAMES TELFER.EVAN MACLACHLAN.THE THREE BARDS OF COWAL.[39]JOHN BROWN.CHARLES STEWART, D.D.ANGUS FLETCHER.GLOSSARY.THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL; OR, THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY. WITH Memoirs of the Poets, AND SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MODERN GAELIC BARDS. BY CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D. F.S.A. SCOT.SCOTTISH LYRICS AND SCOTTISH LIFE. By JAMES DODDS.FRANCIS BENNOCH.[1]JOSEPH MACGREGOR.WILLIAM DUNBAR, D.D.WILLIAM JERDAN.ALEXANDER BALD.GEORGE WILSON.JOHN YOUNGER.JOHN BURTT.CHARLES JAMES FINLAYSON.WILLIAM DOBIE.ROBERT HENDRY, M.D.HEW AINSLIE.WILLIAM THOMSON.ALEXANDER SMART.JOHN DUNLOP.WILLIAM BLAIR.ARCHIBALD MACKAY.WILLIAM AIR FOSTER.CHARLES MARSHALL.WILLIAM WILSON.MRS MARY MACARTHUR.JOHN RAMSAY.JAMES PARKER.JOHN HUNTER.ROBERT CHAMBERS.THOMAS AIRD.ROBERT WHITE.WILLIAM CAMERON.ALEXANDER TAIT.CHARLES FLEMING.WILLIAM FERGUSON.THOMAS DICK.HUGH MILLER.ALEXANDER MACANSH.JAMES PRINGLE.WILLIAM ANDERSON.WILLIAM M. HETHERINGTON, D.D., LL.D.THOMAS WATSON.JAMES MACDONALD.JAMES BALLANTINE.MRS ELIZA A. H. OGILVY.JOHN FINLAY.THOMAS TOD STODDART.ALEXANDER MACLAGAN.[12]MRS JANE C. SIMPSON.ANDREW PARK.MARION PAUL AIRD.WILLIAM SINCLAIR.WILLIAM MILLER.ALEXANDER HUME.JOHN MACDONALD, D.D.DUNCAN KENNEDY.ALLAN M'DOUGALL.KENNETH MACKENZIE.JOHN CAMPBELL.JAMES M'GREGOR, D.D.THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL; OR, THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY. WITH Memoirs of the Poets, AND SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MODERN GAELIC BARDS. BY CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D. F.S.A. SCOT.INTRODUCTION.OBSERVATIONS ON SCOTTISH SONG: WITH REMARKS ON THE GENIUS OF LADY NAIRN, THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD, AND ROBERT TANNAHILL. BY HENRY SCOTT RIDDELL.CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D.[5]ARCHIBALD CRAWFORD.GEORGE DONALD.HENRY GLASSFORD BELL.WILLIAM BENNET.GEORGE OUTRAM.HENRY INGLIS.JAMES MANSON.JAMES HEDDERWICK.WILLIAM BROCKIE.ALEXANDER M'LACHLAN.THOMAS YOUNG.ROBERT WILSON.EDWARD POLIN.ALEXANDER BUCHANAN.DAVID TAYLOR.ROBERT CATHCART.WILLIAM JAMIE.JOHN CRAWFORD.JOHN STUART BLACKIE.[11]WILLIAM STIRLING, M.P.THOMAS C. LATTO.WILLIAM CADENHEAD.ALLAN GIBSON.THOMAS ELLIOTT.WILLIAM LOGAN.JAMES LITTLE.COLIN RAE BROWN.ROBERT LEIGHTON.JAMES HENDERSON.JAMES MACLARDY.ANDREW JAMES SYMINGTON.ISABELLA CRAIG.ROBERT DUTHIE.ALEXANDER STEPHEN WILSON.JAMES MACFARLAN.WILLIAM B. C. RIDDELL.MARGARET CRAWFORD.GEORGE DONALD, JUN.JOHN JEFFREY.PATRICK SCOTT.JOHN BATHURST DICKSON.EVAN M'COLL.JAMES D. BURNS.GEORGE HENDERSON.HORATIUS BONAR, D.D.JOHN HALLIDAY.JAMES DODDS.DUNCAN MACFARLAN.JOHN MUNRO.JOHN MACDONALD, JUN.EVAN M'COLL.[16]INDEX TO THE FIRST LINES OF THE SONGS.INDEX OF AUTHORSPrevious chapter ←Volume 6 / Part 2 — EVAN MACLACHLAN.Next chapter →Volume 6 / Part 2 — JOHN BROWN.All chapters and sections (273)Other sectionsTHE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL; OR, THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY. WITH Memoirs of the Poets, AND SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MODERN GAELIC BARDS. BY CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D. F.S.A. SCOT.Volume 6 · Other sectionsINDEX TO THE FIRST LINES OF THE SONGS.INDEX OF