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Henry Glassford Bell

dates not given by Rogers


Henry Glassford Bell (dates not given by Rogers) is one of the Scottish song-writers whose lives Charles Rogers sketched in The Modern Scottish Minstrel (six volumes, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1855–57).

This archive holds 5 songs printed under this poet's name in volume 6 of the anthology, in Rogers's spelling. Dates are those given in Rogers's memoir, which is the only source used here.

  1. My Life Is One Long Thought of Thee
  2. Why Is My Spirit Sad?
  3. Geordie Young
  4. My Fairy Ellen
  5. A Bachelor's Complaint

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