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The Glasgow Lassie

Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection

The Glasgow Lassie

"The Glasgow Lassie", a song preserved in a scrapbook entitled Old Glasgow Street Songs etc, 1850 which is held at the Mitchell Library.

This song tells of a young Edinburgh man who falls for a "wee Glasgow Lassie" in Stranraer, but fails to win her heart.

Reference: GC 398.5 GLA

Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Libraries Information and Learning

Keywords:
brandy, courting, drinking, folks songs, girls, lyrics, Old Glasgow Street Songs etc, 1850, poetry, pubs, romance, street songs



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