AUTHORSTHE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL; OR, THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY. WITH Memoirs of the Poets, AND SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MODERN GAELIC BARDS. BY CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D. F.S.A. SCOT.PREFACE.JOHN SKINNER.MRS JOHN HUNTER.ALEXANDER, DUKE OF GORDON.MRS GRANT OF CARRON.ROBERT COUPER, M.D.LADY ANNE BARNARD.Volume 6 / Part 1 · Parts1Volume 6 / Part 2 · Parts2Volume 6 / Part 2 · Other sectionsMRS GRANT OF LAGGAN.JOHN MAYNE.JOHN HAMILTON.JOANNA BAILLIE.WILLIAM DUDGEON.WILLIAM REID.ALEXANDER CAMPBELL.MRS DUGALD STEWART.ALEXANDER WILSON.CAROLINA, BARONESS NAIRN.JAMES NICOL.JAMES MONTGOMERY.ANDREW SCOTT.SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART.ROBERT MACKAY (ROB DONN).DOUGAL BUCHANAN.DUNCAN MACINTYRE.JOHN MACODRUM.NORMAN MACLEOD; Or, Tormaid Ban.GLOSSARY.THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL; OR, THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY. WITH Memoirs of the Poets, AND SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MODERN GAELIC BARDS. BY CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D. F.S.A. SCOT.INTRODUCTION TO The Modern Gaelic Minstrelsy.[1]JAMES HOGG.JAMES HOGG. (continued 2)JAMES MUIRHEAD, D.D.MRS AGNES LYON.ROBERT LOCHORE.JOHN ROBERTSON.ALEXANDER BALFOUR.GEORGE MACINDOE.ALEXANDER DOUGLAS.WILLIAM M'LAREN.HAMILTON PAUL.ROBERT TANNAHILL.HENRY DUNCAN, D.D.ROBERT ALLAN.ANDREW MERCER.JOHN LEYDEN, M.D.JAMES SCADLOCK.SIR ALEXANDER BOSWELL, BART.WILLIAM GILLESPIE.THOMAS MOUNSEY CUNNINGHAM.JOHN STRUTHERS.RICHARD GALL.GEORGE SCOTT.THOMAS CAMPBELL.THOMAS BROWN, M.D.WILLIAM CHALMERS.JOSEPH TRAIN.ROBERT JAMIESON.WALTER WATSON.WILLIAM LAIDLAW.ALEXANDER MACDONALD.JOHN MORRISON.ROBERT MACKAY.GLOSSARY.THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL; OR, THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY. WITH Memoirs of the Poets, AND SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MODERN GAELIC BARDS. BY CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D. F.S.A. SCOT.SCOTTISH AND HELLENIC MINSTRELSY: An Essay. By JAMES DONALDSON, A.M.ALLAN CUNNINGHAM.EBENEZER PICKEN.STUART LEWIS.DAVID DRUMMOND.JAMES AFFLECK.JAMES STIRRAT.JOHN GRIEVE.CHARLES GRAY.JOHN FINLAY.WILLIAM NICHOLSON.ALEXANDER RODGER.JOHN WILSON.DAVID WEBSTER.WILLIAM PARK.THOMAS PRINGLE.WILLIAM KNOX.WILLIAM THOM.WILLIAM GLEN.[31]DAVID VEDDER.JOHN M'DIARMID.PETER BUCHAN.WILLIAM FINLAY.JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART.THOMAS MATHERS.JAMES BROWN.DANIEL WEIR.ROBERT DAVIDSON.PETER ROGER.JOHN MALCOLM.ERSKINE CONOLLY.GEORGE MENZIES.JOHN SIM.WILLIAM MOTHERWELL.DAVID MACBETH MOIR.ROBERT FRASER.JAMES HISLOP.ROBERT GILFILLAN.WILLIAM ROSS.LACHLAN MACVURICH.JAMES M'LAGGAN.GLOSSARY.THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL; OR, THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY. WITH Memoirs of the Poets, AND SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MODERN GAELIC BARDS. BY CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D. F.S.A. SCOT.THE INFLUENCE OF BURNS ON SCOTTISH POETRY AND SONG: An Essay.HENRY SCOTT RIDDELL.HENRY SCOTT RIDDELL. (continued 2)MRS MARGARET M. INGLIS.JAMES KING.ISOBEL PAGAN.JOHN MITCHELL.ALEXANDER JAMIESON.JOHN GOLDIE.ROBERT POLLOK.J. C. DENOVAN.JOHN IMLAH.JOHN TWEEDIE.THOMAS ATKINSON.WILLIAM GARDINER.ROBERT HOGG.JOHN WRIGHT.JOSEPH GRANT.DUGALD MOORE.REV. T. G. TORRY ANDERSON.GEORGE ALLAN.THOMAS BRYDSON.CHARLES DOYNE SILLERY.ROBERT MILLER.ALEXANDER HUME.THOMAS SMIBERT.JOHN BETHUNE.ALLAN STEWART.ROBERT L. MALONE.PETER STILL.ROBERT NICOLL.ARCHIBALD STIRLING IRVING.ALEXANDER A. RITCHIE.