Romantic

William Finlay

1792–1847


William Finlay (1792–1847) 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 3 songs printed under this poet's name in volume 3 of the anthology, in Rogers's spelling. Dates are those given in Rogers's memoir, which is the only source used here.

  1. The Breaking Heart
  2. The Auld Emigrant's Fareweel to Scotland
  3. O'er Mountain and Valley

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