[28]ALEXANDER LAING.ALEXANDER CARLILE.JOHN NEVAY.THOMAS LYLE.JAMES HOME.JAMES TELFER.EVAN MACLACHLAN.THE THREE BARDS OF COWAL.[39]JOHN BROWN.CHARLES STEWART, D.D.ANGUS FLETCHER.GLOSSARY.THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL; OR, THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY. WITH Memoirs of the Poets, AND SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MODERN GAELIC BARDS. BY CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D. F.S.A. SCOT.SCOTTISH LYRICS AND SCOTTISH LIFE. By JAMES DODDS.FRANCIS BENNOCH.[1]JOSEPH MACGREGOR.WILLIAM DUNBAR, D.D.WILLIAM JERDAN.ALEXANDER BALD.GEORGE WILSON.JOHN YOUNGER.JOHN BURTT.CHARLES JAMES FINLAYSON.WILLIAM DOBIE.ROBERT HENDRY, M.D.HEW AINSLIE.WILLIAM THOMSON.ALEXANDER SMART.JOHN DUNLOP.WILLIAM BLAIR.ARCHIBALD MACKAY.WILLIAM AIR FOSTER.CHARLES MARSHALL.WILLIAM WILSON.MRS MARY MACARTHUR.JOHN RAMSAY.JAMES PARKER.JOHN HUNTER.ROBERT CHAMBERS.THOMAS AIRD.ROBERT WHITE.WILLIAM CAMERON.ALEXANDER TAIT.CHARLES FLEMING.WILLIAM FERGUSON.THOMAS DICK.HUGH MILLER.ALEXANDER MACANSH.JAMES PRINGLE.WILLIAM ANDERSON.WILLIAM M. HETHERINGTON, D.D., LL.D.THOMAS WATSON.JAMES MACDONALD.JAMES BALLANTINE.MRS ELIZA A. H. OGILVY.JOHN FINLAY.THOMAS TOD STODDART.ALEXANDER MACLAGAN.[12]MRS JANE C. SIMPSON.ANDREW PARK.MARION PAUL AIRD.WILLIAM SINCLAIR.WILLIAM MILLER.ALEXANDER HUME.JOHN MACDONALD, D.D.DUNCAN KENNEDY.ALLAN M'DOUGALL.KENNETH MACKENZIE.JOHN CAMPBELL.JAMES M'GREGOR, D.D.THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL; OR, THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY. WITH Memoirs of the Poets, AND SKETCHES AND SPECIMENS IN ENGLISH VERSE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MODERN GAELIC BARDS. BY CHARLES ROGERS, LL.D. F.S.A. SCOT.INTRODUCTION.OBSERVATIONS ON SCOTTISH SONG: WITH REMARKS ON THE GENIUS OF LADY NAIRN, THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD, AND ROBERT TANNAHILL. BY HENRY SCOTT RIDDELL.CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D.[5]ARCHIBALD CRAWFORD.GEORGE DONALD.HENRY GLASSFORD BELL.WILLIAM BENNET.GEORGE OUTRAM.HENRY INGLIS.JAMES MANSON.JAMES HEDDERWICK.WILLIAM BROCKIE.ALEXANDER M'LACHLAN.THOMAS YOUNG.ROBERT WILSON.EDWARD POLIN.ALEXANDER BUCHANAN.DAVID TAYLOR.ROBERT CATHCART.WILLIAM JAMIE.JOHN CRAWFORD.JOHN STUART BLACKIE.[11]WILLIAM STIRLING, M.P.THOMAS C. LATTO.WILLIAM CADENHEAD.ALLAN GIBSON.THOMAS ELLIOTT.WILLIAM LOGAN.JAMES LITTLE.COLIN RAE BROWN.ROBERT LEIGHTON.JAMES HENDERSON.JAMES MACLARDY.ANDREW JAMES SYMINGTON.ISABELLA CRAIG.ROBERT DUTHIE.ALEXANDER STEPHEN WILSON.JAMES MACFARLAN.WILLIAM B. C. RIDDELL.MARGARET CRAWFORD.GEORGE DONALD, JUN.JOHN JEFFREY.PATRICK SCOTT.JOHN BATHURST DICKSON.EVAN M'COLL.JAMES D. BURNS.GEORGE HENDERSON.HORATIUS BONAR, D.D.JOHN HALLIDAY.JAMES DODDS.DUNCAN MACFARLAN.JOHN MUNRO.JOHN MACDONALD, JUN.EVAN M'COLL.[16]INDEX TO THE FIRST LINES OF THE SONGS.INDEX OF AUTHORSTHE THREE BARDS OF COWAL.[39]Notes in this chapterNote 1 · Cowal is that portion of Argyllshire bordering the Frith of Clyde, and extending inland to the margin of Lochfine.← EVAN MACLACHLAN.JOHN BROWN